FUSION What can an architecture museum do? // Angelika Fitz

Angelika Fitz has been director of the Architekturzentrum Wien since 2017. Previously, she has worked internationally as a curator, author and consultant in the field of architecture and urbanism, including for the Austrian contribution to the Architecture Biennale in Sao Paulo, the Advisory Board of the EU Mies Award and the IBA Expert Council of the Federal Government in Berlin. Numerous exhibitions and publications, most recently at Az W including Downtown Denise Scott Brown and Critical Care. Architecture for a Planet in Crisis (MIT Press). Her focus is on the social contextualization of architecture, the use of resources, and a planetary perspective.

So­Se 2022 I Fu­si­on: from­stel­len

Parallel to documenta fifteen, the fusion in SoSe 2022 addresses issues of exhibition and display. These range from the exhibition value of architecture itself to architecture museums; from architectural models as exhibition objects to questions of urban development through ""signature buildings"" that often take the form of museums; from exhibition architectures and spatial-curatorial settings to artistic appropriations of architectural processes.
 

Öf­fent­li­che Vor­trags­rei­he I Po­si­tio­nen zu Ar­chi­tek­tur, Stadt und Land­schaft

Scientists, planners and designers invite to the public lecture series Fusion in a weekly rythm to report about their work with special regard to their position on architecture, city and landscape and to discuss with the guests. Within the framework of Fusion, newly appointed professors and guest lecturers give their inaugural lectures.