The Vienna Model exhibition, curated by Wolfgang Förster and William Menking, explores housing in Vienna, Austria, through its portrait of the city’s pathbreaking approach to architecture, urban life, neighborhood revitalization
Date/Time: Jul 14 2017, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Vancouver, Museum of Vancouver | Event calendarCost: $18.00
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Vancouver is consistently ranked alongside the Vienna as one of the world’s most livable cities. Vienna has a stable housing market, with 60% of the population living in municipally built, owned, or managed housing. By comparison, Vancouver is undergoing a housing crisis. Vienna’s housing history and policies provides alternative approaches for British Columbia.
As Vancouver embarks upon a community engagement process revolving around housing, The Vienna Model expands discussion about urban planning options and encourages dialogue and debate on the future of the city.
In addition to its investigation of design that is focused on community, Vancouver- and Vienna-based artists and cultural researchers Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber have selected art projects and public works that reflect Vienna housing into a broader context. These are included in the exhibition and illustrated catalogue.
The exhibition and accompanying publication is organized into ten chapters:
- Continuity and Innovation
- Social Mixing
- Developing New Urban Areas
- Diversity and Integration
- Citizen Participation
- Climate and Environmental Protection
- Use and Design of Public Spaces
- Developing Existing Housing Stock
- Building on the Outskirts
- The Role of Arts
The Vienna Model is curated by Wolfgang Förster and William Menking, and is brought to Vancouver on the initiative of Urban Subjects (Sabine Bitter, Jeff Derksen, Helmut Weber), an artist collective based in both Vancouver and Vienna.
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