Call for applications: Vienna Architecture Summer School 2022

The Vienna Architecture Summer School (VAS²) aims to provide an open learning space and prototypical infrastructure for the exchange and negotiation of knowledges in architecture, reaching beyond dominating institutions and mainstream discourses. The first edition of the VAS² invites local and international participants to exchange with young architects and established experts all practising in Vienna.

The program is based on diverse approaches and ideas, that are to be discussed in different formats and media: design workshops, lectures, theory sessions, discussions, walks, explorations, site visits, performances. We seek to develop alternative models and approaches for education and design in architecture that are equally shaped by organisers, participants and guests.

The call for participation is open to students, graduates and drop-outs in architecture and other related disciplines, willing to engage with space-related topics, peers and invited guests in a common workshop setting complemented by lectures, excursions and gatherings.

Workshops

• Tools for Urban Exploration by Kollektiv Raumstation, Eleni Boutsika Palles, Matilde Igual Capdevila
• topo.graphics. Photographing the city as a man-made landscape by Gili Merin, Diana Ibáñez López
• Dumb Emancipatory Housing. Dumb Emancipatory City Planning by Büro Bietenhader Moroder with Ayse Yürükcü
• Out of Time by Jerome Becker
• (un)learning Architecture? by Marlene Wagner
• Here & There. Inhabiting Spatial Documents by Uwe Brunner, Dominic Schwab, Cenk Güzelis, Stefan Maier
• Making Mountains by Jakob Sellaoui, Simona Ferrari
• Instruments of Domesticity. Theoretical and Design Inquiries of an Aesthetics of Multiplicity by Gonzalo Vaíllo, Mümün Keser
• Re-enacting space by eyetry architecture
• Not only but also by Mershandlee
• Air cooling in urban climates by Breathe Earth Collective, materialnomaden.

Lectures by Gabu Heindl, Hermann Czech, Andreas Fogarasi, Andreas Rumpfhuber, Sonia Leimer (requested).

Language

Workshops and lectures will be held in English. All other languages are welcome to be shared informally.

The Summer School fee is 150 EUR, including a welcome dinner and specific workshop materials. Participants are expected to organize and pay for their own travel and accommodation. We know: We ask you for a lot of money and effort. But: VAS² is a self-organized summer school without a big institution in the background. We can offer you such a level of professionalism and autonomy only with your participation fee. Nevertheless, we are happy to assist you with planning your stay.

Application

Applicants are asked to send an email with a brief introduction about themselves (2–3 sentences) and the title of the workshop they would like to attend, as well as a 2nd and 3rd priority. Please send your application ︎no later than August 19, 2022. Please note that the number of participants is limited.