Getting Things Done, Volume 2 : Evolution of the Built Environment in Vorarlberg, The Exhibition

Exhibition on Vorarlbergs Architecture Vorarlberg is the most westerly and the smallest of all the federal states in Austria. It has borders with southern Germany, Switzerland, and the Principality of Liechtenstein and has a pop ulation of a little over 375,000 inhabitants. Its capital, Bregenz, is situated on Lake Constance. The region has seen its building culture develop along a special path with a movement beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s that has been labelled the Vorarlberger Bauschule (Vorarlberg School of Building), a name that resonates far beyond local and national borders and is now represented by a relatively high density of quality architecture. The “Getting Things Done” exhibition was on display at the Werkraum Bregenzerwald from 13 September to 11 October. The exhibition was conceived as a traveling showcase and shall be shown at Austrian cultural venues worldwide. The publication documents the exhibition in its final form. * An overview of the selected projects embedded in their historical context Table of Contents Werkraum Bregenzerwald Foundation, Development, Mission Architectural Culture in the Holiday Region of Vorarlberg Interface in the Field of Architectural Culture aav – Architectural Archive Vorarlberg at Vorarlberg Museum #GeThDo: Thinking Things Done. Wolfgang Fiel The Interview Project School in Egg / Egg. Jakob Albrecht architektur.terminal hackl und klammer Kindergarten / Röthis Bernardo Bader Architekten Islamic Cemetery / Altach Bernardo Bader Architekten House on the Moor / Krumbach BE Baumschlager Eberle Office Block 2226 / Lustenau BE Baumschlager Eberle ETH e-Science Lab HIT Building Zurich / Switzerland Wildspitzbahn / Pitztal / Tyrol Rosanna House / Hittisau. Georg Bechter Architektur+Design Raiffeisenbank im Rheintal / Dornbirn. Bechter Zaffignani Architekten Architekten Raiffeisenbank im Rheintal / Dornbirn. Robert Fabach Schöch Multi-family House / Göfis. Philipp Berktold Architekt Primary School / Nüziders. C4 – Fohn+Pfanner+Sillaber+Wengler Im Fang Settlement / Höchst. Cooperative – Dietmar Eberle, Wolfgang Juen, Markus Koch, Norbert Mittersteiner Vorarlberg Museum / Bregenz. Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten Angelika Kaufmann Museum / Schwarzenberg. Dietrich / Untertrifaller Architekten Haus der Generationen / Götzis. Dorner\Matt Frick & Frick Office Building / Röthis. Reinhard Drexel Children’s Pavilion / Lustenau. Hugo Dworzak Fab-02 [Klas & Lässer] Architektur BE-GREIFEN Farm / Egg Agricultural College / Altmünster / Upper Austria. Fink Thurnher Architekten Jöslar Tavern / Andelsbuch. FIRM Feldkircher und Moosbrugger Media Building Vorarlberger Nachrichten Schwarzach. Ernst Giselbrecht Vetter Farm / Lustenau. Roland Gnaiger Braike Kindergarten / Bregenz. Roland Gnaiger Dornbirn Hospital / Dornbirn. Gohm & Hiessberger Juppenwerkstatt / Riefensberg. Gerhard Gruber Kindergarten / Muntlix. HEIN architekten CuZn / Lech. Marc Hoffenscher Multipurpose Building / Bartholomäberg. Hans Hohenfellner House G / Andelsbuch. Walter K.Holzmüller Nachgärtle / Fußach. Wolfgang Juen Frühlingsstraße / Wolfurt. Architekturwerk Christoph Kalb IZM Illwerke Zentrum Montafon Vandans. Hermann Kaufmann LifeCycle Tower / LCT ONE / Dornbirn. Hermann Kaufmann Mühlweg / Vienna. Hermann Kaufmann Liesing Brewery Studio Apartments / Vienna. Johannes Kaufmann Architektur Golmerbahn / Vandans. Leopold Kaufmann Innauer House / Dornbirn. Oskar Leo Kaufmann / Albert Rüf House S / Alberschwende. Reinold Knapp Bregenz State Hospital Staff Residence / Bregenz. Helmut Kuëss Eragasse Atrium Apartments / Bregenz. Lang+Schwärzler Architekturbüro Lechblick Apartments / Warth. Christian Lenz Wuhrbaumweg Housing Complex / Bregenz. Michael Loudon Schmidt Winery Wasserburg am Bodensee / Germany. Elmar Ludescher Girardi House / Pfänderspitze / Lochau. Philip Lutz Mariatal Special School and Dormitory Kramsach / Tyrol. marte marte architects Feurstein House / Schwarzenberg. Sven Matt, Markus Innauer Harbour Area / Bregenz. Nägele Waibel Housing Complex / Feldkirch. Herbert Neuhauser Hans Purin Halde Settlement / Bludenz Slope Glider / Lochau. Q-rt Architektur Rauch House / Schlins. Martin Rauch raumhochrosen Brielgasse Housing Complex / Bregenz Sandgrubenweg / Bregenz. Wolfgang Ritsch Elastic LIVINGUNIT. Angelo Silviu Roventa Schiffle / Dornbirn. Geli Salzmann Housing Estate on the River Ach Bregenz. Eckhard Schulze-Fielitz State-Run Juvenile Home Jagdberg Schlins. Norbert Schweitzer Primary School / Marul. Bruno Spagolla Sunlighthouse Pressbaum / Lower Austria. Juri Troy Architects Passive-House Residential Complex Batschuns. Walter Unterrainer Community Centre / Koblach. walser+werle Cube House / Götzis. Rudolf Wäger Ruhwiesen Settlement / Schlins. Rudolf Wäger House HF / Alberschwende. Helena Weber Staufensee Kiosk / Dornbirn. Wellmann Ladinger Architekten Armellini Office–Apartment Building / Hard. Wimmer-Armellini Kindergarten / Koblach. Gunter Wratzfeld Passive House / Wolfurt. Gerhard Zweier Werkraum Bregenzerwald / Andelsbuch. Atelier Peter Zumthor and Partner Exhibition Architecture Twelve Objects to desire Book titles included in the exhibition Getting Things Done Bibliography Getting Things Done / Index Credits Imprint

Vorarlberg is the most westerly and the smallest of all the federal states in Austria. It has borders with southern Germany, Switzerland, and the Principality of Liechtenstein and has a pop ulation of a little over 375,000 inhabitants. Its capital, Bregenz, is situated on Lake Constance. The region has seen its building culture develop along a special path with a movement beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s that has been labelled the Vorarlberger Bauschule (Vorarlberg School of Building), a name that resonates far beyond local and national borders and is now represented by a relatively high density of quality architecture.
The “Getting Things Done” exhibition was on display at the Werkraum Bregenzerwald from 13 September to 11 October. The exhibition was conceived as a traveling showcase and shall be shown at Austrian cultural venues worldwide. The publication documents the exhibition in its final form.

Multi-volume catalog accompanying the exhibition on Vorarlberg architecture opening March 2014 as "exhibition in the making" at Vorarlberger Architekturinstitut (vai), i.e. as "an idea of an exhibition about an exhibition that doesn't yet exist" (01, page 12) and then presented as final version starting September 2014 in Werkraum Bregenzerwald prior to traveling around the world. The catalog is conceived as a series of 10 issues tackling questions specific to the exhibition process and respectively current venues. Issue 01 includes interviews with architects Renate Breuss, Christian Schützinger, Verena Konrad, and Robert Fabach. Vorarlberg is the most westerly and the smallest of all the federal states in Austria. The region has seen its building culture develop along a special path with a movement beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s that has been labelled the Vorarlberger Bauschule (Vorarlberg School of Building). This book deals with this topic. [volume] 01. Exhibition in the making / translation and copy-editing, English text: Simon Cowper and Mike Hembury