architecture – Post City https://ars.electronica.art/postcity/en Ars Electronica 2015 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:02:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.6 Superscape https://ars.electronica.art/postcity/en/superscape/ Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:49:36 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/postcity/?p=2015 Superscape is a biennial Austrian architectural prize launched in 2014. Its mission is to spotlight innovative, visionary architectural concepts for the interplay of private and public spaces in an urban context. This year’s competition called for brilliant ideas to dovetail the two spheres under two specific conditions: the setting: Vienna; the utility horizon: the next 50 years.

In All Sizes

The exhibition in PostCity showcases six designs that were shortlisted by the jury and then, at the invitation of JP architektur perspektiven, further developed by their creators. The spectrum ranges from small interventions in the public sphere to the development of elaborate, extensive new spatial structures.

Concept & project realisation: art:phalanx – Kunst & Kommunikationsagentur,
Initiator: JP Immobilien

]]> 1,001 Models https://ars.electronica.art/postcity/en/tausendundein-modell/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 07:36:41 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/postcity/?p=2006 How will the cities of the future look? The way architects and city planners are configuring them today, of course. The construction of these designs will shape the cityscape for decades to come. Much more ephemeral is mobile communication via short-lived electronic devices like smartphones. So, how can these two elements be merged into smart cities?

Model Mega-City

At POST CITY, the Ars Electronica Festival considers this question in the particular context of Austria. The point of departure for this inquiry is a sprawling model city set up in the spacious halls of PostCity, the festival’s prime venue. 1,001 Models brings together a splendid array of works by Austrian architects and urban planners, regardless of whether their concepts were actually built or only proposed. They range from a DIY prefab house to a futuristic high-rise, from houseboats to row houses, from a kindergarten to a factory.

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