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    • HAUS O
    Ruben Mahler
    Vinzenz Kramer

    03.12.2025- 23.01.2026
    What is architecture to you?

    R: Structure, facture and texture.
    V: Variety, context and character.




    When approaching a project, what core question do you always return to, something that gives direction to your process?

    R: Is it genuine? If not, should it be? How will it age?

    V: Is that appropriate? Is that understandable? is it ephemeral?




    When you approach a project, how does your process unfold, what tools lead you closer to an answer?

    R: The search for a process more often than not becomes the process itself. This allows me to detach from all the correlations, that tend to lead to the feeling of being stuck. If even that doesn’t work out I sturn to what inspired me to get into this world in the first place, a good old scale model.

    V: At the beginning of a project, I try to freely explore as many different approaches as possible. In the next step, I usually develop a narrative. Finally, it always helps me to take the red pen to it — to shorten, sort out, and shape everything into a coherent form.







     DECEMBER IN THE OFFICE
    Anna Barbieri 

    10.10.2025- 21.11.2025
    What is architecture to you?

    Place, time, and constellations.




    When approaching a project, what core question do you always return to, something that gives direction to your process?

    What are the conditions for a particular project to emerge and sustain itself? Can or does a (future or existing) spatial form allow for unexpected encounters, shifts, or moments of friction—Auseinandersetzungen? Can or did it change over time; how can or can a built form carry multiple stories, and what are the hidden layers that shape its narrative, such as power structures, contested meanings, or moments of agency?



    When you approach a project, how does your process unfold, what tools lead you closer to an answer?

    My process begins with theoretical research, grounded in reading and reflection. I am also influenced by pop culture, everyday life, moments of kitsch, and elements of autobiography—all of which sometimes enter my process spontaneously. Narratives and storytelling are essential to my practice; to me, they are tools but also forms of context and position.



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    WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? is a project by
    Verein zur Förderung von Architekturperspektiven
    ZVR-Zahl 1081109416
    1100 Wien, Davidgasse 76-80/11/1

    •     Can you eat it? Must it be permanent? Is it solely functional? Can it be temporary? Is it primarily art? Does it interact with its surroundings? Can it evoke emotions? Does it reflect culture? Can it adapt? Does it need a roof? Can it be modular? Must it adhere to specific styles? Is it influenced by technology? Does it involve collaboration? Can it be experimental? Does it have a social impact? Can it be vernacular? Does it need to be symmetrical? Can it be sustainable? Can it be fun?