Speakers:
Dietmar Steiner, Director Az W
Elke Krasny, Curator of the exhibition

Whereas in one Parisian architect's studio shots are fired at a clay brick, in another orchids are raised. In Zurich an architect reclined in her bed with a wooden set-square, in Hong Kong thoughts are crystallised with pieces of Lego. This exhibition tells about the very different ways in which architects use their various tools, from the pencil to the computer. Alvar Aalto / Lina Bo Bardi / Bow-Wow / Hermann Czech / Diller, Scofidio + Renfro / Edge Design Institute / Yona Friedman / Antoni Gaudí / Lux Guyer / Steven Holl Architects / Lactaon & Vassal / Rudolf Olgiati / Charlotte Perriand / R&Sie(n) / Schwalm-Theiss / Karl Schwanzer / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill SOM / The Jerde Partnership / UNStudio / Venturi Scott Brown & Associates: these 20 offices were researched over a period of more than two years. Documentary photographs show the way things really look there, and each studio presents the development of a project by means of sketches or models. Statements by the architects themselves about their design methods and sources of inspiration deepen these unusual insights in the working world of architecture.

A catalogue of the same name, „Architektur beginnt im Kopf. The Making of Architecture“, will be published to accompany the exhibition.

Curator: Elke Krasny
Project coordination, research assistance: Gudrun Hausegger
Research assistance: Robert Temel
Scenography: Alexandra Maringer (http://www.maringorama.com) , Assistent: Bernadette Krejs
Setting: Dietlind Rott

Public Funding:
Geschäftsgruppe Stadtentwicklung und Verkehr (http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/gsv/)
Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur (http://www.bmukk.gv.at/)
Geschäftsgruppe Kultur und Wissenschaft (http://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/abteilung/)
Sponsor: ARCHITECTURE LOUNGE (http://www.azw.at/page.php?node_id=65)