Book presentation “Pichler & Traupmann_Spannung im Raum/Tension in Space“ and Panel Discussion
I oA
With a Welcome by Baerbel Mueller, Dean, I oA, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Panel Discussion with Christoph Pichler, HannesTraupmann, Pichler & Traupmann Architects, Vienna
Christian Kühn, Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, TU Vienna
Matthias Boeckl, Professor of History of Architecture, I oA, University of Applied Arts Vienna
moderated by Gudrun Hausegger, Architectural Historian, Editor, Vienna
A multifaceted review of Vienna-based Pichler & Traupmann Architects’ achievements of three decades.
For their thirtieth anniversary, Vienna-based Pichler & Traupmann Architekten review their body of work to date. At the core of the firm’s ambitious design philosophy is the potential of a given site in the field of tension between polarities. The focus of their work is on commercial, residential, and educational structures. Their key designs include the headquarters of the Austrian motorists’ association ÖAMTC in Vienna (2013–16), the extension of the Kulturzentrum Eisenstadt (2006–12), the Future Art Lab of Vienna’s University of Music and Performing Arts (2014–20), the RAIQA (Raiffeisen-Quartier) in Innsbruck (ongoing since 2019), and the Pinkafeld Campus of Burgenland University of Applied Sciences (ongoing since 2019).
This lavishly illustrated book documents Pichler & Traupmann Architects’ most important designs, built and unrealized, arranged by topic. Internationally renowned architectural publicists and scientists contribute essays that explore the firm’s vision and approach. A complete index of their more than two hundred and fifty projects and studies rounds out the book.
With contributions by:
Matthias Boeckl, Patricia Grzonka, Barbara Jahn-Rösel, Otto Kapfinger, Christian Kühn, Franziska Leeb, Elsa Prochazka, Stefan Rotter, William Tate, and Thomas Traupmann; and a conversation between Anna Soucek, Bartosz Lewandowski, Christoph Pichler, and Johann Traupmann.
Matthias Boeckl and Eva Guttmann (Eds.)
Park Books AG, Zurich 2022
Design: Bueronardin, Vienna
ISBN 978-3-03860-306-1