From construction to remodeling - a symposium on the building turnaround

November 24, 2023, 10:00-17:00 WEST. Old WU, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna

The symposium, organized by IG Architektur and ÖGFA, brought together experts and the public to discuss the urgent need for a more sustainable construction industry. Technical solutions, legal framework conditions and a changing Baukultur were discussed, and best practice examples from various countries were presented. The aim was to initiate a broad social debate on climate change and sustainable construction in order to promote a change in thinking and action.

Program

10.15 a.m. Keynote Werner Sobek

Block 1: Space and soil
10.50 - 13.00 a.m.
Speakers: Karoline Mayer (Curator, Architekturzentrum Wien Az W), Sibylla Zech and Ulrich Blanda (Raumplanung stadtplan), Elias Molitschnig (Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung)
Discussion: Cedric Fritz (Architects4Future), Katharina Ritter (Curator, Architekturzentrum Wien Az W), Andreas Hacker (Stadt-Umland-Management, Wien, NÖ)
Moderation: Eva Schmolmüller / IG Architektur

Block 2: Construction and law
14.00 - 16.10 p.m.
Speakers: Peter Bauer (werkraum Ingenieure, Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland), Johanna Leissner (Fraunhofer Institute), Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (Harvard University, EPFL Lausanne)
Moderation: Maik Novotny / ÖGFA

Block 3: Baukultur and Education
16.30 - 19.00 p.m.
Speakers: Lorenzo de Chiffre (TU Vienna), Eva Mair (TU Vienna), Elisabeth Leitner (LandLuft), Heidi Pretterhofer and Michael Rieper (Linz University of Art and Design, Chair of Building Culture)
Discussion: Nicola Eller (ORF)
Moderation: Ulrich Huhs / ÖGFA

Link to the event for further reading: 
oegfa.at/program/annual-focus/2023-stop-building-now/symposium