Program
THE ASSEMBLY FOR BETTER LIVING
A program of workshops, presentations, and excursions will take place in the Austrian pavilion between June and October. The events will use an ASSEMBLY format. The “Space of Negotiation” in the courtyard of the pavilion offers a platform with an open center. People sit together without hierarchy in a circle-like form. The conditions for a future BETTER LIVING will be discussed and negotiated by invited architects, administrators, researchers, politicians, planners, activists, and social groups, together with visitors to the Biennale. Short statements by experts will be followed by moderated open talks. The essence of the talks will be documented through different media.
During the events, case studies in Rome and Vienna will be discussed, as well as case studies proposed from other cities and urgent general questions on strategies for a BETTER LIVING. The meetings will focus on the following themes: Theories and Practices of Better Living, Politics and Decision-Making, Economy, Gender Planning and Feminism, New Typologies, The Production of Neighborhoods, Practices of Transformation, Ecology and Tourism.
The ASSEMBLY in the pavilion will, in some cases, be accompanied by excursions or walks: to occupied houses in Venice, to emerging environments in the Venice Lagoon, or in specific neighborhoods, where social groups are active. In addition to each ASSEMBLY, guided tours through the exhibition or Venice will be offered in the morning.
The supporting program is kindly financed by MA 50 City of Vienna, Department for Housing Promotion and Arbitration Board for Legal Housing Matters.