|
The Atlantic Wall Cast Concrete Insanity – 12,000 German bunkers along the coast Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Hall F3 Exhibition: 14 September 2006 - 09 October 2006 Opening Hours: Daily 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, Wed until 9:00 Opening: Wednesday 13 September 2006, 7pm Tickets: Admission free! Opening: In the years from 1942–1944 the German military erected a gigantic defensive wall along the Atlantic coast, running from France to Norway. The project swallowed up enormous quantities of resources, and vast numbers of labourers were forced to work on the construction. The coastline was divided into sectors with the varying requirements for fortification calculated according to the level of the perceived threat. The length planned with the highest density was the north coast of France, where eleven complexes per kilometre were envisaged. The exhibition runs at the Az W from 13.09–9.10.2006. It was compiled by the DPA-Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with institutions in France and Belgium, and documents the various types of building for the first time on the basis of old plans and photographs. A walk-in plan of the coastline with all of the bunker complexes shows the full scale of the project. The completed buildings still dominate long stretches of the Atlantic coast and show a broad diversity of architectural approaches ranging from the astonishingly well thought-through in form and function to the simple and rather clumsy. They are, though, all the conspicuous legacy of Nazi Germany's attempt to force its authority over a space and the society within it. A position must be taken regarding the buildings, and they provide fuel for discussion. The show is supplemented by a series of photographs of the complexes by Guido Guidi – traces of a Nazi variation of the Fortress Europe. An Exhibition of DPA-Sezione di Museografia, Politecnico di Milano in cooperation with GRAI, Ecole d’Architecture de Versailles and Raymond Lemarie ICC, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven Curator: Gennaro Postiglione, DPA-Politecnico di Milano Exhibition design: studiometrico/Lorenzo Bini, Gennaro Postiglione, Giulio Padovani With the kind support of the EU programme „Culture 2000“, Directorate General, Education and Culture ADDITIONAL EVENTS Symposium: Heritage rejected. Austria and Nazi Architecture Fri, 15.09.06 - Sat, 16.09.06 / Az W Podium Admission free! Excursion sundays 177. vienna nazi walls Sun, 17.09.06 / Venue 1:45 pm at the Az W-Shop Sold Out! subject to alterations |
|
 |
|
© Guido Guidi |
|
Current Preview Permanent Exhibition The Atlantic Wall Press Release: Nazi Focus at the Architekturzentrum Wien Gallery: Images for the Press The Atlantic Wall The Exhibition Links: The Atlantic Wall Information: Sonja Pisarik Tel.: +43 (1) 522 31 15 - 26 Fax: +43 (1) 522 31 17 Email: pisarik@azw.at |
| © Architekturzentrum Wien 2024 |
 |
|
|
|
|