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10+10. Modernist and Contemporary Brazilian Houses A cooperation by the Brazilian Embassy in Vienna with the Az W, in the framework of the Vienna Art Week OPENING RECEPTION: WED, 06 November 2013, 7PM, Az W PODIUM Speakers at the opening: Dietmar Steiner, director of the Az W Leonardo Finotti, photographer Evandro Didonet, ambassador of Brazil in Vienna Fernando Serapião, architecture critic and publisher of 'Monolito' The exhibition ‘10+10. Brazilian Buildings of Classic Modernism and the Present’ presents twenty exceptional examples of Brazilian single-family houses. Ten icons of classic modernism (by, among others, Lina Bo Bardi, Oscar Niemeyer and Paulo Mendes da Rocha) are juxtaposed with ten projects from the contemporary production of Brazilian architecture (by Angelo Bucci, Carla Juaçaba, Procter:Rihl, and Isay Weinfeld, among others). All the buildings were photographed especially for this exhibition by Leonardo Finotti, one of Brazil’s most important architecture photographers. His pictures offer an impressive witness to the moments of dialogue between the two periods and to the independent approaches of the respective eras. The period between the 1930s and the 1960s includes works which, in a situation once rooted in European rationalism, rapidly freed themselves from foreign influences and embarked upon new paths: from Niemeyer’s futuristic, sculptural formal idiom with its soft contours to da Rocha‘s geometric severity. In addition to these examples of modernism Finotti also shows works by the current generation of Brazilian architects. While the dialogue with modernism is clearly discernible, they also confront the different technical, ecological, social and economic challenges of the present day using a variety of means. Curators of the exhibition: Michelle Jean de Castro, Fernando Serapião Exhibition design: Michelle Jean de Castro Project coordination Az W: Karoline Mayer Exhibition installation Az W: Philipp Aschenberger, Markus Puchberger, Anton Riegelnik Exhibition: 7-25 November 2013 Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Hall F3 Opening Hours: daily 10am-7pm Tickets: Admission free ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME What’s up? Young Architecture from Brazil and Austria Lectures and panel discussion Wed, November 20, 2013, 7pm In the event series 'What’s up? ' the Az W brings international and Austrian architecture together in Vienna. In lectures on work and discussions different approaches to urban and architectural questions are compared and experience is exchanged. On the occasion of the exhibition '10+10. Brazilian Buildings of Classic Modernism and the Present' architects from Brazil, London and Vienna come together in the Az W to exchange their ideas about and experience of architecture. Lectures on their work will be given by: Carla Juaçaba (Rio de Janeiro) Katharina Bayer and Markus Zilker, einszueins architektur (Vienna) ernando Rihl Procter: Rihl (Brazil / London) Christoph and Verena Mörkl, SUPERBLOCK (Vienna) Followed by a panel discusion Presenter: Karoline Mayer, Az W The event will be held in English Admission free The press release, the accompanying programme, as well as photo material is available for download on the right. |
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Press page Current events Past events Dates: 10+10. Modernist and Contemporary Brazilian Houses Downloads: PRESS RELEASE: 10+10. Modernist and Contemporary Brazilian Houses Information: Ines Purtauf Tel.: +43 (1) 522 31 15 - 25 Fax: +43 (1) 522 31 17 Email: purtauf@azw.at |
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