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community
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expression
understanding
participation
discourse
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responsibility
utility
opinion
voice
retreat
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exposure
process
insight
engagement
energy
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improvement
intelligence
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critique
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example
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About the event

The Vienna Model exhibition, curated by Wolfgang Förster and William Menkins, explores housing in Vienna, Austria, through its portrait of the city’s pathbreaking approach to architecture, urban life, neighborhood revitalization, and the creation of new communities.

Vancouver is consistently ranked alongside the Vienna as one of the world’s most livable cities. Vienna has a stable housing market, with 60% of the population living in municipally built, owned, or managed housing. By comparison, Vancouver is undergoing a housing crisis. Vienna’s housing history and policies provides alternative approaches for British Columbia.

As Vancouver embarks upon a community engagement process revolving around housing, The Vienna Model expands discussion about urban planning options and encourages dialogue and debate on the future of the city.

In addition to its investigation of design that is focused on community, Vancouver- and Vienna-based artists and cultural researchers Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber have selected art projects and public works that reflect Vienna housing into a broader context. These are included in the exhibition and illustrated catalogue.

The exhibition and accompanying publication is organized into ten chapters:

Continuity and Innovation
Social Mixing
Developing New Urban Areas
Diversity and Integration
Citizen Participation
Climate and Environmental Protection
Use and Design of Public Spaces
Developing Existing Housing Stock
Building on the Outskirts
The Role of Arts

The Vienna Model is curated by Wolfgang Förster and William Menking, and is brought to Vancouver on the initiative of Urban Subjects (Sabine Bitter, Jeff Derksen, Helmut Weber), an artist collective based in both Vancouver and Vienna.

Location: Museum of Vancouver

49.277549, -123.144915

Museum of Vancouver

1000 Chestnut St
Vancouver, BC
Canada