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Looking back at theRaum24

Adjacent students of the Research Unit of Regional Planning and Regional Development were represented with several projects at this year's “dieRaum” ("the space") exhibition, which was organized by students themselves. dieRaum offers a platform for spatial planning projects, works, photo series and concepts by students.

Two people look at an exhibition.

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“Help, the Alps are burning” by Theresa Janesch demonstrates the urgency of the energy transition using a climate action plan for the town of Lienz.

There are several billboards in a hall. Transparent room dividers hang from the ceiling.

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The TVFA hall with its industrial constructions was used creatively to divide the space into several themed areas using transparent cloths.

Several people sit in a darkened room and watch a movie on a screen.

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Film evening “Stadt Land Boden - A look at building culture and land use” by Robert Schabus

Several billboards display numerous photos of people on a street.

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The process of the Tik Tak Galilei project was documented in detail, making it a showcase project for participation processes.

Two people smile at the camera and stand next to two posters with the title Sugamo.

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Teachers from the Shibaura Institute of Technology in front of the “Sugamo” project.

Next to a pot of yellow flowers lies a book entitled In Harmony at Hausfeld.

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“In harmony at Hausfeld” is the title of this P1 project. It is a design project that spatial planning students complete in the 3rd semester of their Bachelor's degree.

Several plans of the designed neighborhood can be seen on a poster.

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“In harmony at Hausfeld” is the title of this P1 project. It is a design project that spatial planning students complete in the 3rd semester of their Bachelor's degree.

The “dieRaum, opens an external URL in a new window” exhibition was launched by students in 2019 and is self-organized every year as part of a university course - from the idea to the construction - designed and carried out by the students themselves. This year, the exhibition ran under the motto “Stadt(T)räume” (city dreams/city spaces) and looked for projects that deal with the actual and desired state of city dreams and city spaces. It took place from October 9 to 11, 2024 in the TVFA Hall in Vienna. The program included a vernissage, a film screening and a finissage with an after-party.

The research unit was represented with several projects at “dieRaum24”: Included was the diploma thesis “Help, the Alps are burning!, opens an external URL in a new window” by our graduate and former study assistant Theresa Janesch, which dealt with considerations for a climate action plan for the city of Lienz. The thesis was assigned to the topic “The naked truth” shown in the exhibition, emphasizing the urgency of the energy transition. Another exhibit was the project “Next Level Wohnstraße - Tik Tak Galilei, opens an external URL in a new window”. As part of this project, the street Galileigasse in Vienna's 9th district was redesigned in spring 2024. “Tik Tak” could be found in the exhibition in the ‘Utopias’ section - anyone who has already visited the street knows why!

In the course “Experiencing Japan”, Japanese and Austrian students explored the transformation of a shopping street in the Sugamo district of Tokyo. The project titled “Sugamo - A home for all generations” from 2023 was also visited by students from the Shibaura Institute of Technology as part of their excursion to Vienna, opens an external URL in a new window. The project was exhibited at the back of the TVFA hall under the theme “New meaning for everything”. Another exhibit was the urban design project by our study assistant Karoline Hadek entitled “Im Einklang am Hausfeld” (In Harmony at Hausfeld). A mixed-use residential quarter was designed in Vienna's 22nd district, in which the current agricultural use of Hausfeld was preserved and enhanced by the idea of community-supported agriculture. The theme of the work in the exhibition was “Everything is upside down”. Given the threat to green spaces in the city, this is an utterly fitting title.

We would like to thank the organizers for the great design of dieRaum24 and all the students whose projects we were able to get to know as part of the exhibition!