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Over the last 100 years, Liechtenstein has evolved from one of the poorest and underdeveloped countries to one of the most prosperous in Europe. The dramatic economic, social and spatial transformation that this tiny country has undergone in this time makes the search for “fundamentals” in its architecture a challenging adventure. Even in times of World Wars or financial crises, construction has been ubiquitous, resulting in the country’s building stock to be almost entirely assembled from typologies and styles originating from foreign influences. The consequence is a pastiche of modern and post-modern architecture which, as an ensemble could be (mis-)read as the local building culture.
This exhibition and its associated events aim to ruminate on how globally prevalent building types have been adapted to a particular local condition. Rather than attempting to identify fundamentals in the form of original building components of a distant past, its goal is to discover how this adaptive process has generated fundamental principles and values that consist in a contemporary (and future) Liechtenstein building culture.
The uncanny findings on display – developed by an international group of researchers and students at the University of Liechtenstein - are critical reflections on a particular national or regional architectural identity.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
11/06/2014 18:00 - 01/06/2015 18:00
Event venue:
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Städtle 32
9490 Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Target group:
all interested persons
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Art / design, Construction / architecture, Cultural sciences
Types of events:
Exhibition / cultural event / festival
Entry:
10/29/2014
Sender/author:
Inga van Gessel
Department:
Stabsstelle Kommunikation
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event48967
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