As part of
the interdisciplinary course, students developed proposals for adaptations and redesigns for selected Viennese district museums.
Through drawings, models, and texts, they engage with the specific collections, spatial conditions, and social questions surrounding
these museums.
Since the 1920s, Vienna’s district museums have been dedicated to researching
and communicating local history. Their collections—many of which originated from private donations—offer diverse perspectives
on urban life and collective memory. The museums are situated in highly varied spatial contexts: in administrative buildings,
residential complexes, or a former fire station. At the same time, they exemplify current questions concerning accessibility,
visibility, representation, and participation within the cultural field.
The exhibited models explore how local history can be communicated today, which audiences district museums
can reach, and how their presence in everyday life and urban culture might be strengthened. To this end, the students propose
new spatial, curatorial, and communicative approaches, highlighting the potential of district museums as sites of local memory
culture.
Students
District Museum Mariahilf:
Laura Bosch, Nikolas Ranner, Sara Poropat
Vesic, Meira Savic, Andreas Müller
District Museum Favoriten:
Ramona Dünser, Elias Jochum, Lorenz Gerstendörfer,
Bastian Rieker
District Museum Hernals:
Claire Müller, Jana Kopp, Ronja Wolf, Melanie Brandstetter
District Museum Döbling:
Esma Baltaci, Merzela Alic, Clara Grillmaier, Veronika Nikiforova
District Museum
Brigittenau:
Vivien Ranger, Aliza Peisker, Jacqueline Burst
District Museum Donaustadt:
Anna Steiner,
Adriana Zafiris, Abigail Troya, Virag Garamvolgyi
District Museum Liesing:
Marko Daniel, Neli Tsoneva, Ekaterina
Luniakova, Stephanie Bauer
Lecturers
Basma Abu-Naim (Spatial Design and Planning), Aaron
Amar Bhamra (Expanded Museum Studies), Julienne Lorz (Expanded Museum Studies), Wilfried Kuehn (Raumgestaltung und Entwerfen),
Vincent Weisl (Wien Museum)
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