Ambivalences of Modernity: Conference about Architect and City Planner Roland Rainer

Fri 22.11., 15–20 h, Az W Podium

Welcome address: Angelika Fitz, dirctor of Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W), Johan F. Hartle, rector of Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (AdbK)
Introduction: Angelika Schnell, IKA, AdbK

Fractures and Continuities
Ingrid Holzschuh (IKA, AdbK): Biografical Dissonances. Rainer’s Role in the Planning Apparatus of the Nazi Dictatorship
Monika Platzer (Az W): On Planning, Political Debate and Networking. Roland Rainer in Postwar Austria 
Response: Winfried Nerdinger (Munich), Antje Senarclens de Grancy (TU Graz)

18:30 Keynote: Ulrich Herbert, Contemporary Historian, (Univ. Freiburg): Transformationen. Wissenschaftliche und technische Eliten vor und nach 1945

Sat 23.11., 9–13 h, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Anatomiesaal

On Sources and Data
Susanne Rick (IKA, AdbK): From Archives towards a Scientific Approach: The Roland Rainer Database as a Tool for Architectural Research

Diskursrahmen der Architekturmoderne
Waltraud P. Indrist (IKA, AdbK): “Die gegliederte und aufgelockerte Stadt” — A Publication and the Adaptability of its ‘Scientific’ Arguments
Angelika Schnell (IKA, AdbK): The Political Unconscious. Roland Rainer and the Discourse on Modern Architecture
Response: Katja Bernhardt (Univ. Hamburg), Kenny Cupers (Univ. Basel), Anna Minta (KU Linz)

Summary: Daniel Gethmann (TU Graz)