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!