The steel trusses that fit so well into the architecture of the Kunsthaus have had a previous life.

How can an old-fashioned ‘school barracks’ with endless corridors, a listed building, be transformed into a place of forward-thinking education?

Behind the ‘Common Good Balance Sheet’ lies the ‘Economy for the Common Good (ECG)’ – a movement originating in Austria that sees itself as a fundamental critique and practical alternative to capitalist economic activity. The ECG wants to turn capitalism ‘upside down’, i.e. from profit directly to the ‘common good’.

In his temporary material library, the artist Andreas Fogarasi gathers materials used in current building projects.

The experimental architectural study The Living Arch combines biology, technology and design in the quest for healthy and comfort-able spaces.

Under the title Foundation Requirements, Dejanoff, in his role as a contemporary artist, explores traditional building methods and materials such as wood, stone and clay as they were found in his houses or still exist in fragments.

Konrad Frey created a prototype in Hart near Graz for the development of a low-cost prefabricated house with ‘loft quality’.

Iris Andraschek’s research into the current topic of care work once again focuses on making social participation visible.