Architecture Trails
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Architecture Trails For decades, Vorarlberg has been a trailblazer when it comes to architecture and crafts. Ten differently-themed architectours take visitors with an interest in architecture and design to hand-picked contemporary and traditional buildings. Vorarlberg’s contemporary architecture has its on and attracted international attention. 10 full-day and half-day tours shed light on roots in the 1960s, when a group of fledgling Today, virtually all municipal buildings and the regional architecture. They take visitors architects who wanted to break new ground many private homes as well as reconstructions to urban and rural regions and are accessible Six Regions to Uncover formed. Calling themselves the “Vorarlberg and adaptations of traditional buildings in by private car or public transport. The tours Design Artists”, they cultivated an absolutely Vorarlberg are architect-designed. Indigenous allow for plenty of time to take a walk, visit On a map, Vorarlberg looks fairly compact. novel style, both in terms of architecture and timber has been the building material of a museum or other public buildings, and for Its multi-faceted character reveals itself at in the way they cooperated with building choice since time immemorial. Energy-efficient culinary breaks. second glance. The landscape between Lake authorities and builder owners. Their idea of design is common standard. In this respect Constance and the Arlberg, Silvretta and architecture revolved around notions such as as well, Vorarlberg’s architects are genuine www.vorarlberg.travel/architecture Raetikon mountain ranges is strikingly clear lines, minimalist forms, a sparing use of pioneers. colourful. In each village, the Alemannic natural resources, blending in harmoniously dialect sounds a little different. Just as with the surroundings, and – above all – Compiled by the Vorarlberg Architecture Insti - different are the architectural styles. afford ability. This new thinking soon caught tute vai and the Vorarlberg State Tourist Board, www.vorarlberg.travel/en/regions D Bodensee CH Bregenzerwald Klein- walsertal Bodensee- Vorarlberg Brandnertal – Arlberg Alpenstadt Bludenz – Klostertal – Großes FL Walsertal A Montafon CH Werkraum Bregenzerwald, Andelsbuch Orientation & Organisation Getting Things Done The presented tours can be easily fit into your (vai) and the Energy Institute Vorarl berg (EIV). An itinerant exhibition titled “Getting Things own plans. Containing a description of the You will be accompanied by specially trained Done“ is dedicated to architecture in Vorarl - various tours and objects in detail, the free multi-lingual (German, English, French) guides. berg. First on show in 2014 at the Werkraum Stuttgart ➛ Nürnberg Vorarlberg app “Urlaub und Freizeit“ (“Holidays We can also organise talks and lectures on Bregenzerwald, it now travels the Culture Nürnberg ➛ and Leisure”, in German only) helps you find sustainable building or regional development, Forums which the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Ulm your bearings. To find out more about this app, and arrange for meetings with architects, crafts - Affairs hosts at 32 venues around the world. GERMANY Munich see overleaf! people or builder-owners. Curator Wolfgang Fiel has put together an Singen Memmingen exhibition which highlights the eminent signi- Rhine Konstanz Lake Constance GERMANY The team of Bodensee-Vorarlberg Tourismus For contact data, check out our website ficance of local craftsmanship and the except - Schaffhausen Friedrichshafen will happily compile an extensive programme www.vorarlberg.travel/architecture ional cooperation of all stakeholders who Lindau St.Gallen Bregenz for groups of 12 persons on request, including contribute to the development of the built Altenrhein Dornbirn e.g. accommodation, inns and restaurants, environment in Vorarlberg. Zurich VORARLBERG AUSTRIA guided themed tours and other visits. Your con- www.gettingthingsdone.or.at SWITZERLAND Feldkirch tacts for professional excursions, also private Innsbruck FL groups, are the Vorarlberg Architecture Institute Bludenz Rhine Chur SWITZERLAND ITALY water pavilion St. Arbogast Village Spaces Old & New In many rural regions, contemporary architectu- Route 1 (full day) Route 2 (half day) In the mid-1970s, it was mainly ambitious Route 1 (1 day) Route 2 (1 day) re revolves around one individual object. In Village centre of Lochau (design of the village Exclusive residential neighbourhood of Dornbirn designers and builder-owners who, against Bregenz (vorarlberg museum) – Wolfurt (village Dornbirn (municipal pool Dornbirn, inatura nature Vorarlberg, however, a genuine culture of centre) – Wolfurt (town centre) – Langenegg (civic (villa Dr. Leo Herburger, villa Guntram Hämmerle) – massive resistance, fought for the preservation centre) – Lingenau (parish church St. John the discovery show Dornbirn, vaiDOMA) – Lustenau design competitions for public buildings evolv - centre) – Krumbach (bus stations) – Hittisau (village Mäder (eco-school, Johann-Jakob-Ender hall) – of historic structures. Interest in the mostly rural Baptist) – Hittisau (village square) – Riefensberg (town hall) – Hohenems (Jewish Museum) – Götzis ed in the 1990s which integrated squares and square) – Andelsbuch (civic centre, Werkraum Götzis (Am Garnmarkt) – Ludesch (civic centre) – heritage was always directed to building struct - (traditional costume-making atelier Riefensberg) – (Am Garnmarkt) – Röthis (village centre, kinder- village spaces in architectural design. Village Bregenzerwald) – Schwarzenberg (centre of villa- Raggal (municipal building) – St. Gerold (civic ures, the materials used, and the rich artisanal Lingenau – Schwarzenberg (Angelika Kauffmann garten) – Sulz (Freihof Sulz) – Schlins (Wiesenbach centres, neighbourhoods, and even commercial ge) – Dornbirn (inatura nature discovery show centre, equestrian hall, St. Gerold provostry, experience, but never to formal imitations. This Museum) – Schoppernau (culture and business hall, primary school and vicarage) – Nenzing parks, have transformed into a line-up of high- Dornbirn, vaiDOMA) – Lustenau (Millennium Park, cemetery). is how a striking dialogue between trad and centre). (Artenne Nenzing). quality contemporary design. Kirchpark market centre) – Bregenz (Festival and mod evolved. Convention Hall, Welle am Hafen café, vorarlberg The state of Vorarlberg supports this develop- museum, Kunsthaus Bregenz). When preserving a village structure is of the ment as well as the preservation of decentral essence, the saddleback roof becomes a first Lochau village centre Ludesch civic centre structures by is regional planning and sponsor - choice (e.g. Felder Museum Schoppernau). traditional costume-making atelier Riefensberg ing policies. At local level, a number of advisory Wherever novel uses need to be integrated, boards have been designated to ensure coher - new solutions are adopted (e.g. traditional ent village scapes. costumes atelier in Riefensberg). This full-day tour starts in the urban Rhine valley Route 1 starts in Bregenz, heading for the Bre - and heads to the Bregenzerwald. The half-day genzerwald. Route 2 starts in Dornbirn, heading tour starts in the Rhine valley and heads to the for the Walgau (Schlins and Nenzing). Grosses Walsertal biosphere park. municipal pool Dornbirn Art & Culture Crafts & Innovation Information & Orientation Vorarlberg’s cultural buildings epitomise its cul- Route 1 (full day) Route 2 (half day) Craftsmanship is one of the main pillars of build - Route 1 (1 day) Where to locate a site? What do the buildings look like? The interactive map at tural heritage, ranging from Roman excavations Bregenz (vorarlberg museum, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (Festival and Convention Hall, vorarlberg ing culture in Vorarlberg. The selection and pro- Bregenz – Sulzberg (civic centre) – Riefensberg www.vorarlberg.travel/architectours makes planning your stay and finding your bearings easy. to rural and artisanal achievements and a still Festival and Convention Hall) – Schwarzach (ceme- museum, Kunsthaus Bregenz) – Sulzberg (civic centre) – cessing of materials has even become the basis (traditional costume-making atelier Riefensberg) – visible industrial history. Social developments tery) – Dornbirn (vai Vorarlberg Architecture Doren – Riefensberg (traditional costume-making for an architectural language and aesthetics in Hittisau (Glanzstück jewellery workshop, village such as the award-winning Islamic cemetery Institute, inatura nature discovery show Dornbirn, atelier Riefensberg) – Hittisau (firefighters‘ depot and its own right. Clear lines and a radical reduction square, firefighters’ depot and culture centre/ The free Vorarlberg app “Urlaub und have set new architectural standards. vaiDOMA) – Hohenems (Jewish Museum, Salomon culture centre/women’s museum Hittisau) – Lingenau of form direct attention to the surfaces in parti- women’s museum, timber atelier Markus Faisst) – Freizeit“ (“Holidays and Leisure“) comes Sulzer Hall) – Altach (Islamic cemetery) – Götzis (parish church St. John the Baptist) – Andelsbuch cular. Their fine textures, but also their ability to Lingenau (Bregenzerwald cheese cellar) – Egg in handy when out and about. Under The state capital of Bregenz has become a hub (culture stage AMBACH, water pavilion St. Arbogast) (Werkraum Bregenzerwald) – Schwarzenberg age, are a hallmark of unprocessed materials. (Metzler cheese & whey) – Andelsbuch (Werkraum the heading of Architec tours it describes for culture & art institutions. The opening of the – Rankweil-Brederis