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In its second exhibition after moving into the newly designed Blockhaus, the Archive of the Avant-Garde – Egidio Marzona (ADA) is dedicating a comprehensive presentation to visionary architectural concepts, building utopias and dystopias of the 20th century from 16 November 2024. During these decades, architects were called upon to respond to numerous crisis situations and global events. Around 200 exhibits, including drawings, models, objects and publications, tell of a hopeful belief in progress or cautionary scepticism about life in the future. In view of today’s social challenges, these ideas of the world of yesteryear seem more relevant than ever.
The collection presentation in the centre of the exhibition area presents ten positions, including individual architects as well as collectives and loose groupings. It begins with early 20th century visions by Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) and Bruno Taut (1880-1938), in which nature and the cosmos are aspects that flow into the architecture. Concepts by Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), such as the mobile domed buildings and the associated reminder to use resources …
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Image above: Buckminster Fuller beim Marine Corps Helikopterlift einer Geodätischen Kuppel, Orphan’s Hill, North Carolina, USA, 1954© The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller
