Field of Study
We believe that architecture is an intellectual construction of ideas tied to its socio-economic and political context. Architectural production needs to be alert and inquisitive, while at the same time innovative, inventive, and critical. Consequently, we educate and encourage our students to experiment with ideas through research, testing their projects’ credibility and viability through implementation in practice. If you are interested in architecture as a domain in which you exercise your intellectual capacity and tirelessly pursue arguments for a better world, where you insist on making a difference in how we inhabit the environment and are interested in dialogue and debate, the IKA at the Academy is the right choice. We are looking for the best students who are interested in investing in the future of architecture.
Upcoming Events
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Otto Wagner Lecture 2026: Legacy Russell – Black Meme
BLACK MEME explores the construct, culture, and material of the meme as mapped to Black visual culture from 1900 to present day. Using archival media Russell explores the impact of blackness, Black life, and Black social death on contemporary conceptions of virality borne in the age of the Internet. Offering insight into Russell's ongoing research and work, this lecture will touch on some of the subjects within her book BLACK MEME: A History of Images that Make Us (Verso, 2024).
Otto-Wagner-Lecture
Studio Building/ ground floor, north
Art and Architecture
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Shifting Grounds
Works by the Design Studio Platform Geography Landscape Cities at the Institute for Art and Architecture, in Summersemester 2025. The exhibition is part of the interim use program mittendrin.wien.
Public exhibition
Six construction fence banners at the Favoriten roundabout
Art and Architecture
