Drawn to Geometry

Vienna-based architect Martin Feiersinger has long studied the geometry underlying building typologies. Starting from a broad interest in private spaces and, more specifically, the houses that architects have designed for themselves, the exhibition curated by Gabriele Kaiser and Martin Feiersinger moves adeptly among epochs, theories, and practices.

The aim is to explore through drawings, spatial studies, and proportional models the extent to which geometry is palpable in our day-to-day settings. How can universal forms yield something we identify with, something vibrant? In this exploratory examination of built or imagined architectures, (re)drawing plays a pivotal role. The old adage applies: No day without a line.

Curated by Martin Feiersinger and Gabriele Kaiser, the exhibition explores the fascinating world of geometry through four thematic sections and examples spanning from the Renaissance to the present day.

1. “Geometric Solids” (Models of Platonic solids; solid and hollow ruled solids)

2. “Research into Architectural Space” (From the studiolo to the “Dome Home” to the hexagonal house and megastructures)

3. “Floor Plan Atlas” (Chronological examples of dwellings from the Renaissance to the present day)

4. “Follies” (Architectural peculiarities)