Situating architectural performance: "star architecture' and its roles in repositioning the cities of Graz, Lucerne and Wolfsburg

《Situating architectural performance: "star architecture' and its roles in repositioning the cities of Graz, Lucerne and Wolfsburg》

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关键字: Architecture; star-architect; Bilbao effect; situatedness; repositioning; city; CULTURAL PRAGMATICS; URBAN REGENERATION; TOURISM; STRATEGIES; NETWORKS; PLACE; CITY

作者单位: [Alaily-Mattar, Nadia; Dreher, Johannes; Thierstein, Alain] Tech Univ Munich, Dept Architecture, Munich, Germany. [Bartmanski, Dominik; Loew, Martina] Tech Univ Berlin, Dept Sociol, Berlin, Germany. [Koch, Michael; Pape, Timothy] Hafen City Univ Hamburg, Dept Urban Planning, Hamburg, Germany. Bartmanski, D (reprint author), Tech Univ Berlin, Fraunhoferstr 33-36, D-10587 Berlin, Germany.; Pape, T (reprint author), Hafen City Univ Hamburg, Uberseeallee 16, D-20457 Hamburg, Germany. E-Mail: dominik.bartmanski@tu-berlin.de; timo.pape@berlin.de

摘要: Since the opening of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao in 1997, the topic of how star architecture' plays a decisive role in urban regeneration has been discussed in academic debates as well as in the media. Efforts to emulate the so-called Bilbao effect followed internationally. However, not every city that commissions the design of a public cultural building to a star architect seeks to replicate that effect. This overarching narrative has nevertheless constituted a powerful background representation. This paper discusses the supposed replicability of the effect'. The aim is to emphasize relational situatedness and plurality of roles of star architecture as a device of urban regeneration. The process of repositioning of a city does not necessarily follow the logic of international economic competition. When it comes to medium-sized cities, we observe that they aim at distinction within a specific field, in their nation-state, or try to reinvent their internal dynamics. This process can have expressive and symbolic, not merely instrumental character, and be understood as more of a socio-cultural performance rather than a purely economic investment. We juxtapose three empirical cases to illustrate the argument: Kunsthaus in Graz, Culture and Congress Centre Lucerne and Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg.