Armin Blasbichler Studio

THE QUEST
Blasbichlers Twentyone was conceived as an academic art/architecture experiment to investigate the marginalization of the architect, its social role, its role within the “urban-industrial complex”, the product-value architecture is able to achieve, the mass of new architects produced by universities trying to find legitimation, the potentials of role play and last but not least the bold attempt to run an academic course as a temporary profit oriented business model.

THE PLAN
At first glance the attempt to plan a bank heist might sound like a post-adolescent prank, stupid, even irresponsible. But it's not. Blasbichlers Twentyone is an endeavour that calls most of the core competences of an architect. i.e. research and value the site, find out weak and strong aspects, think, imagine, anticipate, sense and develop a concept, sketch, think, design, rethink, reimagine etc., prepare action plan documentation, plan the time schedule, the costs. And well,



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In contrast to top down planning principles DOWN is TOWN aims to unleash the creative potential of the masses. It advocates a kind of community planning in which people learn to regain confidence with their desires and that they are capable of deciding for themselves what has traditionally been imposed upon them by others. The ‘social change’ traditionally is induced by capital and politics, a system in which professional planners are caught and remain incapable of providing sustainable human existence. However, gentrification phenomena testify that the germs of any substantial urban and social change do not depend on capital in the first place. Change is initiated by people’s genuine desires, spontaneity, appropriation, occupation, DIY, etc. usually advocated by a specific breed of subcultures.

DOWN is TOWN is a bottom up urban planning tool for districts facing substantial change. Within a defined area of a chosen neighborhood ground-based sound spots are being install

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THE QUEST
Blasbichlers Twentyone was conceived as an academic art/architecture experiment to investigate the marginalization of the architect, its social role, its role within the “urban-industrial complex”, the product-value architecture is able to achieve, the mass of new architects produced by universities trying to find legitimation, the potentials of role play and last but not least the bold attempt to run an academic course as a temporary profit oriented business model. The project stands synonymous for any kind of civil disobedience."...Yo, we gotta take the power back! Bam! Here's the plan." (Rage Against the Machine, Take the Power Back)

THE PLAN
At first glance the attempt to plan a bank heist might sound like a post-adolescent prank, stupid, even irresponsible. But it's not. Blasbichlers Twentyone is a collective endeavour that calls most of the core competences of an architect. i.e. research and value the site, find out weak and strong




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Inception door for a family of four
Painted multil-layered boards

Inception door
Framed slides of Pantone swatches, laminated glass, wood frame | H 210cm, W 84cm

“ORSON, I'm Home” is a limited series of dining tables in different sizes, shapes and techniques processing a selection of livestock animals.

»In talking of modern society as a consumer culture, people are not referring simply to a particular pattern of needs and objects […] but to a culture of consumption.« Don Slater, Consumer Culture and Modernity

“ORSON, I'm Home” is a limited series of dining tables in different sizes, shapes and techniques processing a selection of livestock animals.

»In talking of modern society as a consumer culture, people are not referring simply to a particular pattern of needs and objects […] but to a culture of consumption.« Don Slater, Consumer Culture and Modernity