Jesko Fezer & Axel John Wieder


Unititled (div. Planungstheorien)

Central Library Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Hof 1, Tue, Thu 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Wed, Fri    10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Sat 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

In their work, which is presented as an archive in the main library, Jesko Fezer (*1970) and Axel John Wieder (*1971) examine different theories of planning. How do theory and praxis relate to urban planning and development in reality, and how do 
the former interpret the latter? Planning theories evoke an (urban) reality, where they intervene in the space. Pragmatic demands, flexible decision-making, democratic legitimation, and project orientation play a role, as do the conditions of a post-industrialized society struggling with globalization and fragmentation. Established in the 1970s 
as its own discipline, planning theory reflects the development from late modernist visions to 
our present day, and is marked by economic concepts. In this setting planning, designing, and building seem to be instruments involved in a transformation of social and ideological perspec-tives into factual architecture.