I was invited to Krems as an artist in residence by ORTE - Architekturnetzwerk Niederösterreich. During the residence I explored the relationship between two distinct parts of Krems. One part is historic and picturesque. It is the beginning of the of Wachau valley, UNESCO world heritage. The other part is a mixture of modern industry, commerce and housing, described as Krems-East. The exploration resulted in the short film “Painting a picture: on the fringe of world heritage”. The making of the film required a GIS-analysis, expert interviews, research into the history of the region and literature reviews. This booklet repurposes the research done for the film to make a case for a number of design proposals that would improve Krems-East. The booklet makes explicit the processes and spatial forms of the region, and as such it stimulates a discourse of planological and architectural development.
