VIENNA, Social Architecture and the Legacy of Red Vienna (Lecture 3 'Red clocks and the modern metropolis')

Lecture by Jerome Becker

Red Clocks and the Modern Metropolis: Municipal Housing in Red Vienna (1919–1934) as
a Counter-Hegemonic Politics of Time

Since the onset of modern urbanisation, significant shifts in the synchronisation of living and working have
challenged daily rhythms and temporal patterns of urban life. These temporal transformations, however,
have not unfolded without conflict. In this talk, I trace how time in the modern metropolis became a
contested resource and propose a re-reading of Red Vienna’s municipal housing programme as a
counter-hegemonic politics of time.

bio
Jerome Becker is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, and co-director of
MAGAZIN, an independent exhibition space for contemporary architecture in Vienna. In addition to
teaching architecture at several faculties and his involvement in editorial projects such as ADATO and
dérive, Jerome has been co-organising the Vienna Architecture Summer School since 2022. His PhD
research, funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund, explores the politics of time in public
housing and the temporal dispositions of urban space.

For whom?

• PhD students and postdocs

When and where?

• The lecture will take place on October 27, 2026 - 14:00-15:00
• Kapittelzaal H2/1.04

Registration?

• Registration is possible here

Acknowledged as?

• DS BSH (ARK): For PhD students who would like to have participation in these activities recognised in their portfolio, attendance of three lectures, or one workshop combined with one lecture, can be acknowledged as one domain-specific course in the DS portfolio. Once all required activities have been completed, participants should notify us via DSrequirements@uhasselt.be. Requests are assessed on an individual basis, after which the activities can be added to and acknowledged in the DS portfolio.