View from Hafelekar looking south over the town down in the Inn Valley.
Photo: Eduard Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti.
© Alpine Club-Museum, Innsbruck

















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The Project
In the face of continuous change, the equilibrium of the environment is becoming increasingly delicate. As a cultural landscape, the Alpine Space is heavily used and is shaped by human hand. The goal of the International Year of Mountains proclaimed by the United Nations for 2002 is awareness-building for the special situation of the mountain regions.

In this context the Alpenverein Museum in Innsbruck has created a project that addresses the subject of interaction between the town and the mountains. Intensive utilisation of the Nordkette with its resources and leisure potential shapes both the landscape and life in the city. This striking mountain massif with its simultaneous presence in the townscape is the focus of the vertical project. The exhibition is designed to guide the eye from the public urban space to the mountain chain and the details of the landscape. The mountains form an ideal and real backcloth to illustrate various alternatives for and phases in the development of alpine landscapes. The Nordkette is a striking hallmark of the city and at the same time a key element in the identity of the people who live there.