ARGEkultur Salzburg, Cultural center in Nonntal district, Salzburg, Austria.
ARGEkultur Salzburg is a cultural center at Ulrike-Gschwandtner-Straße 5 in the Nonntal district, in a new building opened in 2005. It houses a stage for theater, dance, and music, plus rooms for workshops and seminars, and serves as a base for more than 20 permanent user groups, including Radiofabrik and subnet.
In November 1981 about 50 initiatives formed ARGE Rainberg to press for converting the old Sternbrauerei at the foot of the Rainberg into a self-managed cultural centre of 24,000 square metres; three years of talks failed. After demonstrations in June and July 1984 the group was offered the HTL-Lehrbauhof in Nonntal, roughly 1,000 square metres, which opened in 1987 as Kulturgelände Nonntal. The city council funded a new building in December 2003, and in October 2005 the centre moved to Ulrike-Gschwandtner-Straße 5 and took the name ARGEkultur.
The center serves as a gathering place for artists, students, and people interested in independent cultural expression. Spaces here are used by multiple groups, creating an open environment where creative communities connect and share their work.
The building is accessible at ground level, with the main foyer reachable without steps and ramps connecting to the studio spaces. Visitors can reach the venue easily by public transportation, as the Justitzgebäude stop is nearby.
The building received an award of recognition in the 2006 architecture prize of the State of Salzburg. Since September 2018 the organisation has also been a shareholder of the Salzburg community television station FS1, and in 2024 it received the Austrian Art Prize for cultural initiatives.
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