Anka Dür / An architect and a trainee midwife since 2017. She is also a founding member of the IG Birth Culture a-z and as such is largely responsible for its content. She studied at the Technical University of Innsbruck, the ETH Zurich and the Technical University of Berlin and designed a birth house with birthing rooms made of clay for her architectural diploma thesis at the Technical University of Innsbruck. 

Martin Rauch / An artist, architect and earth building pioneer, internationally known and multi-award winning. For the new Ricola Herb Center in Laufen, he tamped 3,000 tons of clay, showing that the natural material meets all hygienic requirements when it is coated with wax.

Anna Heringer / Known for celebrating and encouraging environmentally friendly and traditional building methods.  As an architect working in Africa and Asia she received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Her project, developed together with Martin Rauch, was presented in the main pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2018. 

Sabrina Summer / A designer and interior designer. She recently returned from London, where she worked on various projects at Zaha Hadid Architects and Ab Rogers Design, a multidisciplinary design studio. For two years she has been working on the realisation of the Maggie’s Centre in Sutton, a cancer support centre with a non-institutional, open feel. 

The birthing centre is a place where women can give birth to their children in a warm and safe way. It is not a competition to the clinic, but an alternative.

Metz-Becker

The “room for birth and senses” is an art project and part of a larger vision. It is supposed to prepare the ground for a new, holistic consciousness in which rooms and materials support physiological and regenerative processes. The object prompts you to focus more on the senses. Different childbearing postures can be adopted. An active birth works with gravity. Standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, hanging, and moving support the birth process.

The “space for birth and senses” would not be possible without the active support of numerous people, companies, and sponsors. The mud bricks found 500 sponsors who helped finance the project through a crowdfunding campaign. With your help and thanks to regional companies, the realisation of a vision became possible. Thank you!

PRIVATE BRICK SPONSORS
Christof & Theresia Abbrederis, Alexandra Abbrederis-Simpson, Heidi Ackermann, Isolde & Erwin Adamek, Ludwig & Monika Adlassnigg, Florian Aicher, Juliane Dorothea Alton, Miriam Amann, Muhammet-Ali Armagan, Renate Bachmann, Patricia Bachmann, Michael Bachmann & Siglinde Gisinger, Ida Bals, Dominik Bartenstein, Judith Barvinek, Gabriele Batlogg, Katharina Bauerle, Hedwig Baumann, Simon Baur, Johannes Bawart, Mechtild Bawart, Karin Blaas, Georg Bechter, Martina Bechtold-Pfeifer, David Beger & Katharina Frick, Mirjam Begle, Natalie Begle- Hämmerle, Simone Bemetz-Kochhafen, Silvia Benko, Sabine Benzer, Karin Maria Berchtel, Ingrid Bertel, Sarah Bestle, Gertrudis Elfriede Bethentochter, Mathias & Margit Blank, Christine Böhler, Elfriede Katharina Böhler, Rosmarie Bolter, Gabriele & Gernot Bösch, Gottfried Brandner, Elisabeth Brock, Elisabeth Brotzge-Böckle, Regine Bruggmüller-Riese, Margit Brunner-Gohm, Stefan & Gabriele Büchele, Daniela Büchele, Klara Büchele-Ujunawa, Kenan Bueyuektas, Sonja Burtscher, Erwin Buttazoni, Cornelia Caldonazzi, Maria & Hans-Dieter Claessens, Francesca Clara Pitscheider, Michaela Coers, Verena Susanne Daum, Beatrice De Pascalis-Koch, Marianne Degginger, Ralph & Beatrix Dettelbach, Sebastian Dieterich, Marie-Luise & Wolfgang Dietrich, Vera Lia Düngler, Guntram & Karin Dür, Nadine Eberhardt, Margareta Eberle-Kirchmayr, Christine Ehrne, Verena Eiler, Martina Eisendle, Maria El Ghoubashy, Kathi Eller, Rita Endres-Wetzel, Hildegund Engstler, Mirjam & Markus Entner, Aida Fattah, Margarete Felber, Helmut Felder, Birgitt Felder, Roswitha Fessler, Brigitte Flinspach, Ilse Fraisl, Tobias Franz, Anna Franz, Doris Franz, Cassandra Frener, Julia Frick, Gisela Friedl, Beatrice Friedli, Fred Frohofer, Katharina Emmi & Philomena Emma Fuchs, Patrick Fürnschuß & Simone Fürnschuß-Hofer, Thomas & Alexandra Gabriel, Hannah Gabriel, Angelika Gabriel-Ritter & Albrecht Gabriel, Laura Ruth Gaffron, Simon & Sabrina Galehr, Johanna Gall, Nina Lyne Gangl, Anita Gangl, Renate Ganser, Norbert Gantner & Helga Müller, Erich & Maria Gasser, Alexandra O. Gelny, Moritz Gerber, Andrea Gerstel & Gerold Ulrich, Hertha Glück, Baumeister Harald Gmeiner, Jutta & Karl Gnaiger-Rathmanner, Bernadette Gordon, Antonia Göggerle-Locher, Hans-Joachim Gögl & Bärbel Hellerschmid-Gögl, Gabriele Maria Gohm, Heike Grabher Meyer, Gabriele Graf, Petra Graf Heule, Eva Grahammer, Jennifer Grasberger, Barbara Griehser, Sepp & Margarethe Gröfler, Cornelia Grosskopf, Christine Gruber, Florina Grunberg-Ernst, Anita Grüneis, Ludwig Gwercher & Veronika Gwercher-Kogler, Eva Maria Häfele, Edith Hagen, Julia Hagen, Martin Hagen, Andrea Hager, Lydia Hagspiel, Wolfgang & Alexandra Hagspiel, Erika Hagspiel, Rita Halmer, Birgit Hämmerle,Rosmarie Hartmann, Helmut Hartmann, Birgit & Thomas Häusle, Claudia Heeb-Fleck, Johanna Hefel, Renate Heiler & Thomas Gut, Peter & Hella Sigrid Hein, Stefanie & Matthias Hein, Caroline Heinzle, Paul & Sabine Heinzle, Monika Heiss, Nicole Henning, Elke Herburger & Frauenrunde Como, Thomas Herburger, Brigitte Herrmann, Günther Hinteregger, Magdalena Hofer, Hermann Hofer, Barbara Hofer, Elin Maria Högström, Max Hohenfellner, Hans & Reingard Hohenfellner, Simone Höller & Wolfgang Geiger, Cornelia Holzer, Dagmar Holzer, Ella & Michaela Holzer, Melanie Holzer, Thomas Honermann, Sabine Hosp, Maria Huber & Valeria Pescollderungg, Isolde & Ewald Huber, Ralf Innerkofler, Jasmin Isopp, Jutta & Jürgen Isopp , Christina Jacoby, Erika Jäger, Maria Jansa, Christoph Jochum, Werner & Barbara Jochum, Eva Jochum, Anita Jordanidis, Kathrin Juffinger, Sabine Juffinger-Bauer, Hannah Juriatti, Iris Kammerhofer, Klaus Käppeli, Barbara Keiler, Irmgard Keraudren-Aichberger, Bernhard Kerstiens, Sonia Kessler, Evi Kettner, Maria King, Gudrun Mathilde Marie Koch, Janine Köchli, Veronika Kofler, Renate Kohler, Nicole König, Marion König, Martina König-Bachmann, Tanja Stephanie Kopf, Hadwig Kräutler (H+H Kräutler), Marlene Kremmel, Adi Küpfer & Cora Dubach, Helmut Kuess & Waltraud Zudrell, Johannes Lampert & Silvia Keckeis, Ingeborg Landsmann, Ivana Lecher, Ernst Lehner,  Manuela Lehner-Künz, Doris Leitinger, Nahla Lenz-Kabalan, Pauline Lesjak, Simone Lindinger-Marinz, Stefan Lins, Kathrin Ludescher, Bianca Lugmayr, Sylvia Lutz, Erika Lutz, Monika Mack-Fischer, Hugo & Christine Mackowitz, Brigitte Mader-Soraperra, Beatrix Madlener-Tonetti, Reinhard & Marion Maier, Annika Maier, Manfred Maier, Birgit Mair, Patrizia Mangeng-Fleisch, Clemens & Ulrike Marberger, Elisabeth Marchart, Thomas Marte, Stefan Martin & Eva-Maria Türtscher, Sonja Martin,Helen Marxer, Miriam Marxer, Eduard & Katharina Mathies, Laura Mathies & Stefan Schartlmüller, Annelies Mätzler, Michael Helmut Mayer, Miriam Meier, Eva-Maria Meier-Troy, Karin & Wolfgang Metzler, Daniela Mittelberger-Erath, Daniela Mittermayr-Zech, Eva & Gabor Mödlagl, Christian Moll, Anna Moser-Müller, Rachel Müller, Christian Müller, Sabine Müller, Harald Müller, Mona Müller-Ganahl, Manuela Mylonas, Wilhelm & Isolde Nachbauer, Stefanie Nachbauer, Waltraud & Bernhard Nagel-Fiel, Hanna-Maria Naphegyi, Jutta Nenning, Patrizia Nenning, Christoph & Fabienne Netzer, Renate & Loek Neve, Claudia & Peter Niedermair, Barbara Nigsch, Maria Luisa Nüesch, Dietmar & Helene Nussbaumer, May-Britt Nyberg Chromy, Florian Oberforcher, Susanne Oberrauch, Gloria Ochoa, Heike Ostler-Kaps, Ingrid Oswald, Carolina & Andreas Paragioudakis-Fink, Helene Pecoraro, Elisabeth Pfründer, Elisabeth Piffl, Andrea Plakolm, Maria-Luise Pokorny-Reitter, Gudrun Posch-Berger, Sabine Postner,Elisabeth Rassi, Clemens Rauch, Magdalena Rauch, Gertrud & Johannes Rauch, Verena Rauch & Walter Prenner, Monika Reichart, Martin & Melanie Rein, Ulrike & Thomas Reiner, Katharina Rhomberg, Martin & Martina & Katharina & Franziska Rhomberg, Margit Rettenmoser-Purin, Ulrike & Erwin Rinderer, Christine Rinderer, Karin Ritter, Katharina Ritter, Maria Rödlach, Jennifer Rotheneder, Aline Rottmar, Dorothea Rüb, Martina Rüscher, Irmi-Marie Sachs-Ritter, Clemens Sagmeister, Angelika Salzmann, Kathrin Salzmann, Eva Maria Schädler, Ingrid Scharf, Werner & Gabriela Scheffknecht, Sabine Scheffknecht, Laura Scherer, Angela Schiemer, Anna & Emanuel Schinnerl, Insa Schipper, Helmut & Hildegard Schlatter, Susanne Schlösser, Angela Schmid, Stefanie Schmid-Altringer, Monika Schmitt, Martina & Wolfgang Schraml, Andrea Schwabl-Zwischenberger, Ilse Schwarz, Andrea Schwarz, Christine Schwarz-Fuchs, Maria Schwärzler & Peter Zehnder, Angelika Schwarzmann, Melitta Schwarzmann, Martin Schweighofer, Stefanie Schweigkofler, Claudia Hedwig Seewald, Andrea Semper, Elisabeth Senoner, Priska Sidler, Hilda Simma, Harald Sonderegger, Anna & Egon Soraperra, Brigitta Soraperra, Thomas Soraperra & Stefania Pitscheider Soraperra, Fam. Claudia & Christoph Sorg, Elisabeth Spiegel-Fessler, Elisabeth Spiegel-Hefel, Andrea Spieth, Nora Spiri, Ingeborg Stadelmann, Gerhard Steiner, Erich & Andrea Stemer, Gerda Stemmer, Hildegard Steurer, Dagmar Steurer, Fam. Helene & Alfred Stöckeler, Karin Stöckler & Leonhard Bilgeri, Carin E. Stoller, Theresa Stoß-Claeßens, Michael Strieder & Christa Strieder-Soraperra, Anita & Reinhold Strieder, Ruth Sturm, Nina Sturn, Lisa Suitner, Birgit Sutterlüty, Ronja Svaneborg & Simon Hofer, Ruth Swoboda, Klaudia Szalay-Rederer, Marlene Thalhammer, Silvia Thurner, Ulrike Tröbst, Patricia Tschallener, Ulrike Rosa Tschofen, Doris Maria Tschol, Rhea Uher, Dagmar Ullmann-Bautz, Aleksandra Vohl, Sabine Von der Thannen-Hächl, Helene Vorhauser Malin & Daniel Malin, Elisa Vu-Lerch, Katharina Waibel, Astrid Walser, Waltraud Maria Walser, Franz & Monika Walser, Barbara & Walter Schwarz, Annette Weber, Martin Weber, Jutta Wehinger, Christine Weidmann-Summer, Renate & Bernhard Weithas, Felicitas Wetzel, Eva Maria Wilburger, Annika Willi, Günther Willi, Iris Willinger-Erhart, Jasmin Wohlgenannt, Florian Wostry, Elke Zimmermann, Nadja Zöch-Schüpbach

COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS WHO SPONSORED BRICKS
Brosi KG, columbosnext, Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten ZT G, Drei Schwestern – feministische Frauen Feldkirch, Elan Vital Physiotherapie, Hebammen & Naturheilpraxis Erdenleben, Fachhochschule Salzburg GmbH, FAIRMITTLER Stefan Gmeiner e.U., Verein Frauen in guter Verfassung, Frauenzentrum Kempten, Freie Pflegekunst Wangen, Gossauer Frauengeschichten, Gruber + Haumer Landschaftsarchitektur, Die Grünen – Generation plus Vorarlberg, Hebammen für Deutschland e.V., Hebammenpraxis Dornbirn, Immo Schneider – Gaby Schneider, KäseStrasse Bregenzerwald GmbH, Kalb Analytik AG, Gasthof Hotel Krone, Lila Laune Yoga & Nuad, Lions Club Vorarlberg Fortuna, MAGMA Grafik, Moon Rose Yoga, Müller Ofenbau & Fliesen GmbH, nahdran – Kommunikation für Gesundheit und Wissenschaft, Projektum GmbH, Sägenvier DesignKommunikation, Verein Salon 13, SOB Bregenz – Schule für Sozialbetreuungsberufe, Silberball Bregenz GmbH, Soroptimist International Club Dornbirn, Wälder Versicherung VaG, Wiener Seife GmbH, Windlkind, Wirkungsraum – Entfaltung ermöglichen, Wohnen plus Wangen, Zyklisch Leben

PEOPLE HELPING BUILD THE ROOM
Christian Albrecht, Pia Alge, Viktoria Dürr, Miriam Ender, Hannah Gabriel, Veronika Gauss, Gabriele Hartmann, Helmut Hartmann, Elmar Hiller, Clemens Hintner, Franz-Josef Meusburger, Fernando Passos, Lukas Pircher, Norbert Plattner, Clara Mainetti, Assunta Rauch, Björn Rösner, Marta Rota, Tobias Rusch, Stefan Schartlmüller, Laura Scherer, Nadine Schneider, Marco Schratter, Paulo Schweighofer, Renata Settari, Andrea Spieth, Ian Tarmann, Aleksandra Vohl, Katharina Waibel, Sigrid Zwischenbrugger 

COMPANIES INVOLVED IN BUILDING PROCESS
Dominik Abbrederis, Baunetz Naturbaustoffe, Georg Bechter Licht, Christoph Bereuter GmbH, Berkmann Bau, CALCTURA – Gerold Ulrich, Claytec – Lehmbaustoffe, Dobler Baugesellschaft mbH, Elektro Österle, Holzwerkstatt Markus Faißt, Fetz Color, Feurstein Schmiede- u. Fahrzeugbau, Albert Hager – „der Schindeler“, Simon Hofer – Bootsbau, Kunst- und Möbeltischlerei, David Ledetzky – dr’ Plättaler, Lehm-Ton-Erde Baukunst GmbH, Licht und Wärme Elektrotechnik Burtscher GmbH, Michael Karner – Maler & Bodenleger, Müller Ofenbau & Fliesen GmbH, PÖZ Parkett & ökologischer Wohnbedarf Handels- und Beratungs GmbH, Preite – Verputz & Trockenbau GmbH, Reumiller & Längle – natürlich bauen, Rusch - Abdichter, Spengler + Dachdecker GmbH, Scheffknecht Transporte, Schmelzenbach Baumanagement GmbH, Alexander Tschofen – Alex’ Malerkiste, Vögel Transporte, Zimmerer Nenning OG 

WITH FRIENDLY SUPPORT OF
ALPLA, Binding Stiftung, Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Gemeinde Hittisau, Guido Feger Stiftung, Land Vorarlberg, Lehm-Ton-Erde Baukunst GmbH, Studio Anna Heringer, Uniqa Insurance Group, Weitblick GmbH 

WE WOULD PARTICULARLY LIKE TO THANK
Isolde Adamek, Johannes Bawart, Gerhard Beer und Gemeinde Hittisau, Carmen Chromy, Andreas Cukrowicz, Energieinstitut Vorarlberg, Laurenz Feinig, Roswitha Fessler, Bernadette Fritz, Johannes Gasser, Andrea Gerstel, Markus Götsch, Gabriele Graf, Hans und Reingard Hohenfellner, Rosa Huber, Jasmin Isopp, Jutta Jäger, Verena Konrad, Manuela Lehner-Künz, Harald Müller, Marie-Luise Pfanner, Verena Rauch, Martina Rüscher, Stefanie Schmid-Altringer, Sandra Schoch, Willi Sieber, Andrea Spieth, Mirjam Steinbock, Dagmar Steurer, Rosmarie Summer, Annika Willi, Elke Zimmermann sowie den Teams von Lehm-Ton-Erde und Frauenmuseum Hittisau (Wilma Bilgeri, Hannah Eberle, Danielle Fend-Strahm, Gertrud Faißt, Katharina Felder, Bernadette Fritz, Lydia Hagspiel, Angelika Hausegger, Sabine Heinzle, Annelies Mätzler, Marion Maier, Alexandra Natter, Marianna Nenning, Renate Nußbaumer, Petra Raid, Katharina Rohner, Elena Schertler, Andrea Schwarzmann, Dagmar Steurer)

The “room for birth and senses” is an external part of the exhibition “birth culture. giving birth and being born” was created in spring 2020 on behalf of the Hittisau Frauenmuseum.