Creative Exchange 2020
The two-day event at the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) in Ljubljana represents the central gathering of the Future Architecture platform. The conference with 25 selected Future Architecture 2020 Call for Ideas applicants and invited guests is one of the most insightful annual gatherings around European architecture and showcases ideas and trends for the future development of the profession.
The Focus Talks feature invited guests, keynote speakers who run well-established practices today but develop them in a constant search for alternative architectural tools and strategies. The guests of the Focus Talks in 2020 will be Mariana Pestana, architect and curator of the 2020 Istanbul Design Biennial, Marina Otero Verzier, architect and director of research at the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Léa-Catherine Szacka, an architect, historian and critic, author of Biennials / Triennials Conversations on the Geography of Itinerant Display, Thomas Geisler, design curator and cultural producer, curator of the 26th Biennial of Design, BIO 26 – Common Knowledge and James Taylor-Foster, chair of Future Architecture Advisory Board and curator of Contemporary Architecture and Design at ArkDes.
Running in parallel, the Future Architecture Fair will provide a forum for architects and architecture offices, institutions, producers, curators, and other professionals.
Wednesday, 12. February 2020
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Registration + refreshments |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Welcome Matevž Čelik Director of MAO Future Architecture platform leader |
| 10:00 – 19:00 | Future Architecture Fair |
2020 MATCHMAKING CONFERENCE / 2020 Future Architecture Fellows | |
| Research | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | pais(vi)agem, pais(vi)agem, Barcelona (E) |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Mapping the Margins, TiriLab, Morfi, Thesprotias (GR) |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | Agro Commune, Office of Human Resources, New York (USA) |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | 35 Meridians of Radical Rituals, Forty-Five Degrees, Berlin (D) |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | Institute for linear Research, Institute for Linear Research, Triesen (FL) |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Discussion moderated by Saimir Kristo / Tirana Architecture Week |
| 11:05 – 11:20 | Refreshments |
| Storytelling | |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Poetics for the Uncertain, Constantinos Marcou, Larnaca (CY) |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | Future Histories, Will Jennings, London (GB) |
| 11:40 – 11:50 | Drowned in Neretva River, Un-war space lab, Mostar (BiH) |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Diasporic Ties, Grégoire Deberdt, Paris (F) |
| 12:00 – 12:10 | Apartment Biographies, Sonja Lakić, Banja Luka (BiH) |
| 12:10 – 12:25 | Discussion moderated by Irena Lehkoživová / VI PER Gallery Prague |
| 12:25 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| Architecture as cultural Production | |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Biblioteca Abierta (Free library), Proyecto Colectivo, Baltimore (USA) |
| 14:10 – 14:20 | Mies. TV: Architecture Backstage, Mies. TV, Vienna (A) |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | From dismissed building to open spaces, Amigdala, Modena (I) |
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Ways of Treating Buildings In Order to See Them, Agustin Schang, Brooklyn (USA) |
| 14:40 – 14:50 | Unfolding Pavilion, D. T. Munteanu, D. T. Ferrando, S. Favargiotti, Trento (I) |
| 14:50 – 15:05 | Discussion moderated by Manuel Henriques / Lisbon Architecture Triennale |
| 15:05 – 15:20 | Refreshments |
| Strategies | |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Learning from Films, Renzo Sgolacchia, Rotterdam (NL) |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Architecture of Shame, Architecture of Shame, Matera (I) |
| 15:40 – 15:50 | Recycling Utopia, Goda Verikaite, Rotterdam (NL) |
| 15:50 – 16:00 | The Distributed Cooperative, TEN Studio & Alexis Kalagas, (AU) |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Manifesto for unexpected architectures, D. Sologuren, B. Downey, Lausanne (CH) |
| 16:10 – 16:25 | Discussion moderated by Julija Reklaite / Architekturos fondas Vilnius |
| 16:25 – 16:40 | Refreshments |
| Practice | |
| 16:40 – 16:50 | ACAN, Architects Climate Action Network, London (GB) |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Collective Intelligence in City Design, CIVIS, Cambridge (USA) |
| 17:00 – 17:10 | An Anticipatory Theory of Ruin Ecology, Jason Rhys Parry, Lafayette (USA) |
| 17:10 – 17:20 | Critical Practice, Critical Practice, London (GB) |
| 17:20 – 17:35 | Discussion moderated by Pippo Ciorra / MAXXI Rome |
| 17:35 - 18:05 | Annual Reflections Summary Marina Otero Verzier Architect, Director of Research at Het Nieuwe Instituut |
| 18:05 – | Food + Drinks + Matchmaking |
2020 FUTURE ARCHITECTURE FAIR | |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Pitch Cocktails of the Future Architecture Fair |
Thursday, 13. February 2020
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Registration + refreshments |
2020 MATCHMAKING CONFERENCE / 2020 European Architecture Program | |
| Conferences, Lecture Series & Publishing | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | All the Beauties of the Cities VI PER Gallery, Prague (CZ) |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Building Narratives Architektūros fondas, Vilnius (LT) |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | Urban Talks BINA Belgrade International Architecture Week, Belgrade (SRB) |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | The Open Bookshelf: Future Architecture Library dpr-barcelona, Barcelona (E) |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Refreshments |
| Workshops & Summer Schools | |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | In Practice: Architecture education for the Future MAO, Ljubljana (SLO) |
| 11:10 – 11:20 | MAXXI Architecture Film Summer School MAXXI, Rome (I) |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Design Biotop 2020: Systemic Approach in Design Design Biotop, Ljubljana (SLO) |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | OAT Autumn Programme Oslo Architecture Triennale, Oslo (N) |
| 11:40 – 11:50 | Future Architecture Summer School KAF, Prishtina (RKS) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Refreshments |
| Exhibitions | |
| 12:10 – 12:20 | Staged Nature Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (P) |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | The Publishing School: Publishing Acts I-II-III DAI-SAI Pula (HR) |
| 12:30 – 12:40 | Tirana Architecture Week 2020: Catalysts of Change Polis University, Tirana (AL) |
| 12:40 – 12:50 | Living in the Country, Reinventing the Non-Urban Condition HDA, Graz (A) |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Future Architecture Collection Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon (P) |
| Meet the New Members | |
| 13:00 – 13.15 | Theatrum Mundi, Paris (F), London (GB) |
| 13:15 – 13.30 | BETA, Timișoara Architecture Biennial, Timișoara (R) |
| 13:30 – 16:00 | Lunch + Matchmaking |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | BIO. 26, Common Knowledge exhibition guided tour by curator Thomas Geisler |
2020 FOCUS TALKS | |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | James Taylor-Foster Chair of Future Architecture Advisory Board Curator of Contemporary Architecture and Design (ArkDes) |
| 16:20 – 16:50 | Léa-Catherine Szacka Lecturer in Architectural Studies at MARG, University of Manchester Author of Biennials/Triennials |
| 16:50 – 17:20 | Thomas Geisler Design curator and cultural producer Director of Kunsgewerbemuseum Dresden Curator of BIO 26 Common Knowledge |
| 17:20 - 17:30 | Refreshments |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Marina Otero Verzier Architect Director of Research at Het Nieuwe Instituut |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Mariana Pestana Architect and curator Co-founder of the Decorators Curator of the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial in 2020 |
| 18:30 – 19:30 | Discussion Léa-Catherine Szacka, Thomas Geisler, Marina Otero Verzier, Mariana Pestana with James Taylor-Foster |
| 21:00 – | Food + Drinks + Matchmaking Kavarna SEM Slovenski etnografski muzej Metelkova ulica 2, 1000 Ljubljana |
Save the date and don’t miss your chance to be part of Future Architecture platform!
The event is admission free, you are welcomed to join us at any point of the event without registration.
The official schedule for the event available for download: Future Architecture_CEx2020_schedule.pdf
For more information about possible engagement please contact: info@futurearchitectureplatform.org
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