The exhibition FORM FOLLOWS... will open on the 9th of June at the House of Architecture - HDA Graz. The exhibition will allow visitors to discover the intellectual and practical universes of nine optimistic, young architectural positions/practices that develop possible answers to relevant societal questions in order to get an insight about what drives them in their designs. 

Schwemmland; Guerilla Architects and Plan Commun work on the production and activation of public space. Super Future Group; Jack Self and URBZ are on a search for affordable housing solutions in three different cities. Jerome Becker, Florian Sammer/Bedroom Exodus & Lukas Vejnik; Lavinia Scaletti and Sara Neves & Filipe Estrela use personal experience in space to address questions of changing lifestyles in times of globalized urbanization.

All these inspiring architects are filled with fresh optimism and the will to give form to their visions, by that they invite us to dream of possible futures. Together with the swarm of 291 ideas from the Future Architecture Platform they will open a space to experience ideas, questions and possible answers within the expanded field of architecture and urbanism in an exhibition curated and designed by Ingrid Sabatier & Stephan Schwarz - ISSSresearch&architecture.

Optimism is an attitude that allows us to stay capable of giving form to architectural ideas in a globalised world, where crisis has become a permanent socio-economic condition and describing it a major academic occupation. 

The exhibition will be on view till 14th of August.

Symposium with all participants of the exhibition will take place on Friday 10th of June, 3pm, HDA

20x20 presentation-sessions with selected Austrian representatives of the Future Architecture Platform will take place on Saturday 23rd of July 2016, HDA

Future Architecture is the first pan-European platform for architecture museums, festivals and producers, bringing ideas on the future of cities and architecture closer to the wider public.

Our goals:

- Think Future. We highlight the emerging generation of talents in various disciplines and explore and share their ideas about the future of cities and architecture.
- Exchange. 14 organisers from 13 countries create a pan-European programme, visit emerging creators and present their ideas at exhibitions, conferences, lectures and workshops, in books and on the web.
- Raise awareness. The platform makes complex issues of architecture comprehensible to everyone, and promotes a more sustainable living environment.
- Build commitment. A Future Architecture European Quality label recognizes organisers who work with aspiring emerging talents and show their commitment to the platform objectives.

The Future Architecture platform introduces and celebrates innovation, experimentation and the ideas of a generation that will design the architecture and build Europe’s cities in the years to come. It promotes European innovation, architecture, culture, knowledge and social capital through a single common platform. 

Coordinating entity: 

Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana (SI);

Members:
Oris House ofArchitecture, Zagreb (HR)
Museum of Architecture in Wrocław (PL)
Belgrade InternationalArchitecture Week (SR)
National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome (IT)
House of Architecture,Graz (AT)
Copenhagen Architecture Festival (DK)
Tirana Architecture Week (AL)
DesignBiotop, Ljubljana (SI)
Lisbon Architecture Triennale (PT)
Ruby Press, Berlin (DE);

Associate members:
Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel (CH)
Prishtina Architecture Week (RKS)
CANactions, Kiev (UA)

futurearchitectureplatform.org

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