CALL FOR IDEAS
Architecture
is prone to envisioning compelling futures. Throughout history it has harnessed
innovation and demonstrated how culture, a creative mindset and
cross-disciplinarity all work to contribute to shaping and defining cities, the
economy, social cohesion and environments. Opening up a broad discussion, 14
European organisations have joined forces to create a platform that is looking
for visions from individuals and collectives to rethink the future of
architecture in Europe.
The Future
Architecture Platform is launching an open call for ideas. In order to
communicate the social, environmental, economic and design potentials of
architecture to the widest possible audiences across Europe, we are looking for
aspiring individuals from various disciplines to present and apply new ideas
both on architecture today and what we should expect in the near future. The
call is open not only to architects but also to urban planners, curators,
landscape architects, designers, artists, filmmakers and any other emerging
professionals who think, explore, engage and shape our living environment.
The platform
builds on the social mission of European architecture as a fundamental cultural
force that has the potential to improve our quality of life. Join us to rethink
and envision architecture as a human-centred activity, one that has the
transformative potential to address and solve problems that extend far beyond
building.
The call for ideas will close on 20
December 2015.
By 20
January 2016 platform institution members and the general public will select
applicants on the basis of their ideas from various creative disciplines. These
will help build new and engaging visions and nurture relationships between
architecture and, in this case, the Future Architecture platform’s network of
museums and festivals. The selected applicants will be invited to participate
at the Future Architecture kick-off conference on 18–20 February 2016 at MAO
(Museum of Architecture and Design), Ljubljana, when they will be invited to
pitch their idea, present their vision for a future architecture. From the
pitch of ideas, we will select a limited number of participants to become a
part of the Future Architecture programme of exhibitions, conferences, lectures
and workshops that will run between 1 March and 31 October 2016 across Europe.
The platform
will cover the travel (inside the EU) and accommodation costs of the selected
participants for the kick-off conference. Platform members will cover travel
(inside the EU) and accommodation costs, and provide an honorarium for those
makers and creators who are selected to participate in the platform programme.
Who can apply?
You can
apply, if:
·
you are under 40 years of age as of
the first day of the open call
·
you can document professional
achievements (works, commissions, exhibitions, publications, reviews, grants,
awards)
·
your last work is not older than 2
years old your
work has not been widely recognised or established by critics, curators or
producers (we are looking for emerging, upcoming talents that have not yet
enjoyed wider recognition in Europe).
Where to apply?
www.futurearchitectureplatform.org
WHAT IS FUTURE ARCHITECTURE?
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 will 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 will 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 will make complex issues of architecture comprehensible
to everyone, and promote a more sustainable living environment.
·
Build
commitment. A Future Architecture European Quality label will recognize
organisers who work with aspiring emerging talents and show their commitment to
the platform objectives.
The Future Architecture platform
wants to introduce and celebrate innovation, experimentation and the ideas of a
generation that will design the architecture and build Europe’s cities in the
years to come. It will promote European innovation, architecture, culture,
knowledge and social capital through a single common platform.
WHO IS FUTURE ARCHITECTURE PLATFORM?
Coordinating entity: Museum of
Architecture and Design (MAO), Ljubljana (SI)
Members: Oris House of Architecture, Zagreb (HR), Museum of
Architecture in Wrocław (PL), Belgrade
International Architecture Week (RS), National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome
(IT), House of Architecture, Graz (AT), Copenhagen Architecture Festival (DK), Tirana Architecture Week (AL), Design Biotop,
Ljubljana (SI), Lisbon Architecture Triennale
(PT), Ruby Press, Berlin (DE); Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel (CH), Prishtina Architecture Week (RKS), CANactions, Kiev
(UA)
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