What kind of practice is exhibiting architecture? Since 1970s, architecture has increasingly moved into galleries: with models, sketches and plans, architecture began to populate exhibits and biennials, museums and shows. Some of the biggest shifts in architecture discourse have started in and through an exhibition: where people meet, show and talk about architecture, things can be transformed on all scales. But in a discipline where you rarely exhibit the “real thing” - a building or space in 1:1 scale - what is it really that we get to see, show, or experience? Is a model able to represent a space? What about the space that surrounds the exhibits? How are architecture narratives constructed, and what material is used? Whether or not architecture has become “art” (an old discussion), questions of scale, media, and translation are the core of architecture’s exhibitionism. We have invited makers and thinkers - curators, exhibition architects, historians of exhibitions or institution makers - to tell us about their architecture practice through and with exhibitions.

We want to make architectural theory more tangible by exhibiting it, discussing and presenting it in Karlsruhe's urban space! We invite you to the Architekturschaufenster for "AT goes A SF" to discuss insights, questions and ideas from our courses with students and guests.

6.02.26. 17:00-20:00
Architekturschaufenster Karlsruhe, Waldstraße 8, 76131 Karlsruhe
[in person]

This is not a colloquium. Instead, we discuss work in progress over coffee, across status groups and degrees of elaboration, we will present ideas and projects in a constructive and cooperative atmosphere. In short, we nourish body and mind.

Four times per semester we offer our "theory clinic": stop by without an appointment to discuss your design process and where it hurts. We offer references, comments and feedback for the  neuralgic points in open table critiques - completely unbiased. Just show up, walk-ins are welcome (there might even be popcorn!).