“RESOURCES FOR A FUTURE” opening

Opening of the exhibition is on October 10th at 18:00.

The curatorial exhibition “RESOURCES FOR A FUTURE” aspires to demonstrate the intricate diversity of resources and their constructive potential for contemporary architecture. Way beyond the canonic disciplinary aesthetics of architecture, the exhibition demonstrates the importance of enforcement, stabilization, consolidation and sensitivity to urban accessibility in architectural strategies. Participants’ projects are gathered in three sections: materials, building concepts and social intelligence which are the main architectural resources and interconnectedly fuel the built environment. Unfolded in real life and built with minimal additive materials, the exhibition follows the idea of creative architectural circularity.

Participants in the curatorial exhibition will be gathered in three thematic sections:

●   RESOURCE 1: SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

The Social Intelligence section is governed by private and public interests. The viability of the building is anchored to the intellectual perspectives of the social space in which we live. How does social urbanism, forced by the unexpected, keep our cities alive? How can we use our intellect to operate within a city of limited resources? How, by attracting people, does the building form the most powerful tool for the habitable city and what is the role of local in a global urban policy? 

Projects: A special curatorial project by Head Curator Anhelina Starkova (Ukraine), “Ornamental Records From Tallinn” by Déchelette Architects (France), “Space of earth” by Laura Cristea (Romania) + Raphael Zuber (Switzerland), “Shaping Lifestyles” by LÜNK arhitektid (Estonia).

●  RESOURCE 2: BUILDING CONCEPT

Building Concept is searching for translative tools in constructing possibilities for forthcoming architecture. The union of materials and social powers regulate order for a spatial formation of the building. By positioning edifices as not only erected, complete forms but as sensemaking systems, we can experience safety and meaning in our cities. Diverse concepts of building inner modelling, typological logistics and structural retrofitting will be explored in this section. 

Projects: “Priorities-Needs-Future” by e|v|a architects, alfredo vanotti & laura egger (Italy), “Kontiinum” by Apex Arhitektuuribüroo (Estonia), “Stubborn Typologies” by Arhitekt Must (Estonia), “Rising Raw” by Gus Wustemann (Switzerland), “Repair tectonics” by LLRRLLRR (Estonia), “Reformulating Reuse” by Pihlmann Architects & Hampus Berndtson (Denmark).

●  RESOURCE 3: MATERIAL FORMATION

The material culture as a resource is an essential reserve to which a builder is attached. But how do we organise material culture around architecture today? How is our understanding of materials defined and evolving in relation to an architectural timeline? How does material pragmaticism dictate urban rules and respond to social crises through construction? The Material Formation section will provide a space for questioning and answering the ruling material principles in architecture. 

Projects: “Networks, Not Products” by BC architects & studies & materials (Belgium), “Beauty of transience” by Capaul Blumenthal Architekten (Switzerland), “MINE + CRAFT” by KAMP Arhitektid (Estonia), “Open House Day” by ReReRe (Estonia), “ ReCreate” by Erik Stenberg, Helena Westerlind, Satu Huuhka, Eetu Lehmusvaara (Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Croatia).