What kind of practice is exhibiting architecture? Since the 1970s, architecture has increasingly moved into galleries: With models, sketches and plans, it began to populate exhibitions and biennials, museums and shows. Some of the biggest shifts in architectural discourse have begun in and through exhibitions: Where people come together, show architecture and talk about it, things can change on all levels. But in a discipline where you rarely exhibit the "original" - that is, a building or space on a 1:1 scale - what is it that we actually get to see, show or experience? Can a model represent a space? And what about the space that surrounds the exhibitions? How are architectural narratives constructed and what materials are used? Regardless of whether architecture has now become "art" (an old discussion), questions of scale, media and translation are at the heart of architectural exhibitionism.

We have invited makers and thinkers - curators, exhibition architects, exhibition historians or institution directors - to tell us about their architectural practice through and with exhibitions.

Dates
10.12.2025: Michał Sikorski (TŁO, Warsaw): Material Resistance
17.12.2025: Ana Neiva (University of Porto, Porto): Fragments and Fictions: Curating Architecture Beyond the Object
14.01.2026 Monika Platzer (Az W, Vienna) and Michael Hieslmair & Michael Zinganel (Tracing Spaces, Vienna): Visual Storytelling. From Cold Storage to Hot Stories - The Az W display collection
21.01.2026 Matthias Böttger: TBA
11.02.2026: Simone Niquille (technoflesh Studio, Amsterdam): Model Home

About the event
The lecture series was conceived by Teresa Fankhänel, Anna-Maria Meister (Chair of Architectural Theory), Riklef Rambow (Chair of Architectural Communication). The lectures take place on Wednesdays at 7 pm in the Fritz-Haller-Hörsaal, Englerstraße 7, Geb. 20.40 in Karlsruhe.

Continuing education
The lectures of the event series will (probably) be recognized by the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects as continuing education with the scope of 1 lesson each for members and architects/urban planners in internship for all disciplines.

Further information on the lecturers will follow!