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The Future Is Now

I was wondering what is the next step of the Future Architecture at the Creative Exchange 2020 in Ljubljana’s MAO, during the launch of the 2020 European Architecture Program. 

It includes a series of exhibitions, conferences, lecture series, workshops, summer schools, Archifutures publications in 12 cities around Europe.

This year’s call for Ideas drew a record of 433 entries from 53 countries, mostly from social and environmental issues and also from technology and heritage.

“There is nothing more important than thinking about the future,” says platform leader and director of MAO Matevž Čelik, “the coming generation of architecture professionals is clearly aware that the issue of the future of architecture is not a matter of yet another new building. They question everything, from how to establish new ways of practicing architecture alternative spatial relations, non-speculative housing models, open-source civic platforms for architecture and urban planning. They are developing tools to reactivate derelict spaces and awaken architectural activism in order to avoid the total breakdown of the climate and the environment.”

The Matchmaking conference featured 25 ideas that were selected and presented in five different panels Research, Storytelling, Architecture as Cultural Production, Strategies and Practice.

pais(vi)agem (Barcelona, Spain), Forty-Five Degrees (Berlin, Germany), Office of Human Resources (New York, USA), TiriLab (Thesprotias, Greece) and Institute for Linear Research (Triesen, Liechtenstein)

Mapping the Margins by Tirilab is a series of maps and documentations, identifying all the women associations, local agriculture cooperatives as well as abandoned buildings in Thesprotia province, in order to create an active platform where many cooperatives can find a space to grow.

Agro Commune by Office of Human Resources investigates how small-scale local farmers in Kenya can take and learn from the cut-flower dominated Greenhouse colonies owned by foreign corporations, in order to create ecologically sustainable models.

Armina Pilav from Un-war Space Lab (Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Grégoire Deberdt (Paris, France), Constantinos Marcou (Larnaca, Cyprus), Will Jennings (London, United Kingdom) and Sonja Lakić (Banja Luka, BIH).

UN-war Space Lab from Mostar presented Neretva river recordings with the materiality of war and flowing memories filmed by Matija Kralj. 

Unfolding Pavilion (Trento, Italy), Amigdala (Modena, Italy), Proyecto Colectivo (Baltimore, USA), Mies.TV (Vienna, Austria), Agustin Schang (Brooklyn, USA),

Unfolding Pavilion shared the experience of creating low-budget but high-impact exhibitions at Venice Biennale but outside the official schedule. The occupied space is never a gallery, but a building of outstanding architectural value, whose manifold relationships with its context is brought to the fore by the project. From using airbnb to trade offs with the local councils to use well-regarded social housing schemes and involved the residents – the team questions the money spent on official shows and whether the local population should be more involved.

Renzo Sgolacchia (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Goda Verikaite (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Diego Sologuren, Brad Downey (Lausanne, Switzerland), TEN Studio & Alexis Kalagas (Australia), Architecture of Shame (Matera, Italy)

The Distributed Cooperative by TEN Studio & Alexis Kalagas from Australia has created sophisticated digital planning tools that can pinpoint small sites that are available to be built on to create mixed-use cooperative housing developments. Tested in Zurich, the project is envisioned as updated model of sustainable shared living for the human-centered ‘smart city’ of the future.

Critical Practice (London, UK), Jason Rhys Parry (Lafayette, USA), CIVIS (Cambridge, USA), Architects Climate Action Network (London, UK)

The Great Island of Replicas, an illustrated story by Constantinos Marcou, received an Honorable Mention at the 2019 Fairytales Blank Space Competition. Constantinous explains that "after the Great Explosion of many important parts of the planet, the cities were left floating in piles of sand, while only a few monuments survived. It’s been a few months since it was announced from the local authorities of Athens that the city has lost the temple of Parthenon. The whole world is still in terror and in search for what is behind this disappearance of unspeakable proportions... " 

Why Does Beauty Matters? is an architecture backstage by Mies.TV, a global network of young people at the intersection of architecture and video. The documentaries focus on current themes which challenge the architecture profession and its environment. 

Monique Besten received the Writers Grant awarded by dpr-barcelona: “Books are louder than bombs!”

As part of the Creative Exchange there were several Focus Talks featuring international and leading architects as keynote speakers like James Taylor-Foster, writer, editor and curator of contemporary architecture and design at ArkDes in Stockholm; Mariana Pestana, architect and curator of the Istanbul Design Biennial; Marina Otero Verzier, architect and director of research at Het Nieuwe Instituut; Léa-Catherine Szacka, architect, historian and critic.

James described why the color of the UK passports will change after Brexit, becoming royal blue again. Thomas Geisler the curator of the BIO 26, Common Knowledge gave a tour over the exhibition in MAO.

Future Architecture members have in last 4 years received 2.200 registration, among which have been selected 370 in the European Architecture Program, which consisted of 210 events with 1.300 ideas and projects. The Future Architecture platform is co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union.

Call for Ideas is an invitation to register ideas and help shape the most groundbreaking architectural happenings and events that form the core of the European Architecture Program. You can apply in November and be selected to participate at the Creative Exchange in February. 

Creative Exchange is the most insightful annual gathering of architecture lovers and professionals, and is held every February in Ljubljana. It brings together platform members and 25 of the most progressive emerging talents selected through the Call for Ideas. 

European Architecture Program is a series of the most significant and interconnected architectural happenings and events in Europe, also featuring Architectuul’s Digital Research Fellowship. 

Archifutures is an innovative digital/analogue publishing hybrid that brings together the possibilities of critical editorial work, innovative printing and active user intervention.

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Image credits by Creative Exchange 2020, Photo © Iztok Dimc/MAO

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Fortune knocks once

Fortune knocks once There was a shop at the end of the market square where people often came to buy books, periodicals and magazines. During his regular check, it was found that a particular book was not sold for a long time. The reason was too strange to understand, because whoever came into the shop never went near the place where the book was kept. The dealers had changed the book several…

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Soldier of Fortune ~Gold Silvano

Disclaimer Poor and Rich in post only refers to the richness and poverty of spirit and not anything more. “A poor man, at most, can become rich overnight by any means possible, but he can never become a soldier in true spirit. On the contrary, a soldier can be both poor and rich in a short time, because he knows poverty in the jungle and sees riches hidden where no one has ever been.” KALAGA…

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Writers Must Unite

Why do you blog? The spirit of KALAGA “I did not want to miss the opportunity to thank WordPress, Prompts and the entire blogging community that we are part of for helping so many experienced people around the world to spread this positive energy and change for the better every day. I can’t thank WordPress enough for its incredible sense of patience with authors, hoping that they give their…

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Age Discrimination in India

What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it? “I’m proud to be younger than my age; though I’ve never been much sought to be discriminated against. I ran helter-skelter through different cities over a span of 12 years as a result of various biases that had manifested its fangs of evil in almost every organization that exists today.” KALAGA LM JAYARAJ The spirit…

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KALAGA Personality Type

True self is seen only when provoked.

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Secret of Secrets

The spirit of KALAGA Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. The last thing you should be excited about, is somebody else’s game. Master your own game and be excited about it. There are a million games people play in  million and one ways, but all play their cards the same way. When they play their game in you; you play their cards on them. Secret of Secrets Gates of a New…

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Charisma

What are you good at? The spirit of KALAGA This question is best answered by the second person singular than myself because most of my powers are essentially of a metaphysical reality. “Its the person that makes power so powerful. Personality speaks more than skills. What you need to be proud of is not the things you own, or the skills you have but ultimately the beautiful person you are…

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KALAGA attains Celebrity Status.

The spirit of KALAGA I had suffered very much with phone infested with too many ads only until one day I realised by taking the blue pill that I’ve already turned a celebrity. Now not because anyone sees too many ads is a celebrity but it’s the nature of the ads too. The Artificial intelligence of the Universe understands KALAGA as a Celebrity though he is really not so pleased for many…

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Louis Jayaraj

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POLICE

What profession do you admire most and why? ” I Am the Perfect POLICE. Nobody can beat this Man. That’s it.” KALAGA LM JAYARAJ “Give me a crime case; Il solve it in seconds; an outright Promise. Because I care for Society; I uphold the Law; Most of all I’m a MAN.” KALAGA LM JAYARAJ

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The Author who shut the Devil's Mouth

If humans had taglines, what would yours be? The Author who shut the Devil’s Mouth. The spirit of KALAGA The Author who shut the Devil’s Mouth Original Dark Chocolate Lookin in the Eye Sherlock Holmes The Opening Scene of Kalaga- Value of Time WordPress

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How to Stub the Attitude Monger.

The spirit of KALAGA Stub the Monger Attitude Mongering is predominantly a past time these days with social media giving room for one to hype up one’s self image compromising on mutual respect to people. One of the most common instances of attitude Mongering is with watsap conversations. A person reads the message, but does not respond thereby making the nuances seem like a message virtually…

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Heart of Gold

What details of your life could you pay more attention to? “The part of myself that I will prominently think about forever is the people, society and education to whom I owe my life, my greatness of faith and my gratitude.” KALAGA LOUIS MAJELLA JAYARAJ Author Page The spirit of KALAGA Released on Amazon today: Heart of Gold Well-being is Welfare It’s all about Respect Originality Political…

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Well-being is Welfare

What’s your #1 priority tomorrow? “The only things that I understand, declare, and care to think about are well-being. Can we prioritize well-being? It should always be in the foreground. Every human being has an important role to play in governance. If social integration and well-being come first, welfare follows as mandatory.” KALAGA LM JAYARAJ ( Louis Jayaraj) Author Page The spirit of…