DEMOCRATIC DESIGN
Oproep
Building a Future Spatial Practice in Europe: Expanding Collaborations
Aedes is looking for submissions from across Europe for an exhibition with accompanying programme on the interrelationship between democratic processes and building practices.
Deadline Call for Projects: 31 August 2024
Submission: aedesmetrolab.de/ddcallforprojects
Lab Talk Series: Summer 2025 – Spring 2026
Exhibition: 12 Dec. 2025 – 28 Jan. 2026
New collaborations are emerging in the architecture and urban design profession, overcoming previous hierarchies and enabling collective design strategies: between countries, among colleagues, across disciplines, bridging the gap between public and professional spheres, and forging connections between academia and activisms. Architecture, design and planning are, and have always been, about collaboration, cooperation and compromise. In this sense, good examples from new design processes can strengthen democratic understanding, support participation and a societal cohesion that societies are so desperately in need of. The project will ask the following questions:
Can architects and planners serve as facilitators of tools that help strengthen democracy?
How can architectural processes be translated into democratic and economic structures to accelerate essential transformations?
What role can interdisciplinary collaboration play in fostering societal cohesion and participation?
Read more on our website: Call for Projects Democratic Design