Exhibiting Architecture – Media, Methods, Agents

The AA Visiting School Zurich invites students and practitioners from architecture, design, art, curating, and theory to re-imagine architecture exhibitions, its media, methods, and agents. It draws on Zurich's rich academic and cultural landscape, fostering exchange with agents from institutions such as the ETH or Kunsthalle Zurich, and includes a wide range of international guests and speakers.

The workshop "Exhibiting Architecture" unpacks various media, from models, drawings, and photography to oral histories, performances, and installations moving beyond an object-focused discourse. Each workshop day is devoted to a specific mediality and the different curatorial methods deployed. This is explored in depth by the participants in reading sessions and group discussions. Invited agents – curators, theorists, artists, and architects – give lectures, engage the participants in conversations, and guide them through exhibitions."

Course leader

Lennart Wolff, Klaus Platzgummer

Target group

The workshop is open to current students in the fields of architecture, design, curating, art history and related subjects in the humanities, phd candidates and young professionals. +18 y.o. age requirement.

Course aim

Skills developed:

– You will get to know diverse curatorial methods and approaches to exhibition making.

– You will experiment with the different media and displays strategies crucial for the presentation of architecture.

– You will develop and practice skills crucial to exhibition making: critical evaluation of research, leading discussions and conversations, conducting interviews, writing proposals and reviews.

– You will meet and discuss with agents from the fields of art and architecture.

– You will be able to discuss and present your own curatorial interests and research to the group and invited experts.