We are excited to announce more speakers for this year’s OPEN Architecture Festival at Aarhus School of Architecture: Meriem Chabani, Achille Mbembe and Stig L. Andersson.
MERIEM CHABANI (DZ/FR)
Founder and principal of award-winning practice NEW SOUTH (
@newsouth___ ), Meriem Chabani (
@meriem.chabani ), works across architecture, urban planning and anthropology, exploring cultural identity, migration and postcolonial narratives through architecture, exhibitions and research.
ACHILLE MBEMBE (CM)
Renowned social and critical theorist, Achille Mbembe, writes on politics, power and space. He invokes the architectural aesthetics of brutalism to describe our present moment, caught up in the field of demolition and production on a planetary scale.
STIG L. ANDERSSON (DK)
Internationally recognized architect and founder of SLA (
@sla_architects ), Stig L. Andersson, works with climate adaptation and sensory design, engaging city-wide masterplans, neighborhoods and nature itself.
→ Save the date: 18 September. Early Bird tickets will be released on 4 May.
OPEN is an international architecture festival hosted by Aarhus School of Architecture. From six stages, it presents architects, researchers, writers, thinkers and exhibitions that foster conversations across practices, borders and generations.
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@realdaniadk ,
@dreyersfond , Landsbyggefonden, and Aarhus Kommune Kulturarrangementspuljen for supporting OPEN26.