OPEN ARCHITECTURE DAY
Once a year, Aarhus School of Architecture hosts the international architecture festival, OPEN. Through curated talks, lectures, performances and exhibitions, the festival aims to promote and support a cross-disciplinary conversation with a diverse representation of strong voices within the wider architectural field.
Explore the previous editions of the festival here.
2024
2024 | THE OCEAN IN WHICH WE ALL SWIM
Anne Lacaton • Carlo Ratti • Anne Whiston Spirn • Reinier de Graaf • Benjamin Bratton • Liam Young • Imani Jacqueline Brown • Feifei Zhou • Adrian Lahoud • Katrina Wiberg • Nikolaj Schultz • Finn Williams • Dani Burrows • Ronald Rietveld • Ida Lindberg • Marie-Louise Richards • Søren Nielsen • Nina Cramer • Kristine Leth Juul • Robin A. Jæger • Caroline Bessermann • Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov • Sofie Stilling • Martha Tsigkari • Kirsten Halsnæs • Spacegirls • Anne Mette Boye • Michael Lundgaard Thomsen • Frank Jensen • Susan Moser • Emma Rishøj Holm • Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss • Ruth Baumeister • Rikke Juul Gram • Kristine C.V. Holten-Andersen • Veronica Civa • Mathilde Mammen • Helle Tegner Anker • Anna Aslaug Lund • Jacob Matthiesen Jørgensen • Boris Brorman Jensen • Pil Høyer Thielst • Anders Tyrrestrup • Birthe Urup • Martin Odgaard • Katarina Buhl • Goncalo André Pires • Naima Callenberg • Dominique Hauderowicz • Mahamed Abdi • Rune Wriedt • Tomas Bjørn Juhl • Sara Lysemose Poulsen • Schwesterbrau • Tyra Matilda Rex • Adam Marcel Nielsen • Arkitekter Uden Grænser • Carolina Dayer • Jonathan Foote • Antonio Bernacchi • Alicia Lazzaroni • Matiss Groskaufmanis
Curator: Karen Kjærgaard
Co-curators: Margarida Waco & Simon Strøyer
Partners
Statens Kunstfond, Dreyers Fond, Realdania, Nykredits Fond
Aarhus Kommunes Kulturarrangementspulje, Vola, Holmris B8, Arkitekter Uden Grænser, Cebra, Transform, Arkitektforeningen, E+N Arkitektur, Nordic Office of Architecture, Institut Français, PAX architects, CF Møller Architects, DetBlå, Arkitema, Anna Mette Exner Arkitektur, Sleth, SLA, Kollision, Dinesen, Søren Jensen, Vandkunsten, Institut For X, Link Arkitektur, Loop Architects, Ambiente, AART, Forum Arkitekter, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Sjask
2023
2023 | SOLIDARITY
Timothy Morton • Louis Schulz • Leopold Lambert • Petra Blaisse • Søren Pihlmann • Barrault Pressacco • Mary Duggan • Jana Crepon • Haidar Ansari • Freek Persyn • Olena Ruban • Ibrahim El-Hassan • Aydin Soei • Dominique Petit-Frere • Christine Bjerke • Cecilie Marie Busk • Rikke Rohr • Havnens Hænder • Reværk Arkitektur • Elvira Bergmann-Coates • Aria Gilani • Jens Christian Pasgaard • Karsten Ifversen • Bêka & Lemoine • Boris Brorman • Kathrin Gimmel • Peer Näthke • Anna-Lena Mueller • Morten Roar • Lars Keller • Johnny Svendborg • Bodil Recke • Peder Johansen • Mia Manghezi • Kari Moseng • Christopher Breitenbauch • Frank Jensen • Stine Hindby • Kasper Guldager • Laura Klakk • Carolina Dayer • Asal Mohtashami • Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen • Marwa Dabaieh • Kristine Leth Juhl • Marie Frier Hvejsel • Thor Grabow • Morten Leicht • Tom Nielsen • Anna Mette Exner • Frank Erichsen • Aysha Amin • Haris Hasanbegovic • Siri Dueled • Søren Nielsen • Dani Hill-Hansen • Anne Mette Boye • Alicia Lazzaroni • Antonio Bernacchi • Matiss Groskaufmanis • Liv Gro Jensen • Kristina Foulkes • Birgitte Ejdrup Kristensen • Jan Rohde • Bex Brown
Curator: Karen Kjærgaard
Co-curators: Katarina Bramsen Buhl & Mathias Skafte
Partners
Statens Kunstfond, Dreyers Fond, Realdania
Arkitekter Uden Grænser, Institut for X, Sleth, Søren Jensen, Kalk, Cebra, Vola, Linolie & Pigment, Holmris B8, Loop, Aarhus Universitet, C.F. Møller Architects, PAX Architects, Link Arkitektur, Dinesen, Arkitema, Anna Mette Exner Arkitektur, Ambiente, Saint-Gobain, Detblå, Munkesten, Pluskontoret Arkitekter, Institut Francais, Arkokon, Sjask, ReVærk, Horn
2022
2022 | BEHIND THE SCENES
Lesley Lokko • Charlotte Malterre Barthes • Lina Ghotmeh • Sébastien Marot • Chris Downey • Jordan Whitewood-Neal • Rumgehør • Spant Studio • Nicolai Carlberg • Lili Carr • Jonathan Foote • Johansen Skovsted • Christoffer Thorborg • Jens Christian Pasgaard • Ippolito Pestillini Laparell • Simone C. Niquille • Leah Wulfman • Jussi Parikka • Ellen Braae • Anne Mette Boye • Morten Harder • Jesper Pagh • Tina Saaby • Camilla van Deurs • Christian Pagh • Naima Callenberg • Oskar Holst Kurtzweil • Siri Dueled • Niklas Maak • Tilde Kirstine Sejersen Platz • Laura Christoffersen Riis • Bodil Eiterstraum • Christian Reese • Andreas Brekke • Jan Schipull Kauschen • Jacob Strømann Andersen • Marie Frier Hvejsel • Aysha Amin • Torben Nielsen • Olaf Grawert • Jolene Lee • Angelika Hinterbrandner • Goncalo Andrés Pires • Nanna Østergaard Christensen • Hahn Lavsen Architects • Kondens Architects • Tideland Studio • Helle Blom • Jørn Tækker • Mikkel Schlesinger • Lone Feifer • Heidi Merrild • Katarina Bramsen Buhl • Anne Højer Simonsen • Mads Bunch Larsen • Peter Melchior • Stine Brochmann Jørgensen • Boris Brorman Jensen • Paloma Gormley • Elin Søndergaard • Lotte Marianne Bjerregaard Jensen • Chris Thurlbourne • Iovermorgen • Anne Norup Lindblad • Michael Marder • Hugrún Fjóla Hafsteinsdóttir • Stefan Darlan Boris • Andriette Ahrenkiel • Jan Magdal
Curator: Karen Kjærgaard
Co-curators: Naima Callenberg & Asbjørn Staunstrup Lund
Partners
Statens Kunstfond, Beckett Fondon, Dreyers Fond
Saint-Gobain, Vola, Velux, Aarhus Kommune, LINKED, Holmris B8, C.F. Møller Architects, AART Architects, Henning Larsen Architects, Kristine Jensen Landskab & Arkitektur, Arkitema, UIA, Ege, Arkitektforeningen
2021
2021 | STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE
Anupama Kundoo • Elke Krasny • Niklas Maak • Ellen Braae • Bjarke Ingels • Kate Raworth • Andrés Jaque • Eyal Weizman • Jenny Osuldsen • Rune Kilden • Anne Mette Boye • Sarah Jarsbo • Lars Juel Thiis • Aysha Amin • Tom Nielsen • Keld Albrecthsen • Signe Kongebro • Ricelli Laplace Resende • Emmy Laura Perez Fjalland • Flemming Rafn Thomsen • Mette Tony • Marianne Krogh • Lise Jangaard • Villads Birch Hastrup • Nanna Hagedorn Olsen • Clara Winterberg • Mathias Vang Christensen • Birthe Urup • Kolja Nielsen • Søren Leth • Sumayya Vally
Curator: Karen Kjærgaard
Co-curators: Boris Brorman Jensen & Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss
Partners
Statens Kunstfond, Kulturarrangementspuljen, Henny og Johan Richters Fond, Dreyers Fond