{"id":253662,"date":"2025-09-22T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aarch.dk\/?p=253662"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:40:10","slug":"open25-see-the-day-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aarch.dk\/en\/open25-see-the-day-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"OPEN25 – See the Day in Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OPEN25<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

In the Eyes of the Ordinary<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

22.09.2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div>

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From Cameroon, Japan, and Chile to Denmark and Greenland, over a thousand participants joined a sold-out OPEN Architecture Festival on Friday, September 19. Together, we explored and questioned the role and complexity of the ordinary \u2014 what it implies, and what it could imply.<\/p>\n

In an unpredictable world \u2014 where attention has shifted from climate, diversity, and inclusion to armament and conflict \u2014 OPEN25 created a space for dialogue. Alongside prominent voices from architecture, academia, and politics, the festival considered how our discipline, industry, and institutions might understand and respond to these challenges. We reflected on climate discussions, the responsibilities of architecture, and the impact of material choices and demolition. We explored how citizen engagement and initiatives like HouseEurope! can drive change, and we debated whether new movements emerge through research and collaboration \u2014 or through resistance. Above all, we spoke about the importance of collaboration, understanding, and solidarity, acknowledging that not all countries start from the same place.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Exhibitions, Performances, and the Front Yard<\/strong>
\nParticipants also experienced a rich program of exhibitions, performances, film screenings, and artistic interventions: Unordinary Everyday, Hotel Bedsted Kro, Scraps, Trash, Treasures II, String Figures, Rap Akademiet, selected graduation projects, and the release of this year\u2019s OPEN Publication. Between sessions, After d\u2019Aarch provided music, drinks, and local street food.<\/p>\n

OPEN26<\/strong>
\nWe hope to see you at next year\u2019s OPEN, themed Mies Didn\u2019t Come Home That Night. In a time of global tension and ongoing struggles over the planet\u2019s resources, the festival will ask: How can new models of life emerge? Can society organise itself differently, seize opportunities in the void left by the old world, and use utopian thinking as an architectural tool? Save the date \u2014 18 September 2026!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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