Exhibition runs until Sunday 04 October
Museum of African Design, Maboneng Precinct
The exhibition
Think Global, Build Social! – Architectures for a Better World explores the theme of social responsibility in contemporary architecture. According to the curator Andres Lepik, “Architecture is currently in a state of crisis: on the one hand there is what is known as ‘starchitecture’ – prestigious projects by acclaimed architects that serve to enhance the image of a few wealthy and politically influential clients – while on the other, there has been a massive rise in the number of building projects carried out in rapidly expanding megacities across Asia, Latin America and Africa with no architectural supervision whatsoever. In addition, an increasing number of people all over the world are living in slum conditions. The crucial question is therefore: what solutions can architecture offer to those segments of the global population that currently have no access to a well-designed environment?” The exhibition was conceived jointly by the Architekturzentrum Wien and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum.
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