UnFold: exploring artistic directions in architectural research 2024

Architecture is a discipline that includes socio-political issues, production and construction methods as well as insight into historical and future worlds. Sensibility towards form and matter is part of the aesthetics of architecture; artistic experimentation is imperative for ushering in speculative futures in societal transformation. The School of Architecture at Lund University is currently working on establishing new directions for artistic research in architecture. The exhibition presents a broad survey of architecture projects with artistic ambitions emanating from the School of Architecture at Lund University. The present collection of works is delineated along four trajectories of exploration— the socio-political strand, which engages with contemporary societal issues by offering alternative perspectives; digital fabrication, offering novel modes of production and construction; practice based research, which establishes generative connections between the architectural discipline and the outcome of real-world practices; and lastly, the education interface, which showcases innovative proposals by current students spanning from foundational to doctoral levels of education. These four trajectories contextualize the initial phase of establishing Sweden’s first platform for artistic research in architecture. 

Selected projects

• Wave – Exploring sound solastalgia, Marie Koldkjær Højlund, Sandra Kopljar
• Protomycokion Biodigital Futures, Ana Goidea, David Andréen
• Unit C, Per-Johan Dahl, Caroline Dahl
• 4D-Printing Architectural Textiles, Amelia Henry  
• Køgevej 210, by students and teachers 
• Following the Fish, Jesus Mateo, Runi Weihe and students 
• The Art of Constraint: Four Chairs in Eight Days, Oskar Nilsson
• What’s on your mind?, Martin Svansjö 
• Tactile – Exploring the Potential of Scrap Wood and Leather, Elsa Birath Pingani
• Catalyst and sidetracks – An exploration of the creative process, Tobias Allard
• Lund and Irbid: routes of bordering, Gunnar Sandin, Marwa Al Khalidi
• The Ins- and outs of the closet, Paulina Prieto de la Fuente
• The College, Marit Lindberg
• Cosmos, Niklas Nihlén 
• Thomasson on Campus?, Lars-Henrik Ståhl 
• Testing full scale, Cecilia Wendt

Curators

Sandra Kopljar and Marit Lindberg, The Department of Architecture and Built Environment, LTH, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University

Coordinator

Helene Sveningsson, The Department of Architecture and Built Environment, LTH, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University