S AM exhibitions abroad
Once again, the S AM has been able to send its exhibitions on tour abroad, thus increasing the museum’s presence across Europe.
For example, the exhibition ‘Bengal Stream: The Vibrant Architecture Scene of Bangladesh’ was presented at Arc en Rêve - Centre d’Architecture in Bordeaux (22/11/2018 – 3/3/2019) and at the German Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt am Main (7/6 – 20/10/2019) and at Bengal Shilpalay, Quamrul Hasan Exhibition Hall, Dhaka Bangladesh (9.12. - 9.1.2023).
‘Swim City’ also went on tour and has already been shown at the AIT Architektur Salon in Munich (14/11/2019 – 12/1/2020), AIT Architektur Salon in Hamburg (31/1 – 24/4/2020), Deutschen Architekturzentrum DAZ (20/6/–2/8/2020), MAO Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana (27/8/–8/10/2020), in the context of an event of Bremer Zentrum für Baukultur (16/9/2021) and at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 and at ArchitekturFORUM Konstanz Kreuzlingen (22.7.-25.9.2022).
The exhibition ‘Mock Up’ was on display at Gelben Haus in Flims from 19/12/2021-18/4/2022 and at KUNST MERAN im Haus der Sparkasse 15.4 - 28.5.2023.
Make Do With Now: New Directions in Japanese Architecture
From 12 November 2022 to 12 March 2023, the S AM presented the exhibition «Make DO With Now: New Directions in Japanese Architecture» on a young generation of architects in Japan. We are very happy that the show continues to draw attention even after its runtime in Basel and would like to call your attention to various related events starting this fall:
Travelling Exhibition «Make Do With Now»
11/4/2025 – 5/10/2025
MENDRISIO, SCHWEIZ in cooperation with Accademia di architettura, Università della Svizzera italiana
Press conference: 9/4/2025, 11 AM
Opening: 10/4/2025, 6.30 PM and
Public Lecture: 10/4/2025, 6.30 PM: Suzuko Yamada Suzuko Yamada architects, Tokyo «Body to landscape», followed by a conversation with Yuma Shinohara, S AM
Venue: Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera italiana, Via Turconi 25, 6850 Mendrisio, Schweiz
Further stations are currently in planning.
Screenings «Make Do With Now»
Screenings of the film «Make Do With Now» (directed by Anne Gross & Sebastian Gross, 62 min), produced by the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum for the eponymous exhibition.
5/10/23 + 9/10/23
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
19/10/23
Architektur Filmtage, Erfurt, Germany
26/10/23
Archifest Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
24/11/23
Filmfest Akizuki, Akizuki, Japan
16/2/23
Reel Houses Festival, Dayton, USA
9/4/24
Filmmuseum München, Munich, Germany
10/4/24
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany
23/5/24
Architecture Film Festival Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
5/9/24
Seoul International Architecture Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
6/11/24
Architektur Filmtage Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
27/11/24
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam, Netherlands
20/3/25
Budapest Architecture Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Lectures «Make Do With Now»
13/1/23
HTWG Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
14/10/23
Die Angewandte, Vienna, Austria
As part of the symposium «Circular Strategies 4»
20/11/24
Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
10/3/25
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Publication «Make Do With Now»
Since September 2023, the exhibition publication «Make Do With Now: New Directions in Japanese Architecture» (Christoph Merian Verlag, 2022) is available again in an expanded print run. Purchase your copy in the S AM Shop or in bookstores worldwide.