Alan Ruiz ‘WS-K80X4,’ 2019 Electrical conduits connected to a building’s power supply, Four LED safety lamps, existing architecture. Photograph: David HaleThe programme invites students and practitioners from architecture, design, art, curating and theory. It reimagines architectural exhibitions, their media, methods and agents. Hosted by the Department of Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), it draws on the city’s academic and cultural landscape. The programme fosters exchanges with institutions such as ETH Zurich and Kunsthalle Zurich, alongside international guests and speakers. The workshop unpacks media, from models, drawings and photography to oral histories, performances and installations. It moves beyond an object-focused discourse. Each workshop day focuses on a specific mediality and curatorial methods. Participants explore these in reading sessions and group discussions. Invited curators, theorists, artists and architect give lectures, lead conversations and guide exhibition visits. From 2019 to 2020, AA VS Zurich was hosted by Longtang. From 2021 to 2024, it was hosted by Kunsthalle Zurich.
Lennart Wolff is an architect and curator working at the intersection of art and architecture, with a practice spanning teaching, writing, design and exhibition architecture. His research and exhibitions engage with concepts such as infrastructural critique, examining their influence on architectural exhibition practices that challenge dominant discourse and spatialise counter-histories. He has worked with institutions including the Architekturmuseum Berlin and Kunstverein in Hamburg, and most recently on establishing Limbo Museum in Accra. He leads the Berlin-based studio lennart wolff / wolff:architekten and codirects the curatorial collective km temporaer with Elisa R Linn.
Klaus Platzgummer is a Lecturer in History and Theory Studies and a doctoral candidate at the AA. His doctoral research excavates histories of archival infrastructures in bureaucracies, aligning with his broader interests in the histories and theories of architecture and media, as well as in discourses on archival politics, epistemic violence, data criticism and in forensic practices. As a Research Associate at the Department of Architecture Theory at TU Berlin (2018–2023), he co-initiated the cross-institutional, international research collaborative 'Building Information' and was part of the 'Augmented Historiography Collaborative.'
The programme is open to current architecture and design students, artists, curators and anyone over 18 with an interest in the exhibiting art and architecture.
Scholarship applications open soon and close 1 May 2026
Fees do not include flights, accommodation or study trip expenses.
Applications for this programme will open soon.
To apply for a scholarship, please upload a Portfolio (2 pages) and 300 word statement.
Applications close 26 July 26
