The Why Factory

On show at the Architekturgalerie München, The Why Factory research and education institute proposes, constructs and envisions hypothetical societies and cities.

The Why Factory is a research and education institute that belongs to the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology. It is led by professor Winy Maas, founding partner of MVRDV. The Why Factory focuses in the development of our cities. Education and research are combined in a research lab and platform that aims to analyse, theorize and construct future cities. The institute investigates within the given world and produces future scenarios beyond it: from universal to specific and from global to local. It proposes, constructs and envisions hypothetical societies and cities; from science to fiction and vice versa. It thus acts as a future world scenario making machinery.

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The research projects of The Why Factory are shown on a large table inspired by its workspace in Delft. This work is related to the cloud of futures suspended from the ceiling of the exhibition hall. All projects, undertaken by the students of The Why Factory and a team of researchers, is an invitation to continue investigating about the city that is going to come. A future full of questions to answer, visionary, green, fantastic, fast, self-sufficient, sober, beautiful, (hi)storical, transparent, biodiverse, intimate, adaptable, free, open, emotional, amazing, natural, wonderful and common.

Img.10 "The Why Factory. Research, Education and Public Engagement", exhibition view, Architekturgalerie München, 2017

until 21 July 2017
The Why Factory. Research, Education and Public Engagement (2006-2016)
Winy Maas, Javier Arpa with Claudia Mainardi
Architekturgalerie München
Türkenstrasse 30, Munich

The Why Factory

On show at the Architekturgalerie München, The Why Factory research and education institute proposes, constructs and envisions hypothetical societies and cities.

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