Program is a German non-profit initiative that aims to expand the disciplinary boundaries of
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...
through its collaboration with other fields. Based in
Berlin
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, the project was founded in 2006 by Carson Chan (born 1980 in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
) and Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga (born 1979 in
Thessaloniki,
Greece
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). Program has been providing a discursive platform for artists, architects, critics and curators to explore new ideas through exhibitions, performances, workshops, lectures and residencies. Exhibitions represent a large part of Program's mandate for expanding the current understanding of architecture, both theoretically and in practice. After six years of programing, PROGRAM closed its Berlin location in 2012.
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Organizations established in 2006
Art museums and galleries in Berlin
Architecture festivals
Art museums and galleries established in 2006
2006 establishments in Germany
Architecture museums in Germany
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