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The First European Architecture Festival aims to initiate an event with the widest popular appeal, where the fun of discovery and celebration can be associated with a new perspective on contemporary architecture. We want to invite the citizens of every EUROPEAN city to become, for the duration of a special week-end, a privileged audience and active participants in their own town.

A diversity of small- and large-scale events will allow the general public to become acquainted with the various aspects of urban and architectural creation: for instance, a number of famous sites or significant buildings could be made generally accessible, visiting days could be organised in architectural studios or innovative houses. Nor should we neglect the possibility of staged events, concerts or light shows offering a genuine mise en scène of architecture. Every city will be free to imagine its own mode of involvement. There should only be one motto: to spread the enthusiasm for architecture by extending it outside of specialists, by means of festive, educational and artistic projects.

In order for such an undertaking to be successful, it is necessary to ensure moral and financial support from a variety of sponsors: local decision-makers, cultural institutions, NGOs and the private sector… Simultaneously scheduled in several European cities, the European Architecture Festival wishes to become a regular major cultural event, just like the European Heritage Days or the European Music Day.

Architecture as a Show
A a series of joint events in which architecture is associated with dance, music, film and the theatre. A wide spectrum of performances and shows, based on or supported by contemporary architectural pieces or major urban landscapes.

A Citizen's Architecture
Visiting days in major buildings, interactive light shows, architectural promenades, urban treasury hunts for junior audiences, as well as guided tours of decision-making sites for each city.

Architectural Food
Original desserts or pastries based on famous monuments or typical architectural details, edible architectural models, specially designed recipes named after "famous architects" … There is food for all tastes when architecture is on the menu.

Architecture at school
A variety of pedagogical initiatives and playtime activities, from architectural lessons to temporary buildings, with a selection of games, opinion polls, contests or junior juries, planning a child-sized imaginary city.

Architectural passion
An opportunity to discover professional architects sharing their passion and revealing the tricks of their trade, during visiting days in architectural firms or public sessions including multimedia demo installations.

Examples of existing European architectural events
From Helsinki to London, from Barcelona to Cologne, from Brussels to Assisi, from Copenhagen to Vienna, from Grenoble to Rotterdam, here is a summary list of events and festivals that are already working to foreground architecture throughout Europe. Whether they last a single day, a week-end or a full week, they have one common objective : awakening the interest of the general public in contemporary architecture, clarifying its cultural significance and its impact on present and future urban planning.

Contacts
If you want to participate to the 2004 European Festival of Architecture:

First European Architecture Festival Website
http://www.euroarchfest.com

Austria
Architeturzentrum Wien
Museumplatz 1 - 1070 Wien
(www.azw.at/E/default.htm) Contact: [email protected]

Belgium
Centre International pour la Ville l ’Architecture et le Paysage
55,rue de l'Ermitage - 1050 Bruxelles
(www.civa.be) Contact: [email protected]

Denmark
Dansk Arkite tur Center
Strandgade 27A - 1401 Copenhague
(www.gammeldok.dk) Contact: [email protected]

Finland
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Kasarmikatu 24 - 00130 Helsinki
(www.mfa.fi) Contact: [email protected]

France
Institut Français d'Architecture
Palais de la Porte Dorée
293, avenue Daumesnil
75012 Paris
(www.archi.fr/IFA/) Contact: [email protected]

Direction de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine
8,rue Vivienne – 75002 Paris
(www.culture.fr) Contact: [email protected]

Germany
Temporary contact:
Institut Français d'Architecture
Palais de la Porte Dorée
293, avenue Daumesnil
75012 Paris
(www.archi.fr/IFA/) Contact: [email protected]

Italy
Istituto di Cultura Architettonica promosso dal Consiglio Nazionale degli Architetti, Pianificatori,Paesaggisti e Conservator
Via si S.Maria dell'Anima - 00186 Roma
(www.icar.archiworld.it) Contact: [email protected]

Netherlands
Berlage Institute
Botersloot 25 –P.O.Box 21592 - 3001 AN Rotterdam
(www.berlage-institute.nl) Contact: [email protected]

Nederlands Architectuur Instituut
Museumpark 25 – 3015 CB Rotterdam
(www.nai.nl) Contact: [email protected]

Spain
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Montalegre,5 – 8001 Barcelona
(www.cccb.org) Contact: [email protected]

Fundació Mies van der Rohe
Provença,318 – Pral.2 °E - 8037 Barcelona
(www.miesbcn.com) Contact: [email protected]

United Kingdom
The Architecture Foundation
60,Bastwick Street - EC1V3TN London
(www.architecturefoundation.org.uk) Contact: [email protected]

The Lighthouse
11 Mitchell Lane - G1 3LX Glasgow
(www.thelighthouse.co.uk) Contact: [email protected]