Part research-station, part media-laboratory, part docking-module, the structure of the Futures Exchange in the HKW foyer, designed by the Berlin architecture practice Raumlabor, will house interdisciplinary, process-based projects exploring the notion of futurity as a cultural construct.
We are facing a new economic reality where traditional industries have been replaced by the creative sector, with creativity and networks ousting steel and coal. Maybe the norm of the economy supporting the growth of culture is due to be reversed? (...more)