The Young European Architecture Happening (YEAH!) event will take place at Kulturfabrik in Esch-sur-Alzette from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 April 2022.
This festival, organised in collaboration with Esch2022 - European Capital of Culture, will see the participation of more than 50 international emerging architects from Europe in three days of events ranging from short presentations and debates to interviews.
YEAH! gathers an unestablished and / or upcoming generation of architects, makers and thinkers of the built environment on the European scale in order to exchange and share ideas, visions and experiences with the larger public in an informal setting.
YEAH! is an initiative by architecture firms 2001 (Luxembourg) and Itinerant Office (Spain) as part of Esch2022. Throughout the year, Esch-sur-Alzette will host more than 160 cultural projects, including this upcoming YEAH! event.
The YEAH! festival programme will involve over 50 European emerging studios based on a curated selection of participants who, through their work, have presented innovative and unique responses to the identified themes. The festival aims to create an active dialogue between the participants, the moderators and the public, through a variety of public activities and event formats such as OTTO, XCHANGE and other events such as debates and interviews throughout the three days of the festival.
Programme
15 April 2022
17:00 Red Luxembourg book launch
19:00 YEAH! presentation by Philippe Nathan (2001) and Gianpiero Venturini (Itinerant Office Kulturfabrik)
19:30 Habitats (Otto talk series): A round of eight-minute presentations by fifteen international guests, each presenting one built project realised within the last decade; moderated by Chris Luth (Netherlands)
22:00 DJ Kuston Beater
Saturday 16 April
13:30 Photography (Xchange panel): an open discussion with four emerging experts in the field of documentation
15:30 Drawing (Xchange panel): an open discussion with three artists and experts in the illustration field
17:30 Publishing (Xchange panel): an open discussion with a selection of independent editors and publishers in the field of architecture
19:30 Hybrids (Otto talk series): A round of eight-minute presentations by fifteen international guests, each presenting one built project realised within the last decade; moderated by Roxane Le Grelle (France)
22:00 DJ Leen at Raletech
Sunday 17 April
09:30 New realities in architecture: let's talk money! (Xchange panel) with Katharina Benjamin and Angelika Hinterbrandner
11:30 Otto Recap (brunch club): An open discussion format (moderated by Chris Luth and Roxane Le Grelle) to explore the state of the art of emerging architecture in Europe.
Further information is available at: y-e-a-h.eu
