The exhibition The Architect is Present shows the work of five
influential international studios who have turned austerity into their
ethic and aesthetic motto. With offices located in five continents,
these young architects work in underprivileged contexts, proving that
scarcity of means can stimulate technical inventiveness and community
participation, and become the basis for a responsible architecture where
the vocation of service does not exclude beauty and emotion. From
Norway and Germany to Burkina Faso, and from Paraguay to Australia
passing through India or Thailand, these studios have built housing,
rural schools or social centers with an extraordinary economy of means,
admirable adaptation to collective needs and exemplary material
execution.
