What is utopia and how can it be good? What do literary utopias teach us? What questions are still relevant today? How does utopia affect architecture and can it be found in contemporary architecture design in Hungary? Is utopia Building or Text?
The exhibition Building or Text? summarizes the 10-year research of Zsófia Szántay DLA /Nautes Architects/, which explores the relationship between utopia and architecture. The aim of the exhibition is to present utopia as a positive phenomenon on the border between literature and architecture. In this context, utopia is a latent driver of contemporary architectural design and experimentation, as well as a possible basis for interpreting the built space around us.
We invite visitors to this journey, to explore between questions at the root of our existence and current design choices. The exhibition not only explores architectural and literary themes, but also incorporates visual art, photography, music and animation, appealing to a wider audience – architects, residents, writers and readers.