The Architecture of Transformation

The exhibition trilogy The Architecture of presents diverse artistic standpoints at the intersection of art and architecture. Each of the three parts links directly to the evolving history of the building, which was originally built as a camouflaged air-raid shelter during the Second World War, then used as a postwar internment camp, and finally converted into a residential and office building in 2010. This third and final part of the trilogy, entitled The Architecture of Transformation, takes inspiration from the recent conversion of the building and looks at architectural transformation in the context of broader social discourses.

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The publication "The Architecture of Deception / Confinement / Transformation" accompanies the eponymously titled exhibition trilogy at BNKR - current reflections on art and architecture in Munich and showcases eighteen diverse artistic standpoints at the intersection of art and architecture. Each chapter directly correspond to the evolving history of the exhibition space, which was originally constructed as a camouflage air-raid bunker during the Second World War, then used as a postwar internment camp, and finally transformed into its current state as a mixed-use residential and office building. With contributions by the editors, David Adjaye and Nikolaus Hirsch, and Madeleine Freund.