Vector of Poverty
Vector of Poverty
19. 3. 2025 – 25. 5. 2025
House of the Lords of Kunštát
Curator: Rostislav Koryčánek
For three semesters, students from several studios of the FA BUT dealt with themes related to various aspects of poverty, inclusion and how this social issue could be articulated in the field of architecture. Is it even permissible for architects to view the very complex topic of poverty through their profession?
The exhibition aims to make the social dimension of architecture visible and to show its connection to the economic and political factors that influence the relationship to architecture and the relationship of architecture to the problems it is supposed to help solve.
Poverty manifests itself in architecture in different ways. It can be a lack of quality housing, limited access to public spaces and services, segregation and social exclusion. Architecture can both reinforce and alleviate poverty - it can be a tool for social control and segregation, but it can also create inclusive and equitable environments.
Architectural framework: Eva Truncová
Graphic design: Allina Matějová
Participating heads of studios: Servie Boetzkes a Gabriel Pena, Oleksii Bykov, Marie Joja a Barbora Ponešová, Vojtěch Jemelka, Jan Mléčka, Michal Palaščák, Karin Písaříková, Szymon Rozwalka, Jaroslav Sedlák, Kristina Richter Adamson a Radek Suchánek, Marek Štěpán