For the twenty-third time, the Night of Architecture and Design will take place at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of STU at 19 Liberty Square in Bratislava. The gates of the faculty will open to the public on Thursday, 20 June 2023 at 16.00.
The main lecture of this year’s Architecture Night will be dedicated to the Czech designer Tobias Schubert. This talented young designer, a student of the fashion design studio at the UMPRUM in Prague, was formerly an intern for fashion designer Vanda Janda and renowned Czech designer Jan Černý. At this year’s spring edition of Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week, he presented himself for the first time under his own label Tobias Equipment. Tobias is characterized by working with unconventional non-garment and clothing materials or distinctive graphics. He is also known as the author of special costumes for musical performers such as Yzomandias, Rytmus, Ego, Nik Tendo or Viktor Sheen.
During the Night, the entire FAD STU building on Liberty Square will be transformed into a gallery presenting studio work to show the public the results of the extensive range of projects created at the faculty over the past semester. However, the organizers of this traditional event – the Faculty of Architecture and Design of STU and the FAD Student Platform – will also offer visitors a number of attractive side events.
The summer edition of this popular and highly attended event will kick off with the announcement of the results of the FAD STU Dean’s Prize for the best student work for the ending academic year 2023/2024.
At the invitation of the Student Platform, architects Kilo Honč, creative event creator Martin Brix , designer Sebastián Komáček, designer Kornélia Lohynová, Juraj Hariš from Nová cvernovka and o.z. Hold the Hub!, fashion brand buffet, photographer Matej Hakar, graphic duo Andrej & Andrej or director and visual artist Roland Wranik. All of them and other guests will not focus on their greatest successes in their short presentation, but instead on those projects that did not live up to expectations or were literally unsuccessful.
The night of architecture will also include several other activities, including an exhibition associated with the ISOVER Architecture Student Contest 2024 and Progressive Technologies in Architecture awards, an awards ceremony and the opening of the Youth PHOTO competition exhibition – Rail4V4+V2023 in the Underground gallery. You can also look forward to the premiere of Singularch, a documentary about architecture. DJ Neraev and DJ Fomo will provide music in the parking lot.
The night is traditionally long for architects and designers, so after the official program they will move to the afterparty at Šafko club called Ponocovanie. Unlike the traditional party, the backstage will be used for the music program, where bands from the faculty’s student council will perform in secret backstage concerts.
