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The Architectural Exhibition Review

Retrospective "Rundgang": "Programmed for Hope" at HfG-Archiv / Museum Ulm

Curated by Chris Dähne, Helge Svenshon and Martin Mäntele

With contributions by Nikolay Smirnov. 

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Retrospective “Rundgang”: “Programmed for Hope” at HfG-Archiv / Museum Ulm

The exhibition “Programmed for Hope” at HfG-Archiv / Museum Ulm focuses on the architectural experiments at the renowned design school HfG Ulm, which existed from 1953 to 1968. Visitors can experience a kind of retrospective “Rundgang” (literally “round course”)—a term used by art schools in Germany for open studios at the end of the semester. The “Rundgang” can be seen as a metaphorical key to both the structure of this exhibition and the main methods of HfG and its Building Department.

15 February – 26 October 2025
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