Klaus Kada

This exhibition is not merely a presentation of (architectural) works in the sense of a traditional retrospective. It aims to offer an (un)usual perspective on Klaus Kada’s architecture: beyond the visible surface, into the depths of his architectural and artistic thinking. Architecture is presented not only as a finished and complete object, but as something provisional, fragile, and process-oriented—in facets, nuances, and atmospheres that reveal how his works oscillate between the concrete and the poetic. It appears as a thought, as a perception, as an experiment with material, light, transparency, color, and form.

His free and applied artistic (side) projects unfold at the intersection of art and architecture—becoming a space of resonance: What if (architectural) form were to disintegrate into fragments, leaving only hints, and the idea itself were to become the material? This exhibition opens up such interstitial and contemplative spaces.

The focus is not on the completed (architectural) work in its entirety, but rather on the fragmentation of the intellectual, artistic, architectural, and sensory process. What becomes visible is the process of becoming—as a snapshot or fragment of creation—rather than the finished product with its claim to wholeness. Klaus Kada’s approach connects different spheres and allows visitors to experience how architecture, conceived as an artistic medium, might be developed and experienced/understood.

(Spatial) installations, (re)presentations, models—both static and in motion—composed of individual (snap)shots, as well as materialized slides, unfold a space of the imaginary in which matter and imagination, shadow and reflection, structure and openness, solidity and fragility come together both in their singularity and in a subtle dialogue. The exhibition’s content becomes a resonant space for perception and thought: perceptible/experiencable not as a finished (architectural) work, but as an expression of the artist’s intellectual stance, approach, and (creative) process, which is reflected within the respective artistic-architectural context—presented and exhibited for the first time in fragments, nuances, and atmospheres.

Opening: October 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.