Stock

For about twenty years now, we have been witnessing a massive increase in gigantic buildings whose sole function is to store things. These include logistics warehouses, data centers, and self-storage facilities. Relative to the number of people on Earth, the cumulative stockpile of food, data, and objects stored in these facilities has never been as large in human history as it is today.
How can we stop merely piling things up from a distance and start preserving them again?

The exhibition “Stock, Architectures of Survival and Transmission” views storage as a crucial element in our ability to manage supply crises and organize transmission. As a plea for a redesign of storage, it encourages the storage and processing of materials already obtained, rather than producing them anew every day.
Using maps, statistics, and video installations, the exhibition offers an overview of contemporary warehouses. Through a selection of 18 architectural types—presented in the form of models—the exhibition highlights those architectural forms that in the past served to store, pass on, and ritualize supplies. A selection of diverse documents (plans, photos, archival material…) and filmed expert interviews allows visitors to explore contemporary architectural approaches and projects that are bringing the warehouse back to the center of cities and debates.

Opening: April 15, 2026, 6:00 p.m.