AIA San Francisco (AIASF) and the Center for Architecture + Design present the 15th annual Architecture + the City festival this September, an architectural festival.
“Striving to balance the needs of an evolving and growing population, San Francisco is exploring solutions for sustainable growth in our city,” says AIASF and The Center Executive Director, Jennifer Jones. “We are excited to bring the community together for the festival this year to explore interdisciplinary design perspectives and discover new ways to strengthen our physical and social infrastructure in response to these evolving challenges.”
Kicking off with an opening night party hosted at Room & Board on Thursday, Aug. 31, this year’s festival theme “Future City” has motivated architects and designers for centuries to create architectural works that in turn inspire generations of young designers and urban thinkers. From autonomous vehicles to equitable neighborhood designs, the Architecture + the City festival celebrates a future San Francisco. Through programs, AIASF seeks to address contemporary challenges by imagining and defining the future conditions of the city.
In developing the branding concept for the Architecture and the City festival program this year, artist Nigel Sussman says, “I try to react to the environment where my work is located by running it through my own filter, turning the work into something unexpected and playful.”
Sussman’s featured artwork, along with a curated collection of works by local Bay Area artists, will be on view at an exhibition in the AIASF Center for Architecture + Design Gallery through Oct. 12, 2018.
With over 30 programs the Architecture + the City festival explores and celebrates the varied facets of design, aiming to connect and inspire the general public, design enthusiasts, architects, and designers in a month-long celebration featuring behind the scenes events, tours, films, exhibitions, lectures, special events, and more providing opportunities to engage with the local architecture community and experience design in a myriad of ways throughout the city.
For complete program information and schedule of events, visit the website.