The Architecture Centre at MAC/CCB addresses contemporary issues and themes through the lens of the built environment, fostering collective knowledge creation via exhibitions, residencies, scholarships, publications, and public programmes. Embracing an interdisciplinary and experimental approach, the Centre explores and tests possibilities for creating convivial, intersectional, and more-than-human spaces. It invites the diverse scales and spheres of influence of architecture into its programming.

In April, the Architecture Centre will inaugurate the Garagem Sul space with an architectural project by the Swiss-Portuguese studio BUREAU. This project reimagines the garage as a flexible space, accommodating exhibitions, workspaces, public events, and communal gatherings.

The Centre’s inaugural programming cycle will focus on the theme Interspecies. Two research grants and two residency spaces will be awarded through an open call, which will be announced later in 2024.

Photo: BUREAU (Daniel Zamarbide, Carine Pimenta, Galliane Zamarbide), Garagem Sul Architectural Project