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The 2025 edition of the Virtual Fellowship Program sought to gauge what research questions matter most to architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and other design professionals under the surface of the day to day. We were looking for persistent questions—those that resonate with practitioners navigating various pressures including those of time, cost, and skewed(...)
September 2025 to December 2025
Virtual Research Fellows 2025
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The 2025 edition of the Virtual Fellowship Program sought to gauge what research questions matter most to architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and other design professionals under the surface of the day to day. We were looking for persistent questions—those that resonate with practitioners navigating various pressures including those of time, cost, and skewed(...)
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September 2025 to
December 2025
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April 2022 to
August 2022
Through selected objects from the CCA Collection and by using the case study of South African township Bophelong, Bongisa Msutu explores globally applicable strategies of building an “unarchivable” architectural archive as a decolonial project.
23 July 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Archiving "Unarchivable" Architectures
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Through selected objects from the CCA Collection and by using the case study of South African township Bophelong, Bongisa Msutu explores globally applicable strategies of building an “unarchivable” architectural archive as a decolonial project.
As part of our exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect, Cinéma Public presents a series of three evenings in Parc Baile bringing together film screenings workshops, and music.
Parc Baile
13 August 2026, 20 August, and 27 August 2026
Ciné-Façade: Inhabiting the Imperfect
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As part of our exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect, Cinéma Public presents a series of three evenings in Parc Baile bringing together film screenings workshops, and music.
Parc Baile
Main Galleries
21 May 2026 to 10 January 2027
Main Galleries
This workshop allows youth, aged 15–18 years-old, to further develop their interest in design, architecture, and art. By connecting youth with professional mentors and resources, participants will develop a collective research project with the support and knowledge of the CCA team.
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20 July to 21 September
The Urban Unknown—CCA Youth Collective
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This workshop allows youth, aged 15–18 years-old, to further develop their interest in design, architecture, and art. By connecting youth with professional mentors and resources, participants will develop a collective research project with the support and knowledge of the CCA team.
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In response to the economic turbulence of the 1970s, British architects employed primarily by the welfare state became increasingly autonomous.
the Study Room Keyword(s):
1970s, welfare state, autonomous, postwar, flexibility, British architects
6 August 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
An Architecture of Flexibility
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In response to the economic turbulence of the 1970s, British architects employed primarily by the welfare state became increasingly autonomous.
the Study Room Keyword(s):
1970s, welfare state, autonomous, postwar, flexibility, British architects
Every first Sunday of the month, from 11am to 12pm, we invite you and your children to dive into the world of construction games—Kapla, Mega Bloks, Lego, and many more. Together, discover how spaces are designed, transformed, and inhabited, while drawing inspiration from the objects, models, and drawings in our Collection.
2 August 2026, 11am to 12pm
Architecture Playshop
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Every first Sunday of the month, from 11am to 12pm, we invite you and your children to dive into the world of construction games—Kapla, Mega Bloks, Lego, and many more. Together, discover how spaces are designed, transformed, and inhabited, while drawing inspiration from the objects, models, and drawings in our Collection.
The 2026 Toolkit for Today, organized in collaboration with the CCA’s Curator of Contemporary Architecture, Irene Chin, seeks to open questions and methodological explorations on the border between narrative filmmaking and architectural history.
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13 July 2026 to 17 July 2026
Toolkit for Today: The World as Film
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The 2026 Toolkit for Today, organized in collaboration with the CCA’s Curator of Contemporary Architecture, Irene Chin, seeks to open questions and methodological explorations on the border between narrative filmmaking and architectural history.
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