With inspiration from the furniture designer Finn Ahlgren and his idea of ”raw carpentry”, Färgfabriken has opened a creative workshop space inside the large exhibition hall. Here, visitors are offered to explore creativity in several different ways and to find new uses for waste materials. Through raw carpentry – the idea that everyone should be…
It will be an exciting autumn at Färgfabriken in 2024 as we immerse ourselves in architecture, in an exhibition curated by architect Karolina Keyzer, former acting director at Färgfabriken. On 31 August, the group exhibition Architectures – eight contemporary investigations opened. The focus is on architecture as an art form in its own right and…
Färgfabriken resides in the old industrial area of Lövholmen, which is located in the northwest of Liljeholmen between Liljeholmsviken in the north, Lövholmsvägen in the south, Gröndal district in the west and Trekantsvägen in the east. The plans to transform the area from an industrial area into a residential district with around 1,800 homes has…
“Trading Spaces: Resources and Dwellings” is a new opportunity for early career architects based in Ireland and Sweden to build solidarity, share experiences and transfer knowledge. This open call seeks early-career architects* who have made discoveries or identified challenges and opportunities in their work and have the willingness to travel to share with and learn…
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Future images for Ukraine is a project that acts as a support for architects and planners in Ukraine. Here, Ukrainian and Swedish architects and planners meet to reflect on challenges and opportunities for rebuilding the country during and after the war. Architects Sweden has established a collaboration with Ukraine’s architects’ association and planning organization to…
“Composting is a reunion practice, a ritual of collecting the unwanted and the decaying, a meeting and participation of diverse materials in a promising Bin where to grow beneficial ingredients to nourish a shared terrain, liveable and prosperous with the encounters, friendships, and shared learnings which are released on our networking space.“ Giulia Rossini and…
Färgfabriken has been invited by the artist group Ruangrupa, who are curators of Documenta 15*, to the network Composting Knowledge, an ongoing experimental network for knowledge production, initiated by the ruruHaus run by Ruangrupa in Kassel. The network will share their ideas and ongoing creative processes as part of the exhibition program, in a space…
