Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Edition 1: Rights of Future Generations

Sharjah Architecture Triennial (SAT) is a platform for architecture and urbanism in a region that extends from West Asia to South Asia and the African continent. Physically anchored in Sharjah and the United Arab Emirates, SAT aims to engage diverse audiences and stakeholders in a collective conversation on architecture at the neighbourhood, city, and regional levels. Institutional research and programming support on-going critical reflection through exhibitions, publications, and public programmes in tandem with its international editions. SAT is committed to pursuing a multi-disciplinary approach that fosters an understanding of the broader role of architecture, including its relation to social and environmental issues.

Sharjah Architecture Triennial

Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Edition 1:  Rights of Future Generations

Al-Qasimiyah School, old Al Jubail Souq Fruit & Vegetable Market, Al Muraijah Art Spaces, Mleiha Archeological site, Africa Hall in Al Manakh & Platform in Um Al Tarafa

<aside>Running from November 9, 2019, to February 8, 2020, Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Edition 1: <a href="https://rfgen.net/en/page/theme" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rights of Future Generations </a> is an invitation to radically rethink fundamental questions about architecture and its power to create and sustain alternative modes of existence. </aside><aside>
Curator Adrian Lahoud questions how inheritance, legacy, and the state of the environment are passed from one generation to the next, how present decisions have long-term intergenerational consequences, and how other expressions of co-existence, including indigenous ones, might challenge dominant western perspectives. The relationship between generations is at the heart of our struggle to avert a climate crisis. Architecture’s role is pivotal because it shapes our co-existence with others, with kin that have passed and those yet to come. 
</aside><aside>Turning to alternative concepts of architecture and the environment, the first edition of Sharjah Architecture Triennial focuses on moments where experiments with architectural and institutional forms collaborate to generate new social realities. </aside><aside>
Motivated by the unique circumstances faced by architects, scholars, planners and artists in the Middle East, North and East Africa, and South and Southeast Asia—from non-existent or fragmented archives, to restrictions on travel, or the absence of institutional support—Lahoud aims to use the occasion of our inaugural edition to create a platform for dialog between an emerging generation of architects drawn from across the region, and its diaspora.</aside><aside>The Rights of Future Generations opening programme and exhibition are free and open to the public. The Triennial welcomes audiences and participants with diverse needs. For more information contact info@sharjaharchitecture.org.</aside><aside>The UAE's leading integrated environmental, recycling &amp; waste management company Bee’ah is the Lead Sponsor of the inaugural edition for the inaugural edition of Sharjah Architecture Triennial.</aside><aside></aside><blockquote>Follow further announcements on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sharjaharch" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@sharjaharch</a> | Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharjaharchitecture/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@sharjaharchitecture</a> | Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharjaharchitecture/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@sharjaharchitecture</a> #SAT #ShjArch #RFGen</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><aside></aside><aside></aside><aside></aside><aside></aside>