Pop-up Architecture
Sat, 7 August – Sun, 26 September 2021
| Admission is free |
| No language skills required |
| Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard |
Pop-up islands transform the Schlüter Courtyard into a colourful landscape in the summer. The Italian pop-up architecture group Parasite 2.0 have created islands that are open to visitors to access. These islands are places to relax and chat, but they can also become an interactive stage for artistic activities.
Resembling stage sets, the wooden elements stand for the constant ongoing development of the Humboldt Forum. In a central, public space at the very heart of the Forum and in the midst of the city, the islands aim to symbolise how Berlin’s society can play a part in this process of development.
Parasite 2.0 is a design and research agency based in Milan and London. Founded in 2010 by Stefano Colombo, Eugenio Cosentino and Luca Marullo, it’s specialized in temporary architecture, interior, and exhibition design. They investigate the status of human habitats, acting within a hybrid of architecture, design, and scenography. Parasite 2.0 has worked and collaborated with Triennale Milano, CIFF Copenhagen, Terraforma Festival, Missoni, Nero Editions, Venice Architecture Biennale, and the Shenzhen Architecture Biennale, among others. They have led didactic activity at Faculté d’architecture de l’université libre de Bruxelles, Design Academy Eindhoven, Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and Politecnico di Milano. They taught at The Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, NABA Nuova Accademia Belle Arti Milano, and since 2016 they have been regularly teaching at MADE Program-Accademia di Belle Arti R. Gagliardi in Syracuse, Italy. Parasite 2.0 were selected as mentee for mentee at Forecast for the 2019 program and awarded the Young Architects Program MAXXI in 2016.
Concept and Scenography Parasite 2.0 (Stefano Colombo, Eugenio Cosentino, Luca Marullo) Project Assistance Franz Schumacher Construction Hildebrandt Veranstaltungstechnik