Exhibition Opening: WIA 2025
"Women Architects in the Global South – Profiles, Projects, Status" – Exhibition Opening at Berlin Global Village as Part of the Nationwide Women In Architecture Festival 2025
Booklet about the WIA exhibtion – humantektur
The WIA Festival 2025 (Women in Architecture) is the first nationwide festival in Germany dedicated to making women visible in architecture, interior architecture, urban and landscape planning, and structural and civil engineering. Across the country, 144 participants will present 264 projects highlighting the presence of women in the construction industry. We look forward to kicking off this vibrant and diverse festival with you at our regional opening and celebrating together.
The exhibition presents women architects from the Global South and their diverse perspectives, visions, and projects. It sheds light on the situation of women in the construction industry in the Global South, highlighting both the challenges they face and the successful ways in which they are carving out space for themselves in the profession. Through posters and personal statements, the works and voices of selected women architects from 15 different countries—including Argentina, Malawi, and Tanzania—are brought to the forefront and introduced to the wider public.
🗓️ WHEN:
Exhibition: June 19–29, 2025, Mon–Fri from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Exhibition Opening: June 19, 2025, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
📍 WHERE:
Begegnungscafé at Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2
WIA Opening Vernissage on June 19, 2025
6:00 PM: Exhibition space opens
6:30 PM: Welcome address (in German), introduction to the WIA initiative and overview of the regional WIA program by Elke Duda, BDA architect in Berlin, and Dr. Eduard Kögel, independent scholar, curator, and architecture critic
7:00 PM: Official opening of the exhibition, including welcome remarks and project presentation by the humantektur team and the Architects Without Borders team
Brief expert lecture by Professor Dr. Lindsay Howe, urban researcher active in South Africa (University of Liechtenstein / TU Munich), on the topic “Shaping Diversity”
Short talks / panel discussion featuring interview participants from the Global South on the situation of women in the construction industry in their respective countries
8:30 PM: Musical performance: feminist, international music by the Berlin-based a cappella group “Ecoro,” among others
9:00 PM: Open access to the exhibition, networking among various WIA participants with music and drinks
10:00 PM: End of event
Moderation: Nina Haase-Trobridge, Chief Political Correspondent at Deutsche Welle
humantektur, in cooperation with Architects Without Borders and Berlin Global Village, looks forward to your participation!
