The 10th FORUM Architectural Science, scheduled for October 24 to 26, 2024, at the historic Bauhaus Dessau, celebrates the anniversary by revisiting the theme of the inaugural forum. This event will update, expand, and explore „Production Conditions of Architecture: Between Autonomy and Heteronomy“ (2014) from multiple perspectives.

We engage in both the practice of architecture and its theoretical reflection. Beyond the societal impacts and the creativity inherent in architectural design, the professional lives of architects are profoundly shaped by systemic dependencies, technical requirements, and functional constraints. Given the challenges of our crisis-ridden times, several critical questions emerge: What new or utopian perspectives, critical attitudes, alternative models, and self-concepts are present in contemporary architectural practice? What innovative strategies, practices, and roles are emerging? How are knowledge, skills, relationships, responsibilities, authorship, and aesthetics evolving? Lastly, what power dynamics, limitations, and areas of ignorance pose challenges to a progressive architectural practice?