Open House Europe

ongoing

Open House Europe is a project that seeks to foster a more inclusive debate about architecture as a shared European identity, bring the values of quality spaces to the general public and empower citizens to advocate for a well-designed built environment. Coordinated by Architektūros fondas in Vilnius, Lithuania, the project includes partner organisations from Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Open house Europe joins 12 local Open House events which are weekend-long festivals during which notable buildings in a city open their doors for free guided tours and often include lectures, discussions, performances, and other activities. The local festivals offer diverse and direct experiences of architecture free-of-charge and provide a unique opportunity for the public to engage with the built environment, while shared actions and coordinated common topics of Open House Europe will foster accessibility and create interactive tools to reveal architecture's role as part of European identity and showcase positive examples of how architecture could respond to contemporary environmental and social challenges.