ÖFFNUNGSZEITEN · J.MAYER.H

The exhibition of architecture is undergoing a transformation: a move away from rigid opening hours and fixed locations toward flexible, networked time windows that create new forms of public life. Future architectural exhibitions will rethink space and time — they will open not only physically into the city but also digitally into global networks.

The classic gallery model with clearly defined opening and closing times is replaced by networked exhibition spaces: temporary display windows, pop-up spaces, mobile installations, and digital platforms form a network with varying levels of accessibility. Overlaps, gaps, and new target audiences become possible. The opening to the street — literally as well as symbolically — creates visibility in the urban space. Architecture becomes part of public life. Different neighborhoods, institutions, and digital spaces engage in dialogue. Thus decentralized formats with global reach and local input emerge.

One example: the parallel connection of the J. MAYER H. retrospective PLACESHIPS at the Deutsches Design Museum with the exhibition The Architecture Exhibition of Tomorrow in the Architecture Gallery Berlin through live streams and a model of the exhibition concept. This makes the networking of place, medium, scale, and time tangible.

This future is open, dynamic, and participatory: opening hours as an invitation to experience architecture anew.

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