Reframing Sustainability challenges conventional narratives by presenting sustainability not merely as environmental protection or a practice of restraint, but as a catalyst for innovation, resilience, cultural exchange, economic opportunity, and improved quality of life. 

The exhibition invites audiences to rethink sustainability as a dynamic, interdisciplinary framework that shapes how we live, learn, design, collaborate, and imagine the future. More than a conventional exhibition, the Reframing Sustainability Exhibition serves as a platform for groundbreaking ideas, critical reflection, dialogue, and knowledge exchange. It presents essays, research projects, speculative propositions, built works, artistic explorations, and ongoing investigations that question established assumptions and introduce new perspectives on sustainability, resilience, ecology, culture, and future living. Moving beyond the traditional boundaries of architecture and design, the exhibition embraces interdisciplinary approaches that connect the social, environmental, technological, cultural, and human dimensions of sustainable practice. By bringing together diverse voices and experiences from different geographical and disciplinary contexts, the exhibition demonstrates that sustainability is not a singular solution but a collective, evolving conversation.

School of Collectively Building, Vienna, Austria.

(SOCB) Reframing Sustainability Travel Exhibition brings together a diverse collection of international projects, research initiatives, academic explorations, and creative practices contributed by renowned architects, designers, researchers, educators, artists, thinkers, and students from around the world. The exhibition is curated through SOCB’s global research calls and thematic initiatives, including Sustainable SIX, Sustainable vs. Unsustainable, SOCB academic courses, and invited projects from leading institutions and practitioners.

The exhibition encourages visitors to engage with alternative ways of thinking, discover emerging practices, and participate in meaningful discussions about the challenges and opportunities shaping our shared future. Through collaborative knowledge exchange, it seeks to inspire responsible, inclusive, and future-oriented approaches across design, research, education, policy, and community engagement. 

Designed as a travelling international platform, the SOCB Reframing Sustainability Travel Exhibition will journey from city to city, fostering new collaborations and expanding conversations across cultural contexts. The exhibition begins its international tour in India, followed by Italy and Austria, with future editions planned through partnerships with institutions and organisations worldwide.

INTERVIEWS

PROJECTS

1. Smritivan Earthquake Memorial and Museum by Rajeev Kathpalia, Vastu Shilpa Sangath LLP, Ahmedabad, India (Founded by Pritzker Laureate B.V Doshi).
2. What A 1,300-Year-Old Temple Teaches Us About Tomorrow’s Architecture by Idil Karaaslan, High School Student, Iroquois Ridge High School, Ontario, Canada.
3. Inner Retreat, Mývatn, Iceland by Steve Melvin, Atelier Architecture + Design, UK.
4. Tracing Fragility: Flooding, Dependency, And Collective Care in Red Hook by Sunni Hu, Columbia University GSAPP.
5. Lifting Community While the Water Rises by Dulcie Burchill, Manchester School of Architecture.
6. Pakhiralaya Floating Rehabilitation Township by Manya Nagpal, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
7. New R’lyeh by George Cox, Manchester School of Architecture, UK.
8. Noviomagus Nijmegen – The Netherlands: Rewilding Nijmegen Floodplains, Water-Led Urban Ecology by Lara Geh, Universität Innsbruck.
9. Open Ground Kampung Melayu – Jakarta: Renaturalising the Cilliwung River Community Based Typology by Guy Albert Glauner and Angela Ballheimer, Universität Innsbruck.
10. Above Water Inhabiting the Floodplain of Benitu by Hanna Straßenberger and Marie Keppler, Universität Innsbruck.
11. Rail Recline: Repurpose Train Interiors for Lounge Chairs in Public Parks by Christine Yogiaman, Kenneth Tracy, Director Yogiaman Tracy Design, UAE.
12. Arginare L‘Emergenza Ravenna, Italy: The Landscape Drawing for the Protection of Ravenna by Eleonora Monticelli and Marina Melon, Universität Innsbruck.
13. Sponge Park Água Branca by students Caio Escaleira, Giovana Alexandre, Luana Bernardes, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil.
14. Form Follows Life: The Interior of the Metropolis & START-Ivry by Beatriz Ramo, STAR strategies + architecture, Netherlands.
15. A Bio-Inspired Cold Climate Facade: Lessons from the Emperor Penguin by Mary Guzowski, William Weber, University of Minnesota, USA.
16. Bamboo Tensegrity by Kenneth Tracy, Christine Yogiaman, Director Yogiaman Tracy Design, UAE.
17. Air Well and Urban Farm Hive by Camilo Cerro, American University of Sharjah, UAE.
18. Every Station Can Become A City Making Engine by Alice Lunardon, ENPC, TUM, and PoliMi, Italy.
19. Living Infrastructures: Density and Mobility as Planetary Ethics by Livia Loureiro, Davi Xavier, University of Nebraska, USA.

INAUGRAL EXHIBITION – KRVIA, MUMBAI, INDIA

The inaugural edition is hosted by the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies (KRVIA) in Mumbai, India, from 21 – 26 September 2026. As the first destination of the SOCB Travel Exhibition, KRVIA marks the beginning of an international journey dedicated to reframing sustainability through research, creativity, collaboration, and collective action.