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Unmasking Space
Pedagogies of Student Activism

Assembly, Exhibition, Publication
19 September – 05 October, 2025 

Exhibition
20 September – 05 October, 2025
Open Thursday – Sunday, 1-7pm
Opening 20.09, 7pm

Assembly
Friday–Sunday, 19–21 September, 2025
See full program here

Exhibition Opening / Book Launch 
Saturday 20 September, 6pm
Sean Vegezzi, Towards an Archive: Vernon C. Bain Correction Center (VCBC)
Unmasking Space,  Pedagogies of Student Activism 2020-25
Shriya Chaudhry, Martin Kohlberger, Politics of Interim Uses in Zurich
OCIO, Osservatorio CIvicO sulla casa e la residenzialità

Assembly
Unmasking Space /
Pedagogies of Student Activism
Unmasking Space organises a symposium on critical pedagogies, bringing together students, activists, researchers, and collectives from Venice, Zurich, and beyond. This three-day gathering will explore alternative learning methodologies designed to cultivate solidarity and resistance within student movements across disciplines and institutions.

Publication
Unmasking Space /
A Handbook for Student Activism
The symposium will coincide with the launch of the collective's first publication—a handbook examining the intersection of student activism and architectural education, offering both theoretical frameworks and practical strategies for educational transformation.

Unmasking Space
Unmasking Space is a student-led initiative within the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich, dedicated to critically examining and challenging dominant knowledge systems and pedagogical approaches in contemporary architectural education.


Participants Assembly

Assemblea Permanente per la Palestina Libera, Associazione Poveglia per tutti, Casa Punto Croce, Laurene Cen, Shriya Chaudhry, Selin Doğaner, Akshar Gajjar, Martin Kohlberger, Sean Yuxiang Li, Rémi Madrona, Nathalie Marj, Rami Msallam, OCIO (Osservatorio CIvicO sulla casa e la residenzialità), Deepthi Puthenpurackal, soft resistance collective, Sean Vegezzi, XR Venezia 

Exhibition with contributions by
Assemblea Permanente per la Palestina Libera, Laurene Cen, Selin Doğaner, Akshar Gajjar, Marie Langholz, Laia Meier, OCIO (Osservatorio CIvicO sulla casa e la residenzialità), Office Party, Deepthi Puthenpurackal, Leon Schade, soft resistance collective, Sean Vegezzi