Come and explore the raw and revealing journey of MVRDV’s pursuit of sustainable architecture at Carbon Confessions. This exhibition pulls back the curtain on decades of trials, triumphs, and introspection, tracing MVRDV’s trajectory from early ideas on densification, such as Berlin Voids and EXPO 2000, to today’s hands-on work in biodiversity, carbon reduction, and climate-driven material innovation. The exhibition will open at Architekturgalerie München im BUNKER on 16 January and run through 27 February 2025.

Carbon Confessions lays out an honest narrative – a timeline of milestones and missteps that mirrors the broader movement to redefine what buildings can offer in an era of climate urgency. Here, carbon isn’t a footnote. It’s the raw material, the provocation, and the design challenge of our time. The exhibition explores how architecture can be a tool of activism, sparking change through adaptive reuse, new material approaches, and digital tools that transform sustainability from an abstract idea into action.

Through candid storytelling, this exhibition lets visitors in on MVRDV’s knowledge gains, their calculated risks, and the growing pains of “carbon accounting” in every project layer. But this is more than a showcase; it’s a confession. Expect frank reflections on the gaps and hurdles MVRDV has faced along the way.

Designed to keep waste at a minimum, the exhibition itself is a testament to resourcefulness – utilizing repurposed props and materials. Carbon Confessions doesn’t shy away from the paradoxes and complexities; it invites them in. This is a space for urgent, honest dialogue around the carbon challenge in architecture. It’s an invitation for architects, students, and the public to join a conversation that’s bigger than design – one that’s about reshaping cities to heal the planet, through architecture that breathes, adapts, and even dares to regenerate.

CARBON CONFESSIONS is on display at the Architekturgalerie München im BUNKER (located at Blumenstraße 22 from 16 January until 27 February 2025).