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17-25 October 2026

The Space that Talks back

An immersive installation about how our choices shape the world around us.

Hosted by Urban Climate Architects

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Entrance fee

Free access

Event type

Exhibition

Accessibility

Tactile
Toilets available
Partially wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair friendly toilet available

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A Raw Space alive with voices, choices & futures.
A Raw Space alive with voices, choices & futures.
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A multisensory, interactive experience that allows you to discover how diverse choices, interests, and regulations collectively shape the living environment for both humanity & nature.

The Space that Talks back

The experience begins serenely as you enter a dark room and listen to a calm voice. Gradually, however, your sense of tranquillity shifts to unease, tension and even discomfort. There is no reset: every action you take influences the experience of those who come after you. In this way, you can tangibly feel how your individual choices, together, shape the world in which we live. The space is not a silent backdrop, but a conversation partner that responds and asks the question: ‘What kind of world do my choices leave behind?’

Inside the pavilion, visitors are immersed in an interactive experience that raises awareness of the complex challenges involved in shaping and governing our living environment. Three participants are each assigned a different role: policymaker, citizen, or expert and are invited to respond to a series of spatial and societal dilemmas from the perspective of their assigned stakeholder.

The collective decisions made by the three participants determine a final scenario: a possible future for the living environment that reflects the consequences of their choices.

The experience unfolds across three distinct environments, each representing a different phase of the journey and serving its own purpose in the process of awareness and decisionmaking.

The visitors leave the pavilion with a sense of uncertainty while also gaining a deeper understanding of the complexity behind creating the environments in which we live.

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Step inside the unknown.
Step inside the unknown.
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About Urban Climate Architects

At Urban Climate Architects, we are building a world where people and nature coexist in harmony once again. As architects, designers, and building specialists, with every project, we strive for a healthy, livable city where nature and architecture reinforce one another. Our designs go beyond traditional sustainability; we work with bio-based materials, prioritize timber construction, and design buildings that operate on a net-zero energy basis.

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Co-comissioner Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations / TBGO Collaboration Agenda Michelle van Dijk
Co-commissioner RVO / TBGO Collaboration Agenda Birgitta Rottmann
Interactive programming of Show Control Bart van den Berg
Meta-designer in interactive art, experience design and parametric architecture Lars van Vianen

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