Opening! Introduction by Marco Bakker & Manuel Montenegro,
Short addresses On Beginnings by
Sophie Delhay, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Jo Taillieu, Catherine Gay, Nicola Braghieri, Charlotte Truwant

PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS IN ARCHITECTURE

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No Matter.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
(Samuel Beckett)

Hand-drawing still occupies a central place in architecture. Taking its title from a famous quote by Samuel Beckett, the exhibition shows drawing as part of the design process: architects try, fail, try again, fail again, until they begin to move in the direction that will eventually become a building — or not.