21/8/2026, 7 PM
Public guided tour through the exhibition ‘Groundwork’ & Drinks
An exhibition and film series produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal
What does it mean to think and do architecture today, in light of social crises and ecological challenges?
Admission: CHF 12.–, red. CHF 8.–
Language: German
20/8/2026, 7 PM
Müller-Meylan Lecture: Jonas Janke (b+) and Josiane Schmidt (HouseEurope!)
As part of a series of international lectures supported by the Hans and Renée Müller-Meylan Stiftung, Jonas Janke (b+, Berlin) and Josiane Schmidt (HouseEurope!) will be giving a public lecture on their work.
Please join us for the last in a series of three lectures with the protagonists of the exhibition and film series ‘Groundwork,’ on view now at the S AM. The second chapter in the series, ‘To Build Law,’ follows the Berlin-based collective b+ and their policy lab, HouseEurope!, as they prepare a European Citizens’ Initiative under the motto ‘Power to Renovation.’ In this lecture, Jonas Janke of b+ and Josiane Schmidt of HouseEurope! will trace how the idea of an European Citizens’ Initiative emerged out of longstanding interests at b+, as well as present HouseEurope!’s second European Citizens’ Initiative, ‘Right to Housing! Now and Forever.’
Venue: S AM
Admission: Free
Language: German/English23/8/2026, 2 PM
Guided city tour: A City in Transition – New Districts in Northern Basel
How are new urban districts created?
Using the Lysbüchel site as an example, this tour explores how Basel is shaping urban development in the 21st century. A new neighborhood is gradually emerging on a former industrial and warehouse site, combining housing, commercial uses, cultural spaces, and public open areas.
Language: English
Registration through: Basel Tourismus
Meeting point: Vogesenplatz, 4056 BaselThe architecture tours are a collaboration between Basel Tourism and the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum.
1/7/–26/8/2026
Long summer evenings at the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum and the Kunsthalle Basel!
Summer opening hours July 1 – August 26, 2026:
Mon: closed
Tue-Sun: 4 PM – 10 PMLong summer evenings, art, and architecture: The summer hours invite you to enjoy a relaxing visit after work, during a stroll through the city, or at the end of a summer day along the Rhine.
9/5/ – 30/8/2026
Groundwork
An exhibition and film series produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal
What does it mean to think and do architecture today, in light of social crises and ecological challenges? ‘Groundwork’ addresses this question by investigating contemporary approaches that are rethinking architectural practice. At its center is a series of three new documentary films, which were produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal and originally shown there as three separate exhibitions.LINA platform
LINA, the European architecture platform, is a network connecting prominent cultural players with emerging practitioners and thinkers in architecture. Its goal is to steer the architectural sector towards sustainable, circular and clean practices, to link the existing efforts into a united LINA Architecture Programme, and highlight new and emerging voices, giving them an international platform.
Members
Architectuul*, Atelier LUMA Arles, Architekturos Fondas Vilnius*, Barleti University Tirana, BETA Timișoara Architecture Biennial*, BINA Društvo arhitekata Beograda*, Copenhagen Architecture Festival*, Dani arhitekture Sarajevo*, Design Academy Eindhoven, dpr-barcelona*, Društvo arhitekata Istre*, Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum Tallinn*, ETSAM UPM Madrid, Fakulteta za arhitekturo Univerze v Ljubljani, FAAD Notre Dame University-Louaize, Fondazione MAXXI Roma*, Forecast Berlin*, Fundacio Mies van den Rohe Barcelona, HDA Haus der Architektur Graz*, Irish Architecture Foundation, Kosovo Architecture Foundation*, Oslo Architecture Triennale*, S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum*, Tbilisi Architecture Biennale*, TU Wien Gebäudelehre und Entwerfen, Theatrum Mundi Paris*, Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa*, VI PER Gallery Praha*
*Previously members of the Future Architecture platform
