The house sign, as a historical artistic element on the facades of buildings, could depict the events, stories and connections of the given place, the fictional identities of its population , or simply to help with orientation in the locality. What is the story of the two different forms of urbanism that represent the mixed neighborhood today? What unites them and what separates them? How can one perceive the community of the former colony and the community of the housing estate? And are there even two communities here?

Come and share memories and perceptions of individual spaces and create a new, informal identity for this locality. The goal is to jointly create models of house signs on a 1:1 scale. The workshop is suitable for children and adults. You can stop by anytime between 10:00 and 17:00. Participation is free. Tools, materials, refreshments will be on site. The event will be led by the architect Savka Marenic´ in the Czech language.

The (NE)formal workshop is an accompanying program of the year-long exhibition project of the Faculty of Architecture of the BUT in Brno, whose dramaturgy focuses on reflection public space in the city, interaction with the wider public and the physical movement of events outside the boundaries of the institution. The event is being held with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

We are looking forward to a weekend together!

Program curator: Petra Šebová

Lecturer: Savka Marenić

Graphic design: Jana Hrádková

Savka Marenić graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague and the Faculty of Architecture at University of Montenegro in Podgorica. In his practice, he connects architecture with public pedagogy, publication activity, art and intervention in public space. This event builds on her previous public interventions and research on informal urbanism and fictional narrative. She is the founder of fairies, a creative brand for creating toys for adults and children. She currently works as a freelance architect, writes fiction and sews toys. www.savkamarenic.com

Petra Šebová (*1992) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at BUT in Brno. She completed a one-year study internship at the University of Brighton (UK) and foreign internships at Husos Architects (ESP) and Platform GRAS (NLD). She is a founding member of the collective final_final and since 2016 she has been part of the collective 4AM/ Forum for architecture and media, within which she worked as a production and dramaturgist of the cultural space PRAGUE in Brno. He is dedicated to working with the non-expert public and organizing events in the field of architecture and the (un)built environment. He currently leads a studio at the FA VUT Brno and continuously works on architectural assignments of various scales, alone or in cooperation.