We warmly invite you to the opening of the exhibition CARBON CONFESSIONS by the Dutch architecture firm MVRDV on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 7 p.m..

Elisbeth Merk Planning Director of the City of Munich
Jacob van Rijs MVRDV
Jan Knikker MVRDV
Nicola Borgmann Architekturgalerie München

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.

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 CARBON CONFESSIONS 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.