Manifesta purposely strives to keep its distance from what are often seen as the dominant centres of artistic production, instead seeking fresh and fertile terrain for the mapping of a new cultural topography.
Constructlab, DE
Hüttenspiel - ein Raum für Kinder (Hüttenspiel - A Space for Children), 2026 © Constructlab. Photo © Manifesta 16 Ruhr / Rainer Schlautmann.
Constructlab is a transdisciplinary design-build network that brings together architectural concepts and construction. While breaking with traditional divisions of labour, the organisation engages a team of multi-talented designer-builders – as well as sociologists, urban planners, graphic designers, curators, educators and web developers – who carry the creative process from the drawing board to the field. Their shared vision of a collaborative way of working combines the creative with the practical, the thinking with the doing.