Architecture Festival Zürich
AFZ 2025 Programm

FESTIVAL PROGRAM - TIMETABLE


FESTIVAL PROGRAM - TIMELINE OVERVIEW



TUESDAY, October 14

ZENTRALWÄSCHEREI ZÜRICH

18:00 - 20:00

FESTIVAL OPENING

18:45 - Exhibition. Welcome Speech. Live Music with Video Projection


20:30

THE SENSE OF TUNING

Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine | 2024 | 96`| OV/e


 

WEDNESDAY, October 15

ZENTRALWÄSCHEREI ZÜRICH

18:00

EXHIBITION

Doors open - exhibition // free entry


19:00

Artist Talk: DAVID SZAUDER

Book Launch & Talk: Glitches and Glory: The Digitally Rewired Art of David Szauder



20:30

LOST SILVERFISH OF BERLIN

Rory Ryder | DE/GB |2024 | 70`| OV/d



WEDNESDAY, October 15

RATHAUS HARD

18:00

RATHAUS HARD

architectural Tour //registration required


 

THURSDAY, October 16

ZENTRALWÄSCHEREI ZÜRICH

18:30

SHIFTING GROUNDS

Essay Film & Performance -Produktion: Kollektiv Chroma



21:00

WOMEN´S GET-TOGETHER

Netzwerk Frau und SIA Zürich in der Zentralwäscherei //free entry


THURSDAY, October 16

blue CINEMA ABATON

17:00

Film & Q&A: VON DER RUINE ZUM KRAFTWERK

Felix Partner Architekten und Design | CH | 2025 | 30`| OV/-

19:00

FILM & Q&A: WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE

Women in Architecture Part I, Part II - initiated by Sky-Frame

Intelli-femina-gens from the Global South-America -invited to the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia


21:00

FILM: INFINITY: ACCORDING TO FLORIAN

Oleksiy Radynski | UA | 2022 | 70` | OV/e


FRIDAY, October 17

ZENTRALWÄSCHEREI ZÜRICH

17:00

EXHIBITION

Doors open - exhibition  //free entry


20:30

Q&A: re-THINK re-BUILD KHARKIV

Discussion with invited guests about the reconstruction of Ukrainian cities



18:00

PODIUMSGESRÄCH: „Die Vermittlung der Architekturvermittlung"

Architekturzeitschriften im Dialog //free entry



FRIDAY, October 17

blue CINEMA ABATON

17:00

FILM: POINT OF ORIGIN: BUILDING A HOUSE IN AUSTRIA

Frans Parthesius | AT/NL | 2023 | 45`| OV/e

18:30

FILM: THE ARCHITECTS OF HOPE:

THE FIRST STEPS IN REBUILDING UKRAINE

Short film: What Should We Do With These Buildings?



21:00

FILM: GREEN OVER GRAY: EMILIO AMBASZ

Francesca Molteni, Mattia Colombo | IT |2023 | 55` | OV/ e


SATURDAY, October 18

ZENTRALWÄSCHEREI ZÜRICH

12:00-20:00

CREATIVE MARKETPLACE 

Discover unique creations. Shop original designs. Collect artworks. Learn. Be inspired. //free enty



17:00

AMOEBA

Site-specific Performance from Hanga Séra //free event



SATURDAY, October 18

blue CINEMA ABATON

13:30

FILM: BEYOND ETERNITY – Architecture Facing the Impermanence

Arian Lehner | AT |2024 |60` | OV/e


15:15

FILM & Q&A: ASPHALTE PUBLIC

Jan Buchholz | CH | 2024 | 75`| OV/d



17:30

FILM & Q&A: THE ALBANIAN CALLS

Anneke Abhelakh & Konstanty Konopinski CH | 2025  | 80`| OV



SUNDAY, October 19

ZENTRALWÄSCHEREI ZÜRICH

11:00-17:00

CREATIVE MARKETPLACE

Discover unique creations. Shop original designs. Collect artworks. Learn. Be inspired. //free entry



18:30

FILM & Q&A: MAKE MATERIALS MATTER

Søren Pihlmann - dir. Simon Weyhe | DK/IT |2025 | 45 ` | OV/e



SUNDAY, October 19

GREEN CITY - MANEGG ZÜRICH

12:00-18:00

EIN URBANER RUNDGANG: VIDEOWALK GREENCITY 

Lukas Sander’s videowalk “Unfinished”guides audiences through Zurich’s Greencity district //registration required



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