4th Open House Zagreb Festival: How to Understand and Improve the City

For those who would like to understand the architecture of the city further and deeper, the Open House Zagreb Festival is an opportunity to see, meet and understand the city in a different way. This year, once again, from 9 to 11 October, the festival will provide an opportunity to explore 38 buildings and urban units in Zagreb. The programme is divided into three thematic units - Socially conditioned housing, Innovations in heritage preservation and New look of the city.

In the three previous editions, the Open House Zagreb Festival established itself as a platform which familiarizes citizens with architecture, and this year’s edition will contribute further to the dialogue between experts and general public. By meeting architects, civil engineers, investors and buildings’ owners, visitors will recognise processes that shape a city, but will also be prompted to think about their own role in its development. The focus of the interaction is on space planning and ecological, social and economic sustainability.

The festival is organised by the Association for the Promotion of Architecture and Design Zagreb Open House and it is supported by the Zagreb Tourist Board. The guided tours with architects, art historians and urban planners are free of charge, but applying at the following website www.openhousezagreb.org is obligatory. The programme of the festival is also available on the website.

The Open House Zagreb Festival is part of the Open House Wordwide which encompasses 80 cities. The first edition took place in London in 1992, and today it includes numerous world capitals such as New York, Copenhagen, Milan, Prague and many others. Annually, it attracts almost a million participants, registers around two million entries and is supported by thousands of volunteers, mostly students and citizens. These facts are a proof that this idea is accepted and architecture is reflected upon.