‘The Best of AFFR takes viewers around the world, from New York to Toronto and from Paris to Ethiopia, exploring a kaleidoscopic mix of pressing contemporary issues. It showcases LOT-EK architects’ 30 years of experience working with upcycled shipping containers; an unlikely group of activists fighting a renoviction; and a giant industrial campus in eastern Ethiopia that creates both work and displacement, in a nuanced portrait of the growing Chinese presence in Africa. The programme concludes with an entertaining account of the competition, design and construction process of Mitterrand’s last great project, La Grande Arche. Is there a better way to spend a wintery Saturday in Zwolle?’ Cristina Ampatzidou, Curator AFFR
Photography: Zwols Architectuur Podium
