This panel focused on the Open House format itself, discussing how cooperation between festivals leads to innovation and broader outreach in democratising architectural knowledge across Europe and worldwide. Researcher Tadas Šarūnas presented the latest monitoring report covering three years of Open House Europe’s activity, followed by representatives from Open House festivals on other continents sharing their experience of strengthening long-term regional and global connections through collaboration.

Participants:

Tadas Šarūnas – Lithuanian sociologist completing impact research on Open House Europe;
Martynas Germanavičius – Project Lead of Open House Europe;
Tania Davidge – executive director and chief curator of Open House Melbourne, establishing Open House Australia;
Robert Newcombe – British architectural designer and co-founder of Open House Santiago.

Moderator:

Manijeh Verghese – CEO of Open City, an organisation that kickstarted the Open House format in London and the Open House Worldwide network.

The third Annual Summit was hosted by Open House Athens and co-hosted by Open House Slovenia and Open House Thessaloniki.

Open House Europe is a cooperation project coordinated by ‪Architektūros fondas and co-funded by the European Union.