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Design Festival Exhibition in Brno
Architecture and Design Event Development – curated by Kogaa Studio
18 Oct 2018
Design Festival Exhibition
Architects: Kogaa Studio
Location: Hotel Avion, Brno, Czech Republic
Kogaa Studio Turns Iconic Brno Functionalist Hotel Into Design Festival Venue
The total lack of a local platform for the design scene in the City of Brno, led it? s Founder and head of Architecture Studio KOGAA Alexandra Georgescu, to initiate the yearly event as a support for local designers to showcase their work as well as network and build new collaborations.

The brainchild of adaptive-reuse projects, KOGAA Studio, internationally renown for their project of The Distillery – Social Reactor, pursue their ongoing ambition of reviving unused buildings by designating an inactive location to the yearly event.
Selected for its iconic and architectural value, Hotel Avion is a very narrow functionalist building designed by local Architect Bohuslav Fuchs, who adopted the vertical mingling of spaces from Le Corbusier. It?s vertical stretch was the ideal set-up for the complexity the event?s program, which encompasses a series of design talks and workshops, design exhibitions, design awards, fashion shows, a cinema, a pop-up design shop and cafe opened from morning till night.

The ground floor, the darkest space of the building, was assigned for the talks and cinema...