soft assembly is a project exhibition space in a renovated overseas container, located in the center of the TUM campus. The space is hosted and curated by the team of the Chair of Art in Architecture.

our wish is for soft assembly to be a site for emergent kinship and slow futures. A space where temporalities intersect, relations are brought into dialogue, and new modes of attention can develop beyond urgency and constant production. The space is conceived as a platform for reflection, experimentation, and exchange, foregrounding processes that unfold over time rather than immediate resolution.

soft assembly hosts regular exhibitions by professional artists from the national and international network of the Chair of Art in Architecture, presenting contemporary artistic positions that engage with spatial, ecological, and societal questions. Between these exhibitions, the space is activated through student projects and works developed within the semesters, offering insight into ongoing research, learning processes, and emerging practices. Together, these alternating formats position soft assembly as a continuously evolving exhibition space where art, architecture, and thought accumulate, overlap, and remain open to revision.

soft assembly will open officially at the start of the summer semester in April 2026 with a solo show by the artist Simon Mullan.

soft assembly is designed by Munich-based SPACETOOLS