Diversity and future perspectives in the 2026 Diploma Exhibition

This year’s degree/master’s exhibition is open to the public from 1–11 June and brings together projects spanning spatial proposals, material experiments, urban and rural analyses, ecological interventions, and more speculative investigations.

 - The title Multiply refers to the idea of architecture as something shaped not by a single vision, but through many simultaneous and interconnected contributions. The exhibition highlights a diversity of perspectives, working methods, and future imaginaries, where each project forms part of a larger and still ongoing conversation about the future of architecture,” says Jessica Lundin, curator of the degree exhibition.

No single direction dominates among this year’s degree projects. Instead, the exhibition is characterised by a clear diversity of perspectives and methods. Many of the projects use architecture as an investigative tool rather than presenting finished solutions. Drawing, model making, writing, mapping, coding, and experimentation are used to generate knowledge and formulate questions.

 - Many of the projects open up for multiple possible futures rather than presenting definitive answers. There is a willingness to engage with complexity, contradictions, and overlaps rather than simplifying them.”

The exhibition reflects several pressing issues of our time, including ecological change, the relationship between urban and rural environments, resource use, and future ways of living together. The projects address these topics through concrete spatial proposals, critical analyses, and speculative scenarios that explore alternative futures.

 - Perhaps the key point is not that the projects present a single solution to today’s challenges, but that they investigate how architecture can contribute to shaping new ways of understanding and relating to them. Together, they reflect a generation of architects who see the future as something emerging through many different, multifaceted, and incremental initiatives,” Jessica Lundin concludes.

From 1 to 4 June, seminars will be held to present and discuss the master's projects. The seminars will take place between 09.00 and 15.40, concluding at 12.10 on 4 June, followed by a celebratory ceremony at 14.00.