Der Stand der Dinge / Setting Things Up
Experiments and Processes in Architecture and Design
28 March 2026 – 6 May 2026

Venue:
Aedes Architecture Forum, Christinenstr. 18–19,
10119 Berlin

An Aedes catalogue is published

supported by
BMWKMS/Sektion IV- Kunst und Kultur
Kulturförderung Burgenland GmbH
Go-International, Amari Austria GmbH
apm Holding, Blaguss Reisen GmbH
Braun Lockenhaus GmbH, Breitwieser Stein GmbH
Colourfish Real Estate, Das Teppichwerk GmbH
Fritz Egger GmbH, H&S Zaun GmbH
HABAU Group, Josef Prödl Tischlerei GmbH
K&S Ingenieure GmbH, Kohlmaier Wien,
Merkur Treuhand, Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin
Schneeweiss interior GmbH, Swisspearl Austria GmbH
Vola Vertriebs GmbH

Culinary Support by:
Ströck Brot GmbH, Erich Stekovics GmbH
Weingut Christian Tschida, Weingut Claus Preisinger

Link: www.aedes-arc.de

Martin Mostböck works across design, material and craft. The State of Things reveals how furniture, objects and houses emerge from production, testing and experimentation. On display are chairs, tables, lamps as well as residential houses and pavilions — works that make his distinctive material language and hands-on, craft-based approach, tangible. As an architect and designer, he develops ideas into objects: knife, saw and prototype in hand, he tests and shapes his designs, making decisions through an immediate dialogue between material and production. Balancing functional clarity with playful form, the works tell stories, shift scales and open new perspectives on space, material and everyday life.
The exhibition at Aedes presents a multifaceted view of a practice that melds together processes from architecture to design through its craftsmanship. For 25 years, Martin Mostböck has oscillated seamlessly between sketches, built architecture, furniture design, interiors and industrial design. The exhibition invites visitors to look behind the scenes, focusing on process, craftsmanship and material. Ideas that begin in a sketchbook end up on the workbench – and become part of lived spaces.
Two boxy landscapes grow out of the exhibition space. One is dedicated to architectural works, presented through working and scale models, plans and sections. The other, larger structure showcases the design objects for which Mostböck is known: tables, chairs and lamps– each with its own design story. In this way,industrial processes, craftsmanship and form become equally tangible. The exhibition brings togetherunique one-off pieces as well as serial products, large and small.