Re-Wall, spatial manifesto

September 2025CAM

© Diana Quintela

From September 2025 to October 2028, the Engawa space of CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian will become the headquarters of Institution(ing)s. The project brings together institutions of varying sizes, capabilities, and scopes to experiment and develop new practices. In addition to offering shelter and facilities for network members, Institution(ing)s headquarters will also be (re)used by members and parts of the artistic ecosystem as a laboratory where ideas, knowledge, and practices are born.

© Diana Quintela

Due to its laboratory-like nature, the scenography for the Engawa space at CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian was entirely designed and built by students from the Departamento de Arquitectura da Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (DA/UAL), Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura, Cidade e Território (CEACT/UAL), under the supervision of professors João Quintela and Marta Sequeira. Conceived as an architectural system without obsolescence, it proposes a flexible, sustainable, and circular museography. Materials discarded by the construction industry, kindly provided by the dst group, and materials from previous CAM exhibitions are rescued and transformed into an adaptable structure capable of reconfiguring itself over time. More than just an exhibition support, the project for Institution(ing)s' space is a spatial manifesto on the future of architecture and curatorial practices.

© Diana Quintela

© Diana Quintela

Coordination and General Conception
João Quintela, Marta Sequeira

Conception and Construction team
Simão Passarinho (coord.), Beatriz Lopes (coord.), Afonso Penetra (coord.), Tomás Leitão (coord.), Antonia Martínez, Bárbara Carreiro, Beatriz Mendes, Bernado Correia, Carlota da Cunha, Catarina Doina, David Ruiz, Diogo Morgado, Elena Saccomano, Eula Tavares, Henrique Santos, José Ribeiro, Lígia Serralha, Linda Bárbara Cruz, Mafalda Lucena e Vale, Márcio Bento, Margarida Camanda, Beatriz Aragão, Otilia Sambo, Sofia Carreira, Tiago Oliveira, Clara Oliveira

Partnership
dst group

Consultancy
Telmo Cruz, Fernando Rodrigues

Photography
Diana Quintela, Sara Matos

Acknowledgments
Inês Lobo, Filipa Ramalhete

This collaborative endeavour is the first materials lab of Institution(ing)s, coordinated by CAM - Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian and Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

Institution(ing)s is a medium-scale collaboration project co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.