Vision 2017 explores the future
of architecture, landscape
design and products
A
imed at architects, designers,
specifiers and their clients, Vision
2017 provides an international
focus for innovative products and
building solutions, bringing together
some of the best designs and leading
figures from across Western Europe.
Across two days in June, the show
will host the best and brightest from
established practices and new start-
ups, providing a matchmaking service
to help facilitate meetings between
companies that can work together to
create better buildings for the future.
The exhibitors at Vision cover a range
of products, materials and solutions,
including research and development
into the latest software, bringing
together industry leaders to discuss
challenges in today’s complex market
and ways to deal with changing
legislation. Woodscape – widely
known for their beautiful hardwood
street furniture and external structures
for the UK’s most vibrant public
spaces – will display features from
their #designthenation projects that
demonstrate the breadth of our
urban design experience and working
relationships with architects and
landscape designers. Argex is an eco-
friendly clay from Belgium that can
be used for building, horticulture and
public spaces, such as the Place Saint-
Lambert, a square in the centre of Liège,
Belgium.
This year Vision has also partnered
with various international trade
authorities, from countries
including Belgium, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Latvia and
the Czech Republic. These nations
will be represented at the event
through a number of pavilions, each
housing multiple participants. Live
demonstrations and networking will
provide opportunities to meet and
exchange ideas with our continental
counterparts.
Key professional and cultural
organisations will also be represented,
such as the RIBA, BRE, the London
Festival of Architecture, New London
Architecture and the Museum of
Architecture. The CPD-certified event
is designed to educate and inspire,
with international solutions to local
problems. BRE have curated a series of
talks aimed to target the main issues
facing the construction industry today.
The RIBA is also taking centre stage,
targeting housing and sustainability as
the focus of a number of presentations
and debates. New London Architecture
will return to Vision with their annual
PechaKucha, this time considering the
global ways of working and how that
might affect efforts closer to home.