Speakers and Judges Lounge / Cook Haffner Architecture Plantform

An innovative and delightful pavilion at the World Architecture Festival is the most recent collaboration between CHAP, led by architect futurologist Sir Peter Cook, and the leading digital technology company ABB. Cook Haffner Architecture Platform (known as CHAP) has recently been commissioned by ABB to design an innovative and delightful ‘Judges and Speakers Lounge’ for the World Architecture Festival (known as WAF) taking place between 30th December and 2nd of January 2022 at Feira Internacional de Lisboa. As the first major event post-pandemic, Katrin Förster of ABB said ‘…this meant for me that ABB´s long-established headline partnership with WAF would have to become something to “grasp”, to “feel” and “experience” again during this year´s live event. Therefore, we needed to find a new spirit, a new excitement, a brand new approach, to come back with a big bang …..’