Adana Arch Fest Returns With "Fictive" Theme for Third Edition

The 3rd Adana Arch Fest will take place October 15–17, 2026 at the Adana Museum, guided by Prof. Dr. Celal Abdi Güzer and curated by architect Nilüfer Kozikoğlu. The Adana Branch of the Chamber of Architects organizes the event, which convenes architecture, design, art, and other cultural disciplines under one roof.

This year's festival carries the theme "Fictive: Tales of Materials and Structures." Kozikoğlu frames the program around the idea of the fictive — the ways architecture constructs, transforms, and reinterprets reality through material, structure, imagination, and context.

The festival operates as an annual platform for exchange around contemporary architectural practice, education, and culture. It brings together leading voices from Turkey's architectural scene alongside contributors from related fields.

The first two editions featured architects, educators, and practitioners whose work has shaped contemporary architecture in Turkey. The third edition extends that trajectory, positioning material and structural narratives as the lens through which the discipline's relationship to reality will be examined.

With a curator-led thematic framework and an established institutional base, the festival continues to anchor debates on architecture's cultural role in Turkey's southern hub. The 2026 edition signals how a regional platform can frame architectural inquiry through storytelling and material imagination rather than formal spectacle alone.