OUR HOUSE SEES ITSELF AS A PLACE OF FREEDOM, OPENNESS, AND DIVERSITY. IT IS A SPACE WHERE EVERYTHING THAT WANTS TO UNFOLD CAN FIND ITS PLACE – REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN, BELIEF, OR FORM. THIS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT ART, BUT ABOUT A WAY OF BEING TOGETHER THAT ALLOWS FOR CREATIVITY AND INDIVIDUALITY, WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING COLLECTIVE POTENTIAL. EVERY PERSON WHO COMES TO US BRINGS THEIR OWN STORY, AND IT IS THIS DIVERSITY THAT DEFINES OUR HOUSE.

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THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT CREATIVE EXCHANGE, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE ATTITUDE THAT CONNECTS US. JUSTICE IS THE STANDARD BY WHICH WE ACT. IT DEMANDS THAT OUR ACTIONS ALWAYS CONSIDER THE WELL-BEING OF OTHERS AND THE COMMUNITY. RESPECTFUL INTERACTION IS AT THE HEART OF OUR DAILY WORK. JUSTICE MEANS SEEING OTHERS NOT JUST AS INDIVIDUALS, BUT AS PART OF A LARGER WHOLE. THE RESPONSIBILITY WE TAKE FOR ONE ANOTHER FORMS THE FOUNDATION FOR A SOLIDARITY-BASED AND RESPECTFUL TOGETHERNESS.

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OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE FOOD WE SERVE IN OUR HOUSE. WE HAVE CONSCIOUSLY CHOSEN TO OFFER MAINLY VEGETARIAN DISHES – OUT OF THE BELIEF THAT EVERY BITE IS A DECISION FOR THE PLANET. SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT JUST A POLITICAL CONCEPT, BUT A WAY OF LIFE THAT WE WANT TO EMBODY IN SMALL, EVERYDAY WAYS. WHAT WE EAT AFFECTS NOT ONLY OUR HEALTH BUT ALSO THE WELL-BEING OF THE EARTH. AND THE WAY WE HANDLE NATURAL RESOURCES IS PART OF THIS RESPONSIBILITY TOO.

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THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE MAINTAIN A PERMACULTURE GARDEN – A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ECOLOGICAL ACTION. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT PLANTING VEGETABLES OR FLOWERS, BUT ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL IDEA OF RESPECTING NATURE, LIVING WITH ITS RHYTHM, AND PROMOTING ITS DIVERSITY. THE GARDEN IS A LIVING PART OF OUR HOUSE, A SIGN THAT WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT GROWS. WE DON’T JUST WANT TO CONSUME – WE WANT TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE NATURE AND CULTURE CAN COME TOGETHER.

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OUR WORK IS ALWAYS INTERDISCIPLINARY. ART, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY – FOR US, THESE ARE NOT SEPARATE WORLDS BUT PARTS OF A SHARED LIFE. OUR PROJECTS EMERGE AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. WITH THIS OPENNESS, WE SEEK DIALOGUE BETWEEN DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES. WE CREATE A SPACE THAT ENABLES EXCHANGE BETWEEN ART AND NATURE, SCIENCE AND CULTURE – A SPACE THAT DISSOLVES BOUNDARIES AND STRENGTHENS CONNECTIONS.

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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AS AN INSTITUTION, WE ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE REGION. WE SEE OURSELVES AS PART OF A BROADER SOCIAL FABRIC THAT LIVES, WORKS, AND SUPPORTS ONE ANOTHER LOCALLY. OUR ACTIONS ARE ALWAYS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING LOCAL STRUCTURES AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY ON SITE. ONLY WHEN WE SEE OURSELVES AS PART OF THIS NETWORK CAN OUR WORK TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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IN OUR HOUSE, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT CULTURE IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. IT’S ABOUT A CULTURE OF TOGETHERNESS, OF LEARNING, AND OF GROWTH. IT’S ABOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY – FOR OURSELVES, FOR OTHERS, AND FOR THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.