2010 Venice Architecture Biennale

May 21 2010

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2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 2)

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txt: 12th International Venice Architecture Exhibition – National Participations

CYPRUS, Republic of
Encounters: A Walking Movie
Christakis Chatzichristou
Commissioner: Petros Dymiotis. Deputy Commissioner: Angela Skordi.
Curator: Christakis Chatzichristou. Deputy Curator: Aimilios Michael.
Scientific Committee: Marios Christodoulides, Vera Efthymiou-Parlalidou, Stefanos Fereos, Biron Ioannou, Charis Pelapaissiotis, Chrysanthos Pissarides, Panayiota Pyla.
Venue: Palazzo Malipiero (2nd floor), S. Marco 3198 (Campo S. Samuele)

CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA
NATURAL ARCHITECTURE / PR(IROZENÁ ARCHITEKTURA

Martin Rajniš and e-mrak togheter with Zlatý rez
Commissioner: Radomíra Sedláková.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

DENMARK
Q&A: Urban Questions _ Copenhagen Answers
CATWALK of STARchitecture in Copenhagen: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects, OMA / Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners, 3XN, White Architects, COBE + Transform, BIG, Dorte Mandrup Architects, Studio Daniel Libeskind, PLOT, Steven Holl, Schmidt/Hammer/Lassen architects, Aart, Tony Fretton Architects
LAB 1: 100 Years of Visions – Copenhagen 1947 – 2047: BIG + Kollision.
LAB 2: An in depth study of the three contemporary and future sustatnable city developments Ørestad, Nordhavn and Carlsberg.
LEARNING: An interactive presentation of the experience and knowledge bank.
LIVING: A phenomenological film installation showing Copenhagen city life.
Commissioner: Kent Martinussen.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

EGYPT
Salvation…… The story telling
Ahmed R. Soliman, Ayman Lotfy, Amer Abd Al-Hakim Abbas, Nevine Fargaly
Commissioner: Ahmed Mito
Curator: Karmmel Loqman. Deputy Commissioner: Hisham Alaa
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ESTONIA
100 MAJA / HOUSES
Karen Jagodin, Martin Pedanik, Tiiu Truus, Kalle Vellevoog
Commissioner: Ülar Mark
Venue: Artiglierie dell’Arsenale

FINLAND
SCHOOLS
Kari Järvinen, Merja Nieminen, Markku Erholtz, Hannu Huttunen, Jussi Karjalatnen, Seppo Häkli, Sari Nieminen, Ilmari Lahdelma, Heikki Viiri ,Kimmo Lintula, Mikko Summanen, Niko Sirola , Väinö Nikkilä, Riina Palva, Jussi Palva, Ilkka Salminen
Commissioner: Juulia Kauste. Deputy commissioner: Kristiina Nivari.
Curator: Roy Mänttäri. Deputy curator: Hannu Hellman.
Venue: Alvar Aalto Pavilion at Giardini

FRANCE
METROPOLIS?
Atelier International du Grand Paris, Métropole de Bordeaux, Métropole de Lyon, Métropole de Marseille, Métropole de Nantes
Commissioner: Dominique Perrault with Cyrille Poy and Richard Copans.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GEORGIA
Dialog about Architecture
Nikoloz Abashidze, David Abuladze, Tamaz Bezhanishvili, Givi Gogrichiani, David Lezhava, Gocha Miqiashvili, Besarion Tatishvili
Commissioner: David Abuladze.
Curators: Nikoloz Abashidze, Besarion Tatishvi, Elisabed Giorgadze.
Venue: Ass. Culturale Spiazzi Campo San Martino – Venezia

GERMANY
SEHNSUCHT
Commissioners: Die Walverwandtschaften München Zürich Boston, Cordula Rau, Eberhard Tröger, Ole W. Fischer.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GREECE
THE ARK Old Seeds for New Cultures
Yannis Isidorou, Kostas Manolidis, Maria Papadimitriou, Alexandros Psychoulis
Commissioners: Phoebe Giannisi, Zisis Kotionis.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

HUNGARY
BorderLine Architecture
Commissioner: Zsolt Petrányi.
Curators: Andor Wesselényi-Garay, Marcel Ferencz.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

IRAN
Persian Garden
Ghazban pour Jassem, Javadi Mohammadreza, Sadr Houman, Ghadimi Shahryan, Kalhor Mojtaba
Commissioner: Mahmood Shalooei.
Curator: Kalhor Mojtaba.
Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3198

IRELAND
of deBlacam and Meagher
deBlacam and Meagher Architects (Shane deBlacam and John Meagher)
Commissioner: Nathalie Weadick.
Curators: Tom dePaor, Pether Maybury. Archive curators: Cian Deegan, Alice Casey.
Venue: Chiesa di San Gallo, Campo San Gallo – San Marco 1103

ISRAEL
Kibbutz: An Architecture Without Precedents
Zvi Efrat, Adi Levi – Trau, Iris Kashman, Amos Gitai, Dan Hasson, Adi Biran, Ayelet Gil Efrat, Itai Raziel, Tahel Azulay, Michael Gordon.
Commissioners: Michael Gov, Arad Turgeman.
Curator: Galia Bar-Or.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

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May 19 2010

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2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 1)

updated august 26 2010

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ALBANIA
BEYOND COLOR
Hashim Sarkis Studios, Svetlana Boym, Eve Blau, Gareth Doherty, New Geographies, Peter Voit, Zeinab Aghamahdi, GAC General Architecture / Collaborative: Sunmin Whang, Michael Beamer, James Setzler, E Yutaka Sho, Alexander C. Häusler and Silvia Benedetto, OFICINAA, Edgar Sarli and Tamar Loeb, 1521designstudio, Nikolay Nedev, | N C – o f f i c e | architecture / urbanism, Nuno Jacinto, Helidon Gjergji, Maks Velo, Armand Vokshi, AVATELIER con Polis University & Tirana Polytechnical University, School of Architecture, Luciano Bojaxhiu, Institute of Preservation of Historic Monuments, Virginia Studio, Dritan Mesareja, Gediminas Urbonas, Peter Tasi.
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Youth, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Albania.
Curator: Gjergj Bakallbashi. Deputy curators: Egest Gjinali, Enida Mitro.
Venue: Artiglierie dell’Arsenale

ARGENTINA
Lugares de encuentro – (Meeting places)
Obras argentinas recientes 1983 (recupero de la democracia) – 2010 (Bicentenario Argentino)
Commissioner: Daniel Silberfaden.
Curators: Roberto Busnelli, Hermán Bisman.
Venue: Artiglierie dell’Arsenale

ARMENIA, Republic of
Cross-Roads
David Balian, Nazar Binatlì, Ashot Grigorian, Samuel Gyulnazarian, Gayanè Hamazaspian, Gareghin Jeghoian, Arsen Karapetian, Ara Manoukian, Mikayel Ohanjanyan, Hracià Poghossian, Tigran Poghossian, Narek Sargssian, Gohar Simon Tutungian, Vahè Vazghen Tutungian, Haig Uluhogian, Hracià Vardanian, Lilit Paremuzian, Lusiné Vehapetian.
Commissioners: Ashot Haykazun Grigorian, Arà Zarina.
Curator: Narek Sargsyan.
Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, former Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael, Fondamenta del Soccorso, Dorsoduro 2596

AUSTRALIA
NOW + WHEN Australian Urbanism
Commissioner: Janet Holmes à Court
Curators: John Gollings, Ivan Rijavec.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

AUSTRIA
www.labiennale.at/2010/ – Austria Under Construction: Austrian Architecture Around the World; International Architecture in Austria
BUILDING AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTS BUILDING INTERNATIONALLY: Raimund Abraham, AllesWirdGut, B+U, C.P.P.N, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Dietmar Feichtinger Architects, driendl*architects, feld72, Anna Heringer Architecture, Atelier Hollein, the next ENTERprise, rainer pirker architeXture, Carl Pruscha, soma, ZottlBuda
BUILDING INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS BUILDING IN AUSTRIA: Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Behnisch Architekten, Crab studio, Odile Decq Benoit Cornette, Zaha Hadid Architects, Steven Holl Architects, M A C K ARCHITECT(S), Morphosis, NO.MAD, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Terry Pawson Architects, Estudio Carme Pinós, Michael Sorkin Studio, Martha Swartz Partners, Matteo Thun & Partners, UNStudio, Lebbeus Woods, Xefirotarch
EDUCATION AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTS TEACHING INTERNATIONALLY: Raimund Abraham, Herwig Baumgartner, Mark Blaschitz, Gregor Eichinger, Dietmar Feichtinger, Ernst Fuchs, Bettina Gotz, Marie Therese Harnoncourt, Barbara Imhof, Rainer Pirker, Wolf Prix, Klaus Stattmann, Hannes Stiefel, Wolfgang Tschapeller, Susanne Zottl
EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS TEACHING IN AUSTRIA: Hitoshi Abe, Marjan Colletti, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Zaha Hadid , Cratg Hodgetts and Ming Fung, Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer, Tom Kovac, Greg Lynn, Elena Manferdini, Thom Mayne, Alexis Rochas, Francois Roche, Patrik Schumacher, Marcelo Spina, Kjetil Thorsen, Lebbeus Woods
Commissioner: Eric Owen Moss.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

BAHRAIN, Kingdom of
Reclaim

University of Bahrain – Urban research team (Fay Al Khalifa, Tamadur Al-Fahal, Muna Yateem, Deena Ashraf, Mohammad Al-Qari, Fatema Hamadi, Ahlam Zainal), Lapa Studio at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne-Urban Research team and Exhibition Design (Lapa Studio: Harry Gugger, Leopold Banchini, Simon Chessex and Russel Loveridge) with the students of Lapa and Camille Zakharia (photographer and engineer) and Mohammed Bu Ali (filmmaker)
Commissioners: Ministry of Culture & Information, Noura Al-Sayeh.
Curators: Noura Al-Sayeh, Fuad Al-Ansari.
Venue: Artiglierie dell’Arsenale

BELGIUM
Usus / usure
Commissioner: Rotor in collaboration with Benedikte Zitouni.
Researches: Peter Westenberg, Wim Cuyvers, Bruno Notteboom, Jan Kempenaers, Nicolas Bomal, Ralf Grossek and Anna Rispoli.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

BRAZIL
50 Years After Brasilia
Mario Biselli / Artur Katchborian, Angelo Bucci, Daniel Corsi / Dani Hiran, Marcos Boldarin, Gustavo Penna.
Commissioner: Heitor Martins.
Curator: Ricardo Ohtake.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

CANADA
Hylozoic Ground
Philip Beesley architect
Commissioner: Philip Beesley Architect Inc.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

CHILE
CHILE 8.8
Colectivo MURO, Rodrigo Aguilar / Ignacio Ruz / Rodrigo Valenzuela / René Velásquez, Mathias Klotz / Claudio Celis / Carlos Pérez, Mathias Klotz, Squella Arquitectos, ONG Reconstruye, Escuela de Arquitectura, Pontificia Universidad, Católica de Chile, Bio Bio Proyecta, Proyecto Tarapacá, Sebastián Irarrázaval, Humberto Eliash / Claudio Santander / Alain Champion / Jorge Mora / Carlos Bustamante, Marianne Balze Arquitectos / Lyon Bosch Arquitectos, Raimundo Lira / David Rodríguez / Diego Arroyo, Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales, Emilio de la Cerda, Owar Arquitectos.
Commissioner: Sebastian Gray.
Venue: Artiglierie dell’Arsenale

CHINA, People’s Republic of China
Here for a Chinese Appointment
Pei Zhu, Chaoge Wang, Yue Fan, Yufan Zhu, Lei Xu, Wei Wang
Commissioner: China Arts & Entertatnment Group.
Venue: Arsenale, Deposito delle Cisterne and part of the Giardino delle Vergini

CROATIA
Brod/ the Ship/ La nave: A floating pavilion for Croatia at the Venice Biennale
3LHD/Saša Begovic, Tanja Grozdanic Begovic, Marko Dabrovic, Igor Franic, Petar Miškovic, Silvije Novak, Veljko Oluic and Tonci Zarnic, Helena Paver Njiric, Toma Pleic, Goran Rako, Saša Randic and Idis Turato, Studio UP/ Lea Pelivan
Commissioner: Leo Modrcin.
Venue: Artiglierie dell’Arsenale

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May 18 2010

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2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations – Australia

Australia and Venice: disturbing similarities, provocations and new ideas meet in the hypertechnological Australian Pavilion at the next Venice Architecture Biennale.
[it] Australia e Venezia: inquietanti similitudini, nuove idee e provocazioni si incontrano nell’ipertecnologico padiglione australiano alla prossima Biennale di Architettura a Venezia.

txt: RPT-Australian cities must transform for population growth www.reuters.com

Australia circa 2050, population 35 million, climate change induced rising sea levels have flooded the Gold Coast resort region, apartment blocks are now used to grow food and people commute in monorail pods above the sea. In another city, Australians live on floating island pods with apartments both below and above sea level, the population has shifted from land to the sea because of the sky-rocketing value of disappearing arable land. Climate change has also forced many Australians to move inland and create new cities in the outback, relying on solar power to exist in the inhospitable interior.

These are just a few urban scenarios by some of Australia’s leading architects shortlisted for “Ideas for Australian Cities 2050+” to be staged at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.

NOW + WHEN Australian Urbanism

- Sydney 2050: Fraying Ground, RAG URBANISM, Richard Goodwin (Richard Goodwin Art/Architecture), Andrew Benjamin, Gerard Reinmuth (TERRIOR)
- Symbiotic City, Steve Whitford (University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning) + James Brearley (BAU Brearley Architects and Urbanists, Adjunct Professor RMIT)
- The Fear Free City, Justyna Karakiewicz, Tom Kvan and Steve Hatzellis
- A City of Hope, EDMOND & CORRIGAN, Design – Peter Corrigan (everything), Realisation – Michael Spooner (and support)
- Mould City, Colony Collective, Madeleine Beech, Jono Brener, Nicola Dovey, Peter Raisbeck and Simon Wollan
- Sedimentary City (.pdf), Brit Andresen and Mara Francis
- Aquatown, NH Architecture with Andrew Mackenzie
- Multiplicity, John Wardle Architects & Stefano Boscutti
- Ocean City, Arup Biomimetics, Alanna Howe, Alexander Hespe
- -41 + 41, Peck Dunin Simpson Architects, Fiona Dunin, Alex Peck, Andrew Simpsons in association with Martina Johnson, Third Skin, Eckersley Garden Architecture, Angus McIntyre, Tim Kreger
- Survival vs Resilience, BKK Architects (Tim Black, Julian Kosloff, Simon Knott, George Huon, Julian Faelli, Madeleine Beech, Jane Caught and Steffan Heath) Village Well, Charter Cramer and Daniel Piker
- Terra Form Australis, HASSELL, Holopoint & The Environment Institute, Tim Horton, Tony Grist, Prof Mike Young, Ben Kilsby, Sharon Mackay, Susie Nicolai, Mike Mouritz
- Island Proposition 2100 (IP2100), Scott Lloyd, Aaron Roberts (room11) and Katrina Stoll
- Implementing the Rhetoric, Harrison and White with Nano Langenheim, Marcus White, Stuart Harrison and Nano Lagenheim
- How Does it Make You Feel (HDIMYF), Ben Statkus (Statkus Architecture), Daniel Agdag, Melanie Etchell, William Golding, Anna Nguyen, Joel Ng
- Loop-Pool / Saturation City, McGauran Giannini Soon (MGS), Bild + Dyskors, Material Thnking, MGS – Eli Giannini, Jocelyn Chiew, Catherine Ranger, Bild – Ben Milbourne, Dyskors – Edmund Carter, Material Thinking – Paul Carter
- a tale of two cities, Billard Leece Partnership Pty Ltd

Commissioner: Janet Holmes à Court
Curators: John Gollings, Ivan Rijavec.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

links:
Architects plan for a crowded Australia www.theage.com.au
australian pavilion at venice architecture biennale 2010 www.designboom.com

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May 07 2010

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Kazuyo Sejima: borders matter less than relations

txt: Introduction by Kazuyo Sejima, director of the 12th Venice International Architecture Exhibition

We are more connected than ever, our culture, as well as our economy, has become global. Because of this, people’s consciousness and lifestyles change, theoretically and substantially. Sometimes relationships get shaped through indirect communication. Still, we believe that architecture plays a signi?cant role in this: it has the power to open up new perspectives. We imagine ideas that can have far reaching effects. These dreams come from many sources and may represent a new independent freedom that is essentially inherent to contemporary culture.
[...]
The idea is to help people relate to architecture, to help architecture relate to people, and to help people relate to themselves.

txt: Kazuyo Sejima appointed as Director

We are now well into the 21st Century. We can take this opportunity to step back and assess the zeitgeist of now through the process of the Biennale. This can clarify contemporary essentials of architecture and the importance of new relationships as we step into the future. One potent point of departure could be the boundaries and adaptation of space. This might include the removal of boundaries, as well as their clarification. Any part of architecture’s inherent multiplicity of adjacencies can become a topic. It might be argued that contemporary architecture is a rethinking and perhaps softening of those borders.

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May 06 2010

2010 Venice Biennale architecture: People meet in architecture

txt: Venice Biennale Architecture www.labiennale.org

On May 3rd, the President of the Venice Biennale, Paolo Baratta, and the Director of the Architecture section, Kazuyo Sejima, presented the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, titled People meet in architecture, that will run in Venice 29th August to 21st November 2010 (Preview on 26-27-28 Aug).
Two major projects will be developed for the 12th Exhibition: the Architecture Saturdays (a series of conversations, performances and weekly discussions with architects and critics) and the greater involvement of the Universities (educational opportunities for students)

txt: Statement of the President of La Biennale di Venezia, Paolo Baratta

A philosopher would say that the Exhibition is just a device for aesthetic education, aiming at making one’s spirit to “go beyond” by letting the visitor widen the perspectives of his own actions and thoughts, and leading him towards a more courageous consideration of the potential, we have to effectively shape the space where we live.

img: PEOPLE MEET IN ARCHITECTURE – Toyo Ito & Associates