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May 21 2010
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2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 2)

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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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2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 1)

updated august 26 2010


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txt: 12th International Venice Architecture Exhibition – National Participations

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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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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2010 Venice Biennale architecture: participants

updated august, 6 2010

txt: 12th Venice International Architecture Exhibition: Participants

AIRES MATEUS E ASSOCIADOS
FRANCISCO AIRES MATEUS Portugal, 1963 lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal

AMID CERO 9
CRISTINA DÍAZ MORENO, 1971 lives and works in Madrid, Spain
EFRÉN GARCÍA GRINDA, 1966 lives and works in Madrid, Spain

ARANDA\LASCH WITH ISLAND PLANNING CORPORATION
BENJAMIN ARANDA United States, 1973 lives and works in New York, US
CHRIS LASCH United States, 1972 lives and works in New York, US
NATHAN BROWNING United States, 1973 lives and works in Miami, US

ARCHITECTEN DE VYLDER VINCK TAILLIEU
JAN DE VYLDER Belgium, 1968 lives and works in Ghent, Belgium

ARU\ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH UNIT
FLORIAN BEIGEL Germany, 1941 lives and works in London, Great Britain
PHILIP CHRISTOU Canada, 1956 lives and works in London, Great Britain
ARU is a design research laboratory based at the London Metropolitan University

ATELIER BOW-WOW
YOSHIHARU TSUKAMOTO Japan, 1965 lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
MOMOYO KAIJIMA Japan, 1969 lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

LINA BO BARDI
Rome, Italy, 1914 – São Paulo, Brazil, 1992

BERGER&BERGER
LAURENT P. BERGER, 1972 – lives and works in Paris, France
CYRILLE BERGER, 1975 – lives and works in Paris, France

ANDREA BRANZI
Italy, 1938 lives and works in Milan, Italy

CARDIFF MILLER STUDIO BERLIN
JANET CARDIFF Canada, 1957 lives and works in Grindrod, BC Canada and Berlin, Germany

CARUSO ST JOHN / THOMAS DEMAND
ADAM CARUSO Canada, 1962 lives and works in London, UK
PETER ST JOHN Great Britain, 1959 lives and works in London, UK
ROD HEYES Great Britain, 1973 lives and works in London, UK
THOMAS DEMAND Germany, 1964 lives and works in Berlin, Germany and London, UK

CIBIC & PARTNERS
ALDO CIBIC Italy, 1955 lives and works in Milan, Italy

DEPAOR ARCHITECTS
TOM dePAOR Great Britain, 1967 lives and works in Dublin, Ireland

PETER EBNER AND FRIENDS
PETER EBNER Austria, 1968 lives and works in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria and Munich, Germany
MICHAEL EICHNER Germany, 1968 lives and works in Munich, Germany and Moscow, Russia
MICHAEL SCHWARZ Germany, 1958 lives and works in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
JAVIER SANCHEZ Mexico, 1969 lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico
FRANZISKA ULLMANN Austria, 1950 lives and works in Vienna, Austria
CLAUDIO VALENTINO Great Britain, 1967 lives and works in Rome, Italy
GIANLUCA ANDREOLETTI Italy, 1965 lives and works in Rome, Italy

OLAFUR ELIASSON
Denmark, 1967 lives and works in Berlin, Germany

SOU FUJIMOTO ARCHITECTS
SOU FUJIMOTO Japan, 1971 lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

ANTÓN GARCÍA-ABRIL & ENSAMBLE STUDIO
ANTÓN GARCÍA-ABRIL Spain, 1969 lives and works in Madrid, Spain

JUNYA ISHIGAMI+ASSOCIATES
JUNYA ISHIGAMI Japan, 1974 lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

TOYO ITO & ASSOCIATES
TOYO ITO Korea, 1941 lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

ANDRÉS JAQUE ARQUITECTOS
ANDRÉS JAQUE Spain, 1971 lives and works in Madrid, Spain

CHRISTIAN KEREZ
Venezuela, 1962 lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland

LUISA LAMBRI
Italy, 1969 lives and works in Milan, Italy

WALTER NIEDERMAYR
Italy, 1952 lives and works in Bolzano, Italy

NOERO WOLFF ARCHITECTS
JO NOERO South Africa, 1951 lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
HEINRICH WOLFF South Africa, 1970 lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa

HANS ULRICH OBRIST
Switzerland, 1968 lives and works in London, Great Britain

OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE (OMA)
REM KOOLHAAS The Netherlands, 1944 lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

OFFICE KERSTEN GEERS DAVID VAN SEVEREN + BAS PRINCEN
KERSTEN GEERS Belgium, 1975 lives and works in Brussels, Belgium
DAVID VAN SEVEREN Belgium, 1978 lives and works in Brussels, Belgium
BAS PRINCEN Netherlands, 1975 lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands

VALERIO OLGIATI
Switzerland, 1958
lives and works in Flims, Switzerland

OpenSimSim
DANIEL DENDRA
Netherlands, 1966 lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Moscow, Russia

PIET OUDOLF
The Netherlands, 1944 lives and works in Hummelo, The Netherlands

RENZO PIANO
Italy, 1937 Lives and works in Genoa, Italy and Paris, France

PEZO VON ELLRICHSHAUSEN ARCHITECTS
MAURICIO PEZO Chile, 1973 lives and works in Concepcion, Chile
SOFIA VON ELLRICSHAUSEN Argentina, 1976 lives and works in Concepcion, Chile

MARK PIMLOTT AND TONY FRETTON
MARK PIMLOTT Canada, 1958 lives and works in London, Great Britain and in The Hague, The Netherlands
TONY FRETTON Great Britain, 1945 lives and works in London, Great Britain

CEDRIC PRICE
Stone, Staffordshire, 1934 – London, Great Britain, 2003

SMILJAN RADIC + MARCELA CORREA
SMILJAN RADIC Chile, 1965 lives and works in Santiago, Chile
MARCELA CORREA Chile, 1963 lives and works in Santiago, Chile

RAUMLABORBERLIN
FRANCESCO APUZZO, MARKUS BADER, BENJAMIN FOERSTER-BALDENIUS, ANDREA HOFMANN, JAN LIESEGANG, CHRISTOF MAYER, MATTHIAS RICK, AXEL TIMM – founded in 1999, based in Berlin, Germany

R&SIE(N) – SARL D’ARCHITECTURE / PARIS – NY
FRANÇOIS ROCHE France, 1961 lives and works in Paris, France – teaches in New-York & Los Angeles, USA
STÉPHANIE LAVAUX France, 1966 lives and works in Paris, France
TOSHIKATSI KIUCHI Japan, 1978 lives and works in Paris, France

TOM SACHS STUDIO
TOM SACHS United States, 1966 lives and works in New York, US

KAZUYO SEJIMA & ASSOCIATES
KAZUYO SEJIMA Japan, 1956 lives and works in Tokyo, Japan (participants from the curatorial team not eligible for awards)

SELGASCANO
JOSÉ SELGAS Spain, 1965 lives and works in Madrid, Spain
LUCÌA CANO Spain, 1965 lives and works in Madrid, Spain

WANG SHU
China, 1963 lives and works in Hangzhou, China

STUDIO MUMBAI
founded in 2005 based in Mumbai, India

DO-HO SUH + EULHO SUH AND KYUNGEN KIM (SUH ARCHITECTS)
DO-HO SUH Korea, 1962 lives and works in New York, US and Berlin, Germany
EULHO SUH Korea, 1964 lives and works in Seoul, Korea and Los Angeles, US
KYUNGEN KIM Korea, 1962 lives and works in Seoul, Korea and Los Angeles, US

FIONA TAN
Indonesia, 1966 lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

TRANSSOLAR KLIMAENGINEERING + TETSUO KONDO
MATTHIAS SCHULER Germany, 1958 lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany
TETSUO KONDO Japan, 1975 lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

CERITH WYN EVANS
Wales, 1958 lives and works in London, Great Britain

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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.
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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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