A pavilion for dancing on the Venice lagoon
Rintala Eggertsson’s contribution to the Biennale 2018 instills new forms of social interactions in the recreational area of Forte Marghera.
Freespace: 10 installations to see in the Central Pavilion
A selection of the projects in the central exhibition, interpreting Freespace, this year’s theme at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Mass tourism steals the soul of historical centers
Kateřina Šedá, curator of the Czech and Slovak Pavilion, tells us about the UNES-CO project, a research-action that investigates the overcrowding of tourists and the emptying of city centers.
Prospecting Ocean. Interview with Armin Linke
On display at the Ismar Institute of Marine Sciences in Venice, the new work by this photographer and film maker is the result of three years of expeditions to the Pacific Ocean in order to raise awareness of the condition of our seas.
The energy of the century
Inspired by Gio Ponti in 1930, the design of the “Casa Elettrica” allows the house to be considered even more so as a kind of “condensed city” projected into the future. This event has inspired Edison today in its debut at the 16th International Exhibition of Architecture.
Vatican architecture. An island and its eleven chapels
At the 2018 Venice Biennale, eleven construction experiments define the new identity of the Holy See’s architecture.
Marina Otero Verzier. A call for action at the Venice Biennale
An interview with the curator of “Work, Body, Leisure”. The Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 addresses architecture responsibility about new working conditions.
Seven automatic architectures and other exercises
The director of the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio tells us about his project at the Venice Architecture Biennale on algorithms and architecture, play and technology.
In Statu Quo. A balancing force for political mediation
The Israeli Pavilion at the Venice Biennale analyses an invisible but powerful negotiation structure that lays beneath sacred sites in the Holy Land.
Surviving colonialism and neoliberalism in the Philippines
At the Philippine Pavilion, curator Edson Cabalfin invited several schools to analyse and speculate over today’s built environment in the Southeast Asian country.
Cino Zucchi and the “Everyday Wonders” by Luigi Caccia Dominioni
At the Central Pavilion in the Giardini, Cino Zucchi has constructed an overview of Caccia Dominioni’s highly personal way of conceiving architecture.
Eight doors and 3,600 stories in the Albania pavilion in Venice
The recent transformation of private spaces into semi-public areas represents a new model of urban planning for Tirana, where residents start from the ground floor in the re-conquering of their city.