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The 12th Venice International Architecture Exhibition is opening (preview on August 26, 27 and 28, 2010) and Earth Overshoot Day is past (August 21st). It would be interesting to ask every architect we'll meet among the pavilions: "What is the footprint of your buildings?". And to us: "What are we doing about our personal footprint?". Take the quiz..  

 

txt: August 21 is Earth Overshoot Day - www.footprintnetwork.org

 

August 21st marks an unfortunate milestone: the day in which we exhaust our ecological budget for the year. Once we pass this day, humanity will have demanded all the ecological services – from filtering CO2 to producing the raw materials for food – that nature can provide this year. From that point until the end of the year, we meet our ecological demand by liquidating resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What is Earth Overshoot Day? Every year, Global Footprint Network calculates nature's supply in the form of biocapacity, the amount of resources the planet generates, and compares that to human demand: the amount it takes to produce all the living resources we consume and absorb our carbon dioxide emissions. Earth Overshoot Day, a concept devised by U.K.-based new economics foundation, marks the day when demand on ecological services begins to exceed the renewable supply.

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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:03:00 -0700 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: collateral events http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-collateral http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-collateral

updated: august 31, 2010 In-progress list of the collateral events proposed during the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice from Sunday 29th August to Sunday 21st November 2010. ps: the collateral events are the red dots; the blue dots are for the national participations.

 


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- Beyond Entropy: When Energy Becomes Form Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture - London Fondazione Giorgio Cini - San Giorgio Maggiore Island

- Carte blanche à Alex MacLean La Défense Seine Arche / CA'ASI CA'ASI - Campiello Santa Maria Nova Cannaregio 6024 30121 Venice

- CULTURE_NATURE green ethics – habitat – environment Spazio Thetis Arsenale Novissimo, Venezia

- E-PICENTRO Spazio Thetis Arsenale Novissimo, Venezia

- From Object to City / DALL'OGGETTO ALLA CITTA' Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti Campo S. Stefano, 2945 - 30124 VENEZIA

- IL VUOTO E LE FORME 2010. Metropoli//Antimetropoli Bellati Editore + DIET - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Edile e del Territorio dell'Università degli Studi di Pavia Calle della Tana - Castello 21/26 Venice

- LONGING FOR... Score #1 EXPERIENCES YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT BODIES, MOVEMENT AND SPACES 26/29 August 2010 Arsenale Novissimo, Tesa 92 - Venice

- Mapping contemporary Venice: from today's city to Venice of the future UNIVIU island of San Servolo

- M9.A NEW MUSEUM FOR A NEW CITY Mostra dei progetti per il nuovo polo museale Fondazione di Venezia Via Poerio, 24 - Mestre

- New Chinese Architecture at CA’ASI Ca'ASI ARCHITECTURE STUDIO'S SHARED HOME IN VENICE Ca'ASI Campiello Santa Maria Nova Cannaregio 6024 30121 Venice

- "Oltre il giardino - Il giardino globale" Associazione GRUPPO GIOVANI PITTORI SPILIMBERGHESI ESU Venezia – sala polivalente “A. Nardocci”, Palazzo dei Pompieri - Calle larga Foscari, Dorsoduro 3861 – Venezia

- PARCO UNGARETTI: A VENEZIA LA PREVIEW Borgoloco Pompeo Molmenti Castello 6113, Venezia

- Pier Luigi Nervi: architettura come sfida Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi Onlus Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, San Marco 2893 - 30124 Venezia

- PROVINCIA ITALIANA / Italian Province C4 Centro Cultura Contemporaneo Caldogno

- Fuoribiennale - Centro Studi Usine - Innov(e)tion Valley Different venues in Bassano del Grappa, Caldogno, Montorso Vicentino, Possagno, Schio, Valdagno, Venezia, Vicenza, and Camposampiero.

- Quotidian Architectures - Hong Kong In Venice The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Arsenale, Campo della Tana, Castello 2126, 30122 Venice

- SISMYCITY Associazione Culturale fuori_vista Palazzo Ducale, Loggia Foscara, 28 August > 30 October 2010

- Sustainable Design Week – per comunicare la sostenibilità 26-29 august 2010 Telecom Future Center Campo San Salvador San Marco, 4826 30124 - Venice

- The Bearable Lightness of Being The Metaphor of the Space 2 Galerie Davide di Maggio Tesa San Cristoforo 94, Arsenale Novissimo, Venezia

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Sun, 23 May 2010 07:24:00 -0700 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale: the Google map http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-architecture-biennale-the-google http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-architecture-biennale-the-google

map updated 26 august 2010 The 12th International Architecture Exhibition, will be held from August 29th to November 21st, 2010, at the Giardini and at the Arsenale (preview August 26, 27 and 28, 2010), and in various other venues in Venice. ps: if you have installed the Google Earth plugin now you can see the Venice map in 3D: an amazing fly over a wonderful place.

 


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- www.labiennale.org - 12th International Architecture Exhibition

- 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: participants

- 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations PART 1 (A-C)

- 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations PART 2 (C-I)

- 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations PART 3 (I-P)

- 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations PART 4 (R-Z)

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Sat, 22 May 2010 13:20:00 -0700 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 4) http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa-82537 http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa-82537

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ROMANIA 1:1 Romina Grillo, Ciprian Rasoiu, Liviu Vasiu, Matei Vlasceanu Superbia Marius Moga, Laura Panait, Camelia Sisak, Areta Soare, Daniel Serban Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy commissioners: Alexandru Damian, Ioan Lucacel. Curators: Tudor Vlasceanu (1:1); Silviu Aldea, Tamas Sisak (Superbia). Venue: Pavilion at Giardini and Nuova Galleria dell’Istituto Romeno, Cannaregio 2214

RUSSIA Factory Russia Commissioner: Vasili Tsereteli. Curators: Sergei Choban, Pavel Horoshilov, Gregory Revzin. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

RWANDA, Republic of Tradition and innovation in vegetable fibres’ design Atelier Rwanda Workshop Commissioner: Gaddo Morpurgo. Curators: Gaddo Morpurgo, Bettina Scholl-Sabbatini. Scientific Committee: Abraham Atta Ogwu, Amerigo Restucci, Giancarlo Carnevale, John Mshana, Renzo di Renzo. Venue: IUAV Magazzini Ligabue 7, Dorsoduro 1827 and Fondazione Claudio Buziol, Palazzo Mangilli-Valmarana, Cannaregio 4392

SAN MARINO, Republic of ARCHITETTURA NEL PICCOLO STATO SAN MARINO Nove fotografi per nove architetture Commissioner: Leo Marino Moranti, Valerio Pradal. Curator: Alberto Bassi. Scientific Committee: Fiorella Bulegato, Alessandra Bosco, Patrizia Ferreri, Sergio Giusti, Giorgio Majno, Maddalena Scimemi, Riccardo Varini. Venue: UNESCO, Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Palazzo Zorzi, Castello 4930

SERBIA SEESAW PLAY-GROW Non-Equilibrium Ground “ŠKART“ (rejection/ ausschus/ scarto) (Ðorde Balzamovic, Dragan Protic, Goran Petrovic). Commissioner: Jovan Mitrovic. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SINGAPORE 1000 Singapores – A Model of the Compact City Khoo Peng Beng, Belinda Huang, Erik G. L’Heureux, Florian Benjamin Schaetz. Commissioner: Jeffrey Ho. Deputy Commissioner: Ashvinkumar. Venue: Istituto Provinciale per l’Infanzia “Santa Maria della Pietà”, Castello 3701

SLOVENIA, Republic of All Shades of Green Studio AKKA (Luka Javornik, Ana Kucan), Studiobotas (Boštjan Botas Kenda, Primož Fijavž, Peter Rauch) Commissioner: Blaž Peršin. Venue: Galleria A+A, San Marco 3073

SPAIN ARCHITECTURE WITHIN LIMITS Ministerio de Vivienda Commissioner: Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SWITZERLAND Landscape and engineering structures Jürg Conzett Commissioner: Urs Staub. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

TAIWAN Take a Break - Spatial Variability in Contemporary Taiwan National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Palazzo delle Prigioni - Castello 4209 Venice

THAILAND THAILAND'S MEET & GREET Teerathep Kunawattanakul, Wansavang Yensabaidee, Vichayuth Meenaphant, Phuttipan Aswakool, Karjvit Rirermvanich, Sasikan Supradith na Ayutthaya, Sutah Schonrungroj, Tharit Tothong, Monthon Paoaroon, Tharadol Panburana, Chutchai Chumsai Na Ayudhya, Yanyong Junveranong, Wipavee Kueasirikul, Drunn Natjumnong, Ekpong Deawsurin Commissioners: Thaweejit Chandrasakha, Chalay Kunawong. Curators: Apiradee Kasemsook, Nuttinee Karnchanaporn. Venue: Artiglierie dell’Arsenale

UKRAINE PARADISE OR SANCTUARU Olilga Milentiy con la partecipazione del NCA-found group: Nikita Mazayev, Sergey Derkach, Uriy Krasiy, Victor Solovar. Commissioner: Nikita Mazayev. Curator: Olilga Milentiy. Deputy Curator: Galina Sklyarenko. Venue: Arsenale, Artiglierie

UNITED KINGDOM Villa Frankenstein Commissioner: Vicky Richardson. Curator: muf architecture/art LLp. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Workshopping, An American Model of Architectural Practice Commissioners/Curators: Michael Rooks, Jonathan D. Solomon. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

URUGUAY 5 Narrativas, 5 Edificios (.pdf) Commissioner: Emilio Nisivoccia. Deputy Commissioners: Lucio de Souza, Sebastián Alonso, Martín Craciún. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

VENEZUELA Participation to be confirmed. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

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Fri, 21 May 2010 19:29:00 -0700 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 3) http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa-76070 http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa-76070

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ITALY - The Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities - PaBAAC- General Direction for the landscape, fine arts, architecture and contemporary art - la Biennale di Venezia AILATI. Reflections from the future Ma0 / emmeazero studio di architettura, scandurrastudio, Archea Associati, Guidarini e Salvadeo, C+S Associati, Francesco Jodice, Cino Zucchi Architetti con Gueltrini e Stignani Associati, MODUS architects (Matteo Scagnol - Sandy Attia), Esterni, Ifdesign, Marina Ballo Charmet, Christoph Mayr Fingerle, Studio Italo Rota & Partners, Studio elementare, Sauerbruch+Hutton, Kconsult, Studio Valle architetti ass., Cino Zucchi Architetti, Canali associati srl, Chalers Jencks + LAND, Topotek1, Arup Italia, MAB Arquitectura (Massimo Basile, Floriana Marotta), Stefano Boeri Architetti, Riccardo Vannucci_FAREstudio, studio tamassociati (Raul Pantaleo, Simone Sfriso, Massimo Lepore, Sebastiano Crescini con Pietro Parrino e Gino Strada), Santo Giunta, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli/ Facoltà di architettura “L. Vanvitelli” con Libera Campania, Libera Associazione GOEL, Filippo Romano + Eva Frappiccini, Lelli & Associati architettura e Cristofani Architetti, Gambardella architetti, Greppi&Bianchetti Studio, Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaborazione con Alessandro Traldi, Renato Rizzi, DAP studio, aMDL Michele De Lucchi , ELASTICOSPA, Scherer & Dietl, Emanuele Fidone, Vincenzo Latina, Davide Vargas, Piuarch, Beniamino Servino, Attilio Stocchi, Pietro Carlo Pellegrini, Elisabetta Terragni - Studio Terragni Architetti, Gruppe Gut snc. Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Franco Purini, NOWA, Alterazioni Video con Claudia D'Aita ed Enrico Sgarbi, Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati , Massimiliano e Doriana Fuksas, Labics, diverserighestudio Atelier Forte, Anna Barbara, ecoLogicStudio, Gambardella architetti, Ian+, Ma0, Marc, Metrogramma, Nowa/Marco Navarra, Carlo Ratti, Italo Rota, Alessandro Scandurra, Beniamino Servino, Attilio Stocchi Commissioner: Mario Lolli Ghetti. Curator: Luca Molinari. Venue: Arsenale, Padiglione Italia, Tese and Giardino delle Vergini

JAPAN TOKYO METABOLIZING Ryue Nishizawa, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Commissioner: Ko Kitayama. Deputy commissioners: Marie Suzuki, Atsuko Sato. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

KOREA, Republic of RE•PLACE•ING CITY : DOCUMENTARY OF CHANGING METROPOLIS SEOUL Cho Junggoo, Hah Tesoc, Lee Chungkee, Lee Sangkoo , Shin Seungsoo Commissioner: Kwon Moon-Sung. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

LUXEMBOURG, Grand Duchy of ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS Commissioner: Christian Bauer. Venue: Ca' del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza - Venice  

MACEDONIA Learning Architecture Jone Jankoski, Dejan Ivanovski, Aleksandar Radevski, Saša Tasic, Dominika Boškova, Goce Adzimitrevski, Martin Guleski, Slobodan Velevski, Goran Mickovski, Filip Cenovski, Oljga Guleska, Betim Zeqiri, Nikola Strezovski, Nataša Milovancev, Elizabeta Avramovska, Mitko Hadzi-Pulja, Minas Bakalacev, and 101 Students of the first year at the Faculty of Architecture University St. Cyril and Methodius, 2009/2010, Skopje. Commissioner: Frosina Zafirovska. Curator: Minas Bakalacev, Mitko Hadzi-Pulja. Venue: Arsenale, Artiglierie

MALAYSIA R E / MIXED Veritas Architects, Aisan Kianmehr of University Putra Malaysia, Mohamad Pital Maarof (in collaborazione con Ramlan Abdullah), Wan Sofiah Wan Ishak of Design Evolution Architects, Chan Pik Zen, Chris Yap Seng Chye, William Ho, Sarly Adre Sarkum, Nazlan Baharuddin, Lee Chor Wah, DBA Arkitek- Abdul Muzi Haji Abdullah, Wooi Lok Kuang, Saifuddin Ahmad, Tan Loke Mun, Martin Lee Wee Hong, Au Tai Yeow, John Koh Seng Siew, Hijjas Kasturi, Ngiom Partnership, Lim Hock Huat, Mohd Suhaimi Fadzir, Ahmad Rozi, Abdul Wahab, Esa Mohammed, Muhammd Khairi Ismail of University Putra Malaysia, Khairiah Hj. Noordin, Tan Hin Lin, Mohamad Pital, Maarof, Sacha Ramlan Noordin, Dato’ Noharuddin Nordin. Malaysian Institute of Architects Commissioner: Roseliah Taha. Deputy Commissioners: Siti Azlina Mohd, Ali Hanafiah. Venue: Artiglierie dell’Arsenale

MONTENEGRO Places for Re-encounters – Recycling the Space Andjelka Badnjar, Rifat Alihodžic, Krunoslav Ivanišin, Lulzim Kabashi Commissioner: Goran Radovic. Deputy Commissioner: Ljubo D. Stjepcevic. Venue: Palazzo Zorzi, Castello 4930

NETHERLANDS Vacant NL, where architecture meets ideas Commissioner: Ole Bauman Curator: Rietveld Landscape (Ronald Rietveld and Erik Rietveld). Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

NORDIC PAVILION (FINLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN) Stay in Touch Andersson Jönsson Landskapsarkitekter, Anttinen Oiva Architects ltd, Arkkitehtitoimisto Häkli Ky, Arkkitehtitoimisto Helander Leiviskä, Arkkitehtitoimisto P&P Manner Oy, Askim/Lantto ArkitekterAS/Jens Petter Askim A, Avanto Architects, Gunilla Bandolin, Helen & Hard, Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter, International Festival in collaboration with Tensta Centre of Contemporary Art, Front and Larsson Lindstrand Palmearkitektkontor, Jensen & Skodvin arkitektkontor, JKMM Architects, The City of Malmö in collaboration with Föreningen Bryggeriet, STPLN I Stapelbäddsparken, ABF Malmö, Placed To Ride and Entre-Prises Sweden. Snøhetta, Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, Wingårdh Arkitekkontor, Economy in collaboration with Testbedstudio. Commissioner: Karin Åberg Waern. Deputy commissioner: Lena Rahoult. Commissioner: Kristiina Nivari. Deputy commissioner: Hannu Hellman. Commissioner: Eva Madshus. Deputy commissioner: Nina Berre. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

POLAND Emergency Exit Agnieszka Kurant, Aleksandra Wasilkowska Commissioner: Agnieszka Morawinska. Curator: Elias Redstone. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

PORTUGAL NO PLACE LIKE Bak Gordon, Carrilho da Graça, Aires Mateus, Siza Vieira Commissioner: Direcção-Geral das Artes. Curators: Julia Albani, José Mateus, Rita Palma, Delfim Sardo. Venue: Ca' Foscari

 

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Fri, 21 May 2010 06:24:00 -0700 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 2) http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa

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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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Wed, 19 May 2010 21:09:00 -0700 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 1) http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa-55736 http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa-55736

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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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Tue, 18 May 2010 20:20:39 -0700 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations - Australia http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa-96432 http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-pa-96432 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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Sat, 15 May 2010 21:48:22 -0700 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: participants http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-participant http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-participant 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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Thu, 06 May 2010 22:33:51 -0700 Kazuyo Sejima: borders matter less than relations http://oddtag.posterous.com/kazuyo-sejima-borders-matter-less-than-relati http://oddtag.posterous.com/kazuyo-sejima-borders-matter-less-than-relati 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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Thu, 06 May 2010 19:27:54 -0700 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: People meet in architecture http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-people-meet http://oddtag.posterous.com/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-people-meet 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.
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Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:44:12 -0700 The funfair of contemporary starchitecture http://oddtag.posterous.com/the-funfair-of-contemporary-starchitecture http://oddtag.posterous.com/the-funfair-of-contemporary-starchitecture [txt] Venice 2008 - www.frieze.com
"International exhibitions are based on an outdated principle which obliges every country to feature its showcase accomplishments," argues Pia;tek - "we have created a perverse antithesis of national promotional activities abroad." And in their dark dystopian scenarios, in which the forces of cultural change inevitably supercede the sluggish mechanisms of architectural production, there is a challenge to Betsky and his cronies; that architects need look not beyond building, but beyond their own navels.
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Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:37:27 -0700 The art bandwagon http://oddtag.posterous.com/the-art-bandwagon http://oddtag.posterous.com/the-art-bandwagon [txt] Venice Biennale 2008 - Architecture - www.wallpaper.com
What with the much-discussed convergence of art, design and architecture, it came as no surprise that many an architect at this year’s Biennale was hopping on the art bandwagon. [...] ‘Architects know much more about how to work with space than artists,’ claimed Doriana Fuksas, who with her husband Massimiliano created an installation consisting of green boxes in which films on domestic life played while von Hapsburg claimed exactly the opposite.
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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:00:19 -0700 Architecture is not building http://oddtag.posterous.com/architecture-is-not-building http://oddtag.posterous.com/architecture-is-not-building txt: OUT THERE - Venice Biennale Architecture 11th International Architecture Exhibition The 11th International Architecture Exhibition entitled Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, directed by Aaron Betsky and organised by La Biennale di Venezia presided over by Paolo Baratta, will take place in Venice from Sunday, September 14th to Sunday, November 23rd 2008. The preview will be on September 11th, 12th and 13th.
Betsky goes on to point out “what should be an obvious fact: architecture is not building. Buildings are objects and the act of building leads to such objects, but architecture is something else. It is the way we think and talk about buildings, how we represent them, how we build them. This is architecture. More generally, architecture is a way of representing, shaping and perhaps even offering critical alternatives to the human-made environment. In fact, buildings are not enough. They are the tombs of architecture, the residue of the desire to make another world, a better world, and a world open to possibilities beyond the everyday. In a concrete sense, architecture is that which allows us to be at home in the world”. “The challenge of the 11th – underlines Betsky - is to collect and encourage experimentation in architecture. Such experimentation can take the form of momentary constructions, visions of other worlds, or the building blocks of a better world. This Biennale does not want to present buildings that are already in existence and can be enjoyed in real life. It does not want to propose abstract solutions to social problems, but wants to see if architecture, by experimenting in and on the real world, can offer some concrete forms or seductive images”.
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