La Biennale di Venezia

The Architecture Biennale in Venice is the select place for architects to impress their peers and potential clients from all over the world with their most stunning projects. For this post, I selected 6 installations …

Title Station Russia Curator and commissioner Semyon Mikhailovsky Location Giardini   Station Russia The Russian pavilion focuses on the past, present and future of the Russian railways. These tracks have become the lifeblood of the country, where many parts are uninhabitable, even …

Title Mnemonics Curator Romeo Cuc Authors Romeo Cuc, Mihai Gheorghe, Irina Petra Gudana, Roxana Pop, Raluca Sabau, Vlad Tomei Commissioner Attila Kim Location Giardini   Mnemonics The motto of the Romanian exhibition is ‘Collective memories define our territory’. The team raises the question of the social and …

Title Unbuilding Walls  Curators Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeint (GRAFT) and Marianne Birthler Commissioner Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Location Giardini   Unbuilding Walls In 2018, the inner-German border has disappeared exactly as long as it existed. …

Title Svizzera 240: House Tour Curators Alessandro Bosshard, Li Tavor, Matthew van der Ploeg and Ani Vihervaara Commissioner Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia Location Giardini   Svizzera 240: House Tour The exhibition in the Swiss pavilion wants to draw attention to an architecture that is hidden …