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Venice Biennale 2012: CANCHA – Chilean Soilscapes / Chile Pavilion
© Nico Saieh Cancha… is a pre-hispanic Quechuan word that indicates a void that enables connections with our ground as well as among people. In urban terms, it is similar to the Spanish Plaza Mayor – the word is used in South America
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Venice Biennale 2012: The Magnet and the Bomb / ELEMENTAL
© Nico Saieh An installation highly commented by the visitors of the Vernissage of the Biennale. The Magnet and the Bomb presents two projects from the Chile based practice Elemental, lead by Alejandro Aravena. These projects are urban interventions that were required for…
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Venice Biennale 2012: Light Houses, On the Nordic Common Ground / Nordic Pavilion
© Nico Saieh To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Nordic Pavilion designed by Pritzker laureate Sverr Fehn in 1962, “Light Houses: On the Nordic Common Ground”… invites 32 architects from Finland, Sweden and Norway born in that year to present a model
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Kazuyo Sejima appointed as Rolex’s first architecture mentor
Kazuyo Sejima, Mentor © Takashi Okamoto News from the 2012 Venice Biennale: Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima… has been appointed as the first architecture mentor for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Initiative – a unique program that pairs major artists with young talents. Recognized as “one of
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Venice Biennale 2012: i-city / Russia Pavilion
© Nico Saieh The first national pavilion that we visited was the Russia pavilion, curated by Sergei Tchoban. The exhibit, designed by SPEECH Techoban / Kuznetsov (Sergei Tchoban, Sergey Kuznetsov, Marina Kuznetskaya, Agniya Sterligova), showcases the Strolkovo Innovation Center, a new development that aims to…
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Venice Biennale 2012: Awards ceremony, big winners: Alvaro Siza, Japan and Urban Think Tank
Toyo Ito, curator of the Japan Pavilion, winner of the Golden Lion for the National Pavilions A few minutes ago we attended to the awards ceremony at the Biennale, after which it opened officially to the public (until Nov 25th).
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David Chipperfield, director of the 13th Biennale, and Paolo Baratta, president of the Biennale, presented the… -
Venice Biennale 2012: Venezuela Pavilion
© Nico Saieh Venezuela’s participation at the 13th Venice Biennale is presented through a series of reflections about the urban situation – the city of the 21st century.
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Venice Biennale 2012: Radix / Aires Mateus
© Nico Saieh In the exteriors of the Arsenale we found Radix…, the installation designed by Portuguese office Aires Mateus (Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus), an elegant contemporary response to the architectural setting of the Biennale.
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Venice Biennale 2012: Pasticcio / Caruso St. John
© Nico Saieh Pasticcio…, the exhibition curated by Caruso St John, invites a group of seven contemporary European architects from different countries and generations, whose practice in engaged with the language and the history of architecture, both recent and ancient. Their work
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Venice Biennale 2012: Alvaro Siza
© Nico Saieh Alvaro Siza, winner of the 13th Venice Biennale Lifetime Achievement, created this structure in the gardens of the Arsenale, right next to another structure by Eduardo Soto de Moura that we will feature on a separate article. This follows the…
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Venice Biennale 2012: Dialogue in Details / Toshiko Mori
© Nico Saieh Curated by Toshiko Mori. All architecture must inevitably contend with history and gravity. These two forces are both fundamental and universal; to confront them is accordingly not only to take the crucial step in any attempt to reinvent the contemporary…
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A History of the Venice Architecture Biennale
The Corderie at the Arsenale © ArchDaily For over a century, the Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) has been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. The avant-garde institution has remained at the forefront in the research and promotion of new artistic trends,…
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Venice Biennale 2012: Reduce/Reuse/Recycle / German Pavilion
© Nico Saieh Dealing with existing infrastructure has become the most important task facing German architects today. The greatest, most problematic challenge that lies ahead is the downsizing and conversion of postwar buildings, erected from 1950s to the 1970s, which are described as…
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Venice Biennale 2012: Possible Greenland / Denmark Pavilion
© Nico Saieh The Danish Pavilion for the 2012 Venice Biennale will feature a collaboration between Greenlandic and Danish Architects called “Possible Greenland”. The exhibition will address the current development of the Arctic Region as Greenland undergoes a shift towards political independence and business development…
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Venice Biennale 2012: Walk in Architecture / Republic of Korea Pavilion
© Nico Saieh The pavilion aspires to shed new light onto the status of Korean Architecture allowing the outside world to acquire a deeper and more in-depth understanding of what is currently relevant in the field of architecture in the country. “Walk in Architecture” expresses…
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Venice Biennale 2012: Croatian Pavilion
'Unmediated Democracy demands Unmediated Space' - Courtesy of Pulska grupa [ August 29, 2012 16:00 to November 25, 2012 16:00. ] This year’s Croatian pavilion at the 13th International Venice Architecture Exhibition presents different struggles currently taking place in various Croatian cities. The exhibition, Unmediated Democracy demands Unmediated Space…, interprets the topic of common ground by directly asking the protagonists
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Venice Biennale 2012: Migrating Landscapes / Canada Pavilion
© Nico Saieh We visited “Migrating Landscapes”, the installation at the Canada pavilion for the 13th Venice Biennale. This exhibit has been organized and curated by Winnipeg- based 5468796 Architecture and Jae-Sung Chon…, who joined together for this project to form the
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ArchDaily at the Venice Biennale 2012
Copyright: La Biennale di Venezia Dear readers,
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I’m writing this post from Venezia, Italy, where ArchDaily has been for the past few days and will stay the whole week covering one of the most important architecture events: The 13th Biennale di Venezia.
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Venice Biennale 2012: FAT presents ‘The Museum of Copying’
Installation View - Courtesy of FAT [ August 29, 2012 17:00 to November 25, 2012 17:00. ] Invited by David Chipperfield, director of the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale, FAT has contributed an exhibition to the Arsenale titled The Museum of Copying. Responding to the curator’s theme of “Common Ground”, The Museum of Copying… explores the idea
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Venice Biennale 2012: Estonian exhibition looks into the fate of Linnahall
Linnahall in Tallinn. Photo: Dmitri Bruns (1980) [ August 29, 2012 0:00 to November 25, 2012 0:00. ] The Estonian exhibition for the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale investigates the relationship between time and space by discovering how venues once important have been abandoned and how these tendencies may carry on today and in the future. The exhibition poses…
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Venice Biennale 2012: Ruta del Peregrino responds to “Common Ground”
The Crosses Lookout Point, Las cruces / Elemental - Courtesy of Elemental Each year, approximately two million Mexican residents take part in the religious phenomenon Ruta del Peregrino (Pilgrim’s Route) – a 117 kilometer pilgrimage through the mountain range of Jalisco that is centered around and moved by the adoration to the…
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