David Chipperfield announces “Common Ground” as the theme for the 13th International Venice Biennale

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Today, the President of the Biennale di Venezia, Paolo Baratta, and the 13th International Architecture Exhibition Director, David Chipperfield, met at Ca’Giustinian with the representatives of the 41 countries participating in the exhibition, including representatives of Kosovo, Kuwait and Peru for the first time. David Chipperfield announced the theme of this year’s Biennale is to be Common Ground. Continue reading for more information.

David Chipperfield states, “I want this Biennale to celebrate a vital, interconnected architectural culture, and pose questions about the intellectual and physical territories that it shares. In the methods of selection of participants, my Biennale will encourage the collaboration and dialogue that I believe is at the heart of architecture, and the title will also serve as a metaphor for architecture’s field of activity.”

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Cite: Karissa Rosenfield. "David Chipperfield announces “Common Ground” as the theme for the 13th International Venice Biennale" 17 Jan 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/200806/david-chipperfield-announces-%25e2%2580%259ccommon-ground%25e2%2580%259d-as-the-theme-for-the-13th-international-venice-biennale> ISSN 0719-8884

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