Se ha hecho la presentación oficial de la propuesta de la bienal de Venecia, por su comisario de esta edición Alejandro Aravena.
Reporting From the Front
La selección oficial reúne a 152 arquitectos (en 88 muestras), una interesante mezcla de los sospechosos habituales Starchitects Herzog & de Meuron, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Renzo Piano, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, etc, con arquitectos jóvenes (33 son menores de 40 años) y 50 están presentes por primera ocasión en una bienal.
Los participantes españoles de la bienal:
Francisco Alonso de Santos, Batlle i Roig Arquitectes , Santiago Cirugeda Santiago, Emsamble Estudio: Antón García-Abril y Debora Mesa Molina, Toni Girones, José María Sánchez García, Cadaval & Solá-Morales y Barozzi/ Veiga. La fundación Norman Foster (y Anupama Kundoo que va por india pero tiene estudio en españa)
De México: Tatiana Bilbao, Eduardo Cadaval, Derek Dellekamp, Alejandro Hernandez, y Rozana Montiel.
De Chile: Martin Del Solar, Teresa Moller, Mauricio Pezzo, Cecilia Puga, Rodrigo Sheward, Santiago Vera
Argentina: Sofía von Ellrichshausen,
Colombia: Giancarlo Mazzanti, Milinda Pathiraja, Horacio Valencia, Simon Velez,
Te recuerdo estimado lector que esta es la selección oficial del comisario, luego cada pais monta su chiringuito. La lista de participantes del resto de países te la adjunto también casi todos tienen ya definido quien les representa.
List of architects
Adeyemi Kunlé, Nigeria, 1976 (n. 56)
Aires Mateus Francisco, Lisbon, Portugal, 1964 (n. 3)
Aires Mateus Manuel, Lisbon, Portugal, 1963 (n. 3)
Aliabadi Arash, Shiraz, Iran, 1981 (n. 85)
Alonso de Santos Francisco, Madrid, Spain, 1943 (n. 6)
Anrys Johan, Dendermonde, Belgium, 1974 (n. 1)
Assemble, Londra, UK, 2010 (n. 11)
Barozzi Fabrizio, Rovereto (Trento), Italy, 1976 (n. 14)
Barragán David, Quito, Ecuador, 1981 (n. 4)
Batlle Enric, Barcelona, Spain, 1956 (n. 15)
Benavides Esteban, Quito, Ecuador, 1985 (n. 4)
Benítez Solano, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1963 (n. 34)
Benítez Solanito, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1990 (n. 34)
Bernaskoni Boris, Moscow, Russia, 1977 (n. 17)
Bernhardt Anne-Julchen, Cologne, Germany, 1971 (n. 16)
Bilbao Tatiana, Mexico City, Mexico, 1972 (n. 82)
Block Philippe, Brussels, Belgium, 1980 (n. 18; 57)
Bolchover Joshua, Manchester, UK, 1974 (n. 70)
Bordeleau Anne, Amos, Canada, 1972 (n. 72)
Borja Marialuisa, Quito, Ecuador, 1984 (n. 4)
Bradateanu, Bogdan, Mangalia, Romania, 1980 (n. 2)
Brandlhuber Arno, Wasserlos, Germany, 1964 (n. 10)
Braungart Michael, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, 1958 (n. 28)
Brodsky Alexander, Moscow, Russia, 1955 (n. 5)
Bucci Angelo, Orlândia, Brasil, 1963 (n. 75)
Cabral Gloria, Sao Paulo, Brasil, 1982 (n. 34)
Cadaval Eduardo, Mexico City, Mexico, 1975 (n. 20)
Cappai Carlo, Venice, Italy, 1966 (n. 19)
Carrilho da Graça João Luís, Portalegre, Portugal, 1952 (n. 43)
Chipperfield David, London, UK, 1953 (n. 24)
Chowdhury Kashef Mahboob, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1970 (n. 45)
Christ Emanuel, Basel, Switzerland, 1970 (n. 22)
Cirugeda Santiago, Sevilla, Spain, 1971 (n. 64)
David Paulo, Funchal, Portugal, 1959 (n. 60)
de Meuron Pierre, Basel, Switzerland, 1950 (n. 38)
DeJong Matthew, Woodland, California, USA, 1977 (n. 18; 57)
Del Solar Martín, Talca, Chile, 1981 (n. 37)
Dellekamp Derek, Mexico City, Mexico, 1971 (n. 82)
D’Hooghe Alexander, Belgium, 1973 (n. 59)
Dondajewska Maria, Poznan, Poland, 1992 (n. 40)
Dopierala Klaudia, Poznan, Poland, 1993 (n. 40)
Escobedo David, Houston, Texas, USA, 1956 (n. 18)
Farrell Yvonne, Tullamore, Ireland, 1951 (n. 35)
Farzin Afshin, Shiraz, Iran, 1975 (n. 85)
Foster Norman, Reddish, UK, 1935 (n. 57)
Freear Andrew, Harrogate, UK, 1966 (n. 69)
Gangotena Pascual, Quito, Ecuador, 1977 (n. 4)
Gantenbein Christoph, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1971 (n. 22)
García-Abril Antón, Madrid, Spain, 1969 (n. 27)
Gironès Toni, Badalona, Spain, 1965 (n. 29)
Gitai Amos, Haifa, Israel, 1950 (n. 38)
Gjertsen Andreas Grønvedt, Trondheim, Norway, 1981 (n. 84)
Gonçalves Samuel, Arouca, Portugal, 1988 (n. 71)
Grasso Cannizzo M. Giuseppina, Santa Croce Camerina (Ragusa), Italy, 1948 (n. 51)
Graziani Stefano, Bologna, Italy, 1971 (n. 22)
Guedes Cristina, Macau, China, 1964 (n. 55)
Hanstad Yashar, Teheran, Iran, 1982 (n. 84)
Harbour Ivan, Irvine, Scotland, 1962 (n. 68)
Hastings Sascha, Toronto, Canada, 1969 (n. 72)
Heringer Anna, Rosenheim, Germany, 1977 (n. 76)
Hernández Alejandro, Mexico City, Mexico, 1967 (n. 82)
Herz Manuel, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1969 (n. 52)
Herzog Jacques, Basel, Switzerland, 1950 (n. 38)
Hollmén Saija, Kaarina, Finland, 1970 (n. 39)
Hustwit Gary, Los Angeles, USA, 1964 (n. 31)
Jaeeun-Choi, Seoul, Korea, 1953 (n. 77)
Jain Bijoy, Mumbai, India, 1965 (n. 78)
Jallon Benoît, Grenoble, France, 1972 (n. 49)
John Lin, Taiwan, China, 1975 (n. 70)
Kazuyo Sejima, Hitachi, Japan, 1956 (n. 46)
Kengo Kuma, Kanagawa, Japan, 1954 (n. 47)
Kéré Francis, Gando, Burkina Faso, 1965 (n. 48)
Kerez Christian, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1962 (n. 23)
Koolhaas Rem, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1944 (n. 58)
Kowalski Hugon, Poznan, Poland, 1987 (see n. 40)
Kundoo Anupama, Pune, India, 1967 (n. 8)
Ledgard Jonathan, Shetland Islands, UK, 1968 (n. 57)
Leeser Jörg, Essen, Germany, 1967 (n. 16)
Lepik Andres, Augsburg, Germany, 1961 (n. 76)
Lepore Massimo, Udine, Italy, 1960 (n. 80)
Liu Jiakun, Chengdu, China, 1956 (n. 42)
Lobo Inês, Lisbon, Portugal, 1966 (n. 41)
Lu Wenyu (n. 7)
Makin Andrew, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1964 (n. 25)
Marte Bernhard, Dornbirn, Austria, 1966 (n. 53)
Marte Stefan, Dornbirn, Austria, 1967 (n. 53)
Matharoo Gurjit Singh, Ajmer, India, 1966 (n. 54)
Mazzanti Giancarlo, Bogotá, Colombia, 1963 (n. 26)
McKay Donald, Winnipeg, Canada, 1948 (n. 72)
McNamara Shelley, Lisdoonvarna, Ireland, 1952 (n. 35)
Mehrotra Rahul, Mumbai, India, 1959 (n. 62)
Mesa Molina Débora, Madrid, Spain, 1981 (n. 27)
Moller Teresa, Santiago, Chile, 1958 (n. 30)
Momoyo Kaijima, Tokyo, Japan, 1969 (n. 12)
Montiel Rozana, Mexico City, Mexico, 1972 (n. 82)
Mpahlwa Luyanda, South Africa, 1958 (n. 50)
Napolitano Umberto, Naples, Italy, 1975 (n. 49)
Ochsendorf John, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 1974 (n. 18; 57)
Pantaleo Raul, Milan, Italy, 1962 (n. 81)
Pathiraja Milinda, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1974 (n. 66)
Peeters Luk, Belgium, 1972 (n. 59)
Persyn Freek, Roeselare, Belgium, 1974 (n. 1)
Pezo Mauricio, Angol, Chile, 1973 (n. 61)
Piano Renzo, Genoa, Italy, 1937 (n. 33)
Puga Cecilia, Santiago, Chile, 1961 (n. 21)
Rauch Martin, Schlins, Austria, 1958 (n. 76)
Reuter Jenni, Parainen, Finland, 1972 (n. 39)
Rizzi Renato, Rovereto (Trento), Italy, 1951 (n. 65)
Rogers Richard, Florence, Italy, 1933 (n. 68)
Roig Joan, Barcelona, Spain, 1954 (n. 15)
Roth Christopher, München, Germany, 1961 (n. 10)
Ryue Nishizawa, Tokyo, Japan, 1966 (n. 46)
Saini Anuj, Chandigarh, India, 1965 (n. 67)
Sánchez García José María, Don Benito, Spain, 1975 (n. 44)
Sandman Helena, Helsinki, Finland, 1972 (n. 39)
Schuler Matthias, Stuttgart, Germany, 1958 (n. 83)
Segantini Maria Alessandra, Treviso, Italy, 1967 (n. 19)
Serbescu Andrei, Bucharest, Romania, 1977 (n. 2)
Seys Natalie, Belgium, 1974 (n. 59)
Sfriso Simone, London, UK, 1966 (n. 79)
Shamsbeki Saman, Tehran, Iran, 1977 (n. 85)
Sheward Rodrigo, Valparaíso, Chile, 1979 (n. 37)
Shigeru Ban, Tokyo, Japan, 1957 (n. 77)
Shirmohammadi Sakhi, Gonbad-e-Kavus, Iran, 1982 (n. 87)
Smith Rusty, Roebuck Plaza, USA, 1966 (n. 69)
Snozzi Luigi, Bellinzona, Switzerland, 1932 (n. 80)
Sobek Werner, Aalen, Germany, 1953 (n. 87)
Solà-Morales Clara, Barcelona, Spain, 1975 (n. 20)
Souto de Moura Eduardo, Porto, Portugal, 1952 (n. 74)
Stirk Graham, Leeds, UK, 1957 (n. 68)
Szczelina Marcin, Tychy, Poland, 1982 (n. 40)
Tadao Ando, Osaka, Japan, 1941 (n. 81)
Tadjsoleiman Amin, Kerman, Iran, 1978 (n. 85)
Thierfelder Anja, Nürtingen, Germany, 1966 (n. 83)
Untaru Adrian-Ioan, Târgoviste, Romania, 1977 (n. 2)
Valencia Horacio, Medellín, Colombia, 1969 (n. 36)
Van Mele Tom, Antwerp, Belgium, 1980 (n. 18; 57)
van Pelt Robert Jan, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 1955 (n. 72)
Veiga Alberto, Santiago de Compostela (La Coruña), Spain, 1973 (n. 14)
Velez Simon, Manizales, Colombia, 1949 (n. 73)
Vera Felipe, Santiago, Chile, 1984 (n. 62)
Viera de Campos Francisco, Porto, Portugal, 1962 (n. 56)
Vittori Arturo, Viterbo, Italy, 1971 (n. 9)
Vo Trong Nghia, Le Thuy, Quang Binh, Vietnam, 1976 (n. 86)
von Ellrichshausen Sofía, Bariloche, Argentina, 1976 (n. 61)
Wang Shu, Ürümqi, China, 1963 (n. 7)
Weizman Eyal, Haifa, Israel, 1970 (n. 32)
Yoichi Tamai, Nagoya, Japan, 1977 (n. 12)
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Chigasaki, Japan, 1965 (n. 12)
Zhang Ke, Anhui, China, 1970 (n. 88)
Zuber Raphael, Chur, Switzerland, 1973 (n. 63)
Zumthor Peter, Basel, Switzerland, 1943 (n. 13)
National Participations
ALBANIA
“I Have Left You the Mountain”
Commissioner:Albanian Ministry of Culture. Curators: Simon Battisti, Leah Whitman-Salkin, Åbäke. Exhibitors: Etel Adnan, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Mourid Barghouti, Claire Fontaine, Yona Friedman, Anri Sala, Michael Taussig, Yanis Varoufakis, Ornela Vorpsi.
Venue:Arsenale
ARGENTINA
experimentAR – Poéticas desde la frontera
Commissioner: Federico Gonzalez Perini. Curator: Atilio Pentimalli.
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d’Armi
ARMENIA (Republic of)
Independent Landscape
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, (Vartan Karapetian).Curator: Sarhat Petrosyan.
Venue: Chiesa di Santa Croce degli Armeni, Calle dei Armeni, San Marco 965
AUSTRALIA
The Pool – Architecture, Culture and Identity in Australia
Commissioner: Janet Holmes a Court AC. Curators: Amelia Holliday and Isabelle Toland (Aileen Sage Architects) with Michelle Tabet. Exhibitors: Conversations with Olympians Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe; (Anna Funder and Christos Tsiolkas; musician Paul Kelly; environmentalist Tim Flannery; fashion designers Romance Was Born; and art curator Hetti Perkins).
Venue: Giardini
AUSTRIA
Places for people
Commissioner/Curator: Elk Elke Delugan-Meissl with Liquid Frontiers.Exhibitors:Caramel architects, EOOS, the next ENTERprise architects.
Venue: Giardini
BAHRAIN (Kingdom of)
Commissioner: Sh. Mai Al Khalifa. Curators: Anne Holtrop and Noura Al Sayeh.
Venue: Arsenale
BELGIUM
BRAVOURE
Commissioner: Christoph Grafe, Director Flanders Architecture Institute.
Curator:bravoure architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – doorzon interieur architecten – filip dujardin.
Venue: Giardini
BRAZIL
Commissioner: Luis Terepins, Bienal de São Paulo Foundation.Curator: Washington Fajardo.
Venue: Giardini
CANADA
“EXTRACTION”
Commissioner: Catherine Crowston, Art Gallery of Alberta. Curator: Pierre Bélanger, OPSYS. Exhibitors: OPSYS / RVTR.
Venue: Giardini
CHILE
Against the Tide
Commissioner:Cristóbal Molina (National Council of Culture and the Arts of Chile). Curators: Juan Román, José Luis Uribe. Exhibitors: Felipe Aranda, Ximena Cáceres, Claudio Castillo, Ximena Céspedes, Gabriel Garrido, Carolina Guerra, Juan Francisco Inostroza, Yasna Monsalve, Felipe Muñoz, Daniel Prieto, Javier Rodríguez, Jonnattan Silva, Carolina Solís, Tanya Vera, Cesar Verdugo.
Venue: Arsenale
CHINA (People’s Republic of)
Daily Design, Daily Tao-Back to the Ignored Front
Commissioner:China Arts & Entertainment Group (CAEG).Curator: Jingyu Liang.
Exhibitors: Apporoach Architecture Studio, Drawing Architecture Studio (Han Li, Yan Hu), in+of architecture (Lu Wang), People’s Architecture Office (Zhe He, James Shen, Feng Zang), Run Atelier (Hao Wang, Man Ye), Qun Song, View Unlimited Lanscape Architecture Studio CUCD (Xie Xiaoying, Yan Tong, Haitao Huang, Qu Zhi), Wuyong (Ma Ke), Jingxiang Zhu (Unitinno+CUHK), Jing Zuo.
Venue: Arsenale
CROATIA
“We Need It-We do it”
Commissioner: Zlatko Hasanbegovic, PhD, Minister of culture; Ministry of Culture. Curator: Dinko Peracic. Exhibitors:Dinko Peracic, Slaven Tolj, Miranda Veljacic, Emina Višnic.
Venue: Arsenale
CZECH and SLOVAK (Republic)
Care for Architecture: Exemplum of the Slovak National Gallery or Asking Arche of Architecture to Dance
Commissioner: Monika Mitášová, Monika Palcová. Curators/Exhibitors: Benjamín Brádnanský, Petr Hájek, Vít Halada, Ján Studený, Marián Zervan (Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava and University in Trnava).
Venue: Giardini
DENMARK
Commissioner:Kent Martinussen, CEO, Danish Architecture Centre. Curators: Boris Brorman Jensen and Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss. Exhibitors: 3XN; AART architects; Adept; AI; Anders Abraham & Christina Capetillo; Anders Peder Larsen; Andersen & Sigurdsson Architects; Arcgency; Arkitektfirmaet Merete Lind Mikkelsen; Arkitema Architects; BCVA Architecture; BIG; BO FROST architects; CEBRA; CF. Møller Architects; Christensen & Co architects; COBE; COLORCLOUDSTUDIO; DISSING+WEITLING architecture; Dorte Mandrup Architects; EFFEKT; ELKIÆR + EBBESKOV; Erik Brandt Dam architects; Erik Møller Architects; Force4; Frans Drewniak & Philip Rahm; Frederiksund Municipality; Friis & Moltke Architects Gottlieb Paludan Architects; Herzog de Meuron; JAJA architects; Jakob Knudsen; Jan Gehl; Jane Havshøj Architects; Jes Vagnby; JJW Architects; Johan Mottelson; Jonathan Meldgaard Houser; Junya Ishigami; Karlsson Arkitekter; KHR Arkitekter; Kim Loudrup; KRADS; Kristine Jensens Tegnestue; Lenschow & Pihlmann; LETH & GORI; LUMO Architects; Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects; Mathilde Petri Architects; Middelfart Municipality and Middelfart Wastewater Utility; Mikkelsen Architects; Møller & Grønborg; Nicolai Bo Andersen; NORD Architects Copenhagen; ONV Architects; POLYFORM; Powerhouse Company Copenhagen; Roskilde Municipality; RUBOW Arkitekter; schmidt hammer lassen architects; SLA Architects; SLETH Architects; SNE architects; Spektrum Arkitekter; Svendborg Architects; THIRD NATURE; Toposfære IVS;TRANSFORM; Tyra Lea Amdisen Dokkedahl; URBAN AGENCY; Vandkunsten Architects; Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects; WE Architecture; Wienberg Architects and Frier Architecture; Schønherr; Henning Larsen Architects; JDS Architects; MAP Architects.
Venue: Giardini
EGYPTReframingBack/ImperativeConfrontationsCommissioner: Ahmad Hilal. Curator: Ministry of Culture. Exhibitors: Eslam Zenbaey, Luca Borlenghi, Gabriele Secchi, Mostafa Salim.Venue: Giardini ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA (Baltic States)
The Baltic Pavilion
Commissioner Estonia: Raul Järg
Commissioner Latvia: Janis Dripe (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia)
Commissioner Lithuania: Ona Lozuraité, Jonas Žukauskas. Curators: Karlis Berzinš, Jurga Daubaraite, Petras Išora, Ona Lozuraityte, Niklavs Paegle, Dagnija Smilga, Johan Tali, Laila Zarina, Jonas Žukauskas. Exhibitors: Architekturos Fondas, Eesti Arhitektuurikeskus.Venue: Palasport G.B. Gianquinto, Castello, Calle S. Biagio FINLANDFrom Border to Home – Housing Solutions for Asylum Seekers Commissioner: Juulia Kauste Museum of Finnish Architecture. Curator: Marco Steinberg. Exhibitors: a team; Lindberg & Erdman; Society Lab with the participation of alt Architects; D.A.T. PANGEA + QUATORZE; Helsinki Kasbah Combine; Satoshi OHTAKI.Venue: Giardini FRANCE Nouvelles du Front, Nouvelles RichessesCommissioner: Institut Français, ministère de la culture et de la communication – direction générale des patrimoines. Curator: Frédéric Bonnet – OBRAS e AJAP 14 (PNG, Boidot & Robin, Studio 1984, Studiolada, Boris Bouchet, Claas architectes, R Architecture, NeM / Niney et Marca architectes).Venue: Giardini GERMANY Making Heimat. Germany, Arrival CountryCommissioner: Peter Cachola Schmal, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM). Curator: Oliver Elser, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM). Exhibitor: Something Fantastic.Venue: Giardini GREAT BRITAIN Home EconomicsCommissioner: Vicky Richardson, British Council. Curator: Shumi Bose, Jack Self, Finn Williams. Exhibitors: ÅYR, Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara (Dogma) with Maria S. Giudicci (Black Square), Julia King, Jenna Sutela, Hesselbrand.Venue: Giardini GREECE “Challenging architecture on site of crisis”Commissioner: General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Ms Eirini Klampatsea. Curator: SADAS-PEA (the Greek Architects Association). Exhibitor: SADAS-PEA (the Greek Architects Association).Venue: Giardini HUNGARYæctivators. Locally active architectureCommissioner: Júlia Fabényi. Curators: Gábor Fábián, Dénes Fajcsák. Exhibitor: Arkt.Venue:Giardini IRANCommissioner: Ministry of Road and Urban Development Hamed Mazaherian. Exhibitor: Saba Engineering Events Association.Venue: Arsenale IRELAND Losing MyselfCommissioner: Niall MacLaughlin Curator: Yeoryia Manolopoulou. Exhibitor: Níall McLaughlin (Níall McLaughlin Architects).Venue: Arsenale ISRAEL “A is for Architecture, B is for Biology”Commissioner: Arad Turgeman. Curatos/Exhibitors: Ido Bachelet, Bnaya Bauer, Arielle Blonder, Yael Eylat Van-Essenn, Noy Lazarovich.Venue: Giardini ITALYTAKING CARE – Progettare per il bene comuneCommissioner: Federica Galloni, Direttore Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee e Periferie Urbane, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Curator: Simone Sfriso, curatorial team Massimo Lepore, Simone Sfriso, Raul Pantaleo TAMassociati.Venue: Tese delle Vergini, Arsenale IVORY COASTLive differentlyCommissioner: N’Guessan N’Dri Barthelemy. Curator: Sossah Francis. Exhibitor: Ministère de la construction et de l’urbanisme, Ministère de l’habitat et du logement social, Ministère de la culture et de la francophonie, Ordre des architectes, Ecole d’architecture d’Abidjan.Venue: Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora JAPANbeyond – SHARINGCommissioner: The Japan Foundation. Curator: Yoshiyuki Yamana. Exhibitors: mnm (Mio Tsuneyama); ondesign (Osamu Nishida); Erika Nakagawa; Naruse Inokuma Architects (Jun Inokuma, Yuri Naruse); Naka Architects’ Studio (Toshiharu Naka, Yuri Uno); Nousaku Architects (Fuminori Nousaku, Junpei Nousaku); miCo. (Mizuki Imamura, Isao Shinohara); Levi Architecture (Jun Nakagawa); Shingo Masuda+Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects (Shingo Masuda, Katsuhisa Otsubo); Koji Aoki Architects (Koji Aoki); 403architecture [dajiba] (Takuma Tsuji, Takeshi Hashimoto, Toru Yada; BUS (Satoru Ito, Kosuke Bando, Issei Suma); dot architects (Toshikatsu Ienari, Takeshi Shakushiro, Wataru Doi).Venue: Giardini
KAZAKHSTAN *** New participation
Commissioner: Minister Muhamediuly Arystanbek.
KOREA (Republic of) The FAR Game: Constraints Sparking CreativityCommissioner: Arts Council Korea. Curators/Exhibitors: Sung Hong KIM, Eungee CINN, Keehyun AHN, Seungbum KIM, Isak CHUNG, Daeun JEONG.Venue: Giardini KUWAIT Between East and West, A GulfCommissioner:NCCAL. Curators: Hamed Bukhamseen and Ali Karimi.Venue: Arsenale LUXEMBOURG (Grand Duchy of) Tracing transitionsCommissioner: LUCA Luxembourg Center for Architecture, Andrea Rumpf.Curators/Exhibitors: Claude Ballini, Serge Ecker, Daniel Grünkranz, Panajota Panotopoulou.Venue: Ca’ de Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052 MACEDONIA (Former Yugoslav Republic of) No Man’s landCommissioner:Ivanka Apostolova.Curator:Stojan Pavleski. Exhibitors: Stojan Paveski, Ivan Simeonov, Gjorgji Radovanovic and Ljupcho Tasevski. MEXICO Unfoldings and assemblages (Despliegues y ensambles)Commissioner: María Margarita Segarra Lagunes.Curator: Pablo Landa Ruiloba.Exhibitors:David Mora Torres, Valeria Prieto, Mariano Arias-Diez, Alejandro Suárez Pareyón, César Augusto Guerrero Rodríguez, Mariana Ordoñez Grajales, Jorge Andrade Narváez, Paloma Vera, João Boto Matos Caeiro, Javier Toscano Guerrero, Isadora Hastings, Melba Denisse García, Álvaro Lara Cruz, Juan Carlos de la Garza Madero, Juan José Santibañez, Luz Yazmin Viramontes, Juan Alfonso Garduño, Jesús Roberto Nuñez, Rodolfo Samperio, Alfredo Hidalgo Rasmussen, Daniel Filloy Ring, Juan M. Casillas Pintor, José Carlos Lavalle Alonzo, Alexa Mabel Pacheco, Carlos Hagerman, Jesús Álvarez, Lara Becerra, Betsaid M. Moreno Corona, Jorge A. Rivera, Aarón Gutiérrez, Raúl Cárdenas Osuna.Venue: Arsenale, Sale d’Armi MONTENEGROProject Solana UlcinjCommissioner: Dijana Vucinic Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism.Curators: Bart Lootsma, Katharina Weinberger.Exhibitors: ecoLogicStudio, London; LOLA, Rotterdam; LAAC, Innsbruck.Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079 NETHERLANDS, TheBLUE: Architecture of Peacekeeping Missions Commissioner Het Nieuwe Instituut. Curator: Malkit Shoshan.Venue: Giardini NEW ZEALAND “Future Islands”Commissioner: Tony Van Raat. Curator: Charles Walker. Exhibitors: Kathy Waghorn, Jessica Barter, Stephen Brookbanks, Maggie Carroll, Bruce Ferguson, Minka Ip, Jonathan Rennie, Rewi Thompson.Venue: Palazzo Bollani, Castello 3647 NIGERIA *** New participation‘Diminished Capacity’Commissioner: Nkanta George Ufot, (Ministry of Information and Culture). Curator: Camilla Boemio. Exhibitor: Ola-Dele Kuku. NORDIC COUNTRIES (FINLAND NORWAY SWEDEN) In Theraphy – Nordic Countries Face to FaceCommissioner:ArkDes, The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (Sweden).Deputy Commissioner: The Finnish Museum of Architecture (Finland) and Nasjonalmuseet (Norway). Curator:David Basulto, James Taylor-Foster.Venue: Giardini PERU “OUR AMAZON FRONTLINE”Commissioner: José Orrego. Curators: Sandra Barclay and Jean Pierre Crousse.Exhibitor: Ministero dell’Istruzione Peruviano, “Progetto Plan Selva” Capo Progetto Elizabeth Añaños e con Claudia Flores, Sebastian Cilloniz, Jose Luis Villanueva, Miguel Chavez, Gino Fernandez, Alvaro Echevarria, Alfonso Orbegoso, Luis Miguel Hadzich, Carlos Tamayo.Venue: Arsenale, Sale d’Armi PHILIPPINES *** New participationMuhon: Traces of an Adolescent CityCommissioner: National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Felipe M. de Leon. Curators: Juan Paolo de la Cruz, Sudarshan Khadka Jr., Leandro Locsin (LVLP Partners).Venue: European Cultural Center – Palazzo Mora, Strada Nuova 3659 POLAND“Fair Building”Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska. Curator: Dominika Janicka, in cooperation with Martyna Janicka and Michal Gdak.Venue: Giardini PORTUGALNEIGHBOURHOOD: Where Alvaro meets AldoCommissioner: Carlos Moura-Carvalho. Curator: Nuno Grande e Roberto Cremascoli.Exhibitor: Álvaro Siza Vieira.Venue: Campo di Marte, Giudecca (between Calle Mason and Calle Michelangelo Buonarroti – vaporetto: Zitelle) ROMANIA SELFIE AUTOMATONCommissioner: Attila Kim. Curator: Tiberiu Bucsa. Exhibitor: Tiberiu Bucsa, Orsolya Gal, Stathis Markopoulos, Adrian Arama, Oana Matei, Andrei Durloi.Venue: Giardini and Nuova Galleria dell’Istituto Romeno di Venezia Palazzo Correr, Campo Santa Fosca, Cannaregio 2214
RUSSIA V.D.N.H.Commissioner: Semen Mikhailovsky. Curator: Sergey Kuznetsov.Venue: Giardini SERBIAHEROIC: Free ShippingCommissioner: Ivan Raskovic. Scientific Committee: Ljiljana Miletic Abramovic, Igor Maric, Aleksandar Bobic, Milan Ðuric, Vladimir Milenkovic, Vesna Cagic Miloševic, Maja Ciric.Exhibitors: Stefan Vasic, Ana Šulkic and Igor Sjeverac.Venue: Giardini
SEYCHELLES (Republic of)
Commissioner: Benjamin Rose. Curator: Andres Ramirez. SINGAPORE At The ‘Home Front’Commissioner: Jeffrey Ho, Executive Director of DesignSingapore Council. Curator:Wong Yunn Chii Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore.Venue: Arsenale, Sale d’Armi SLOVENIA (Republic of) Home@ArsenaleCommissioner: Matevž Celik, Museum of Architecture and Design, MAO. Curators: Aljoša Dekleva and Tina Gregoric (dekleva gregoric architects).Venue: Arsenale SPAIN UNFINISHEDCommissioner: Iñaqui Carnicero + Carlos Quintans. Curator: Carnicero + Quintans.Exhibitor: Contemporary Spanish Architecture.Venue: Giardini SWITZERLAND”Incidental Space”Commissioner:Sandi Paucic e Marianne Burki, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. Curator: Sandra Oehy. Exhibitor: Christian Kerez.Venue: Giardini THAILANDClass of 6.3 Commissioner: The Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture.Curator: Teeranuj Wongwaisayawan. Exhibitors:Pitupong Chaowakul, Chatpong Chuenrudeemol, Jeravej Hongsakul, Kanika R’Kul, Jun Sekino Chutayaves Sinthuphan, Suriya Umpansiriratana, Twitee Vajrabhaya, Varudh Varavarn.Venue: Arsenale TURKEY Darzanà: Two Arsenals, One VesselCommissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV). Curators: Feride Çiçekoglu, Mehmet Kütükçüoglu, Ertug Uçar. Exhibitors: Hüner Aldemir, Caner Bilgin, Hande Cigerli, Gökçen Erkiliç, Nazli Tümerdem, Yigit Yalgin.Venue: Arsenale, Sale d’Armi UNITED ARAB EMIRATESTransformations: The Emirati National HouseCommissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. Curator: Yasser Elsheshtawy.Venue: Arsenale, Sale d’Armi UNITED STATES OF AMERICAThe Architectural ImaginationCommissioner: Monica Ponce de Leon. Curators: Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon. Exhibitors: Marcelo López-Dinardi and V. Mitch McEwen, A(n) Office, Detroit, Michigan Kelly Bair and Kristy Balliet, BairBalliet, Chicago, Illinois, and Columbus, Ohio, Greg Lynn, Greg Lynn FORM, Los Angeles, California Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia Marshall Brown, MARSHALL BROWN PROJECTS, Chicago, Illinois Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith, MOS Architects, New York, New York Florencia Pita and Jackilin Hah Bloom, Pita & Bloom, Los Angeles, California, Albert Pope and Jesús Vassallo, Present Future, Houston, Texas Preston Scott Cohen, Preston Scott Cohen Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts Stan Allen, SAA/Stan Allen Architect, New York, New York Thom Moran, Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure, and Meredith Miller, T+E+A+M, Ann Arbor, Michigan Andrew Zago and Laura Bouwman, Zago Architecture, Los Angeles, California.Venue: Giardini URUGUAY
Commissioner: Miguel Fascioli. Curator: Marcelo Danza. VENEZUELA (Bolivarian Republic of) YEMEN *** New participationBeautiful YemenCommissioner: Mr. Ayed Ali Al-Shawafy, Undersecretary for Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture, Yemen.Venue: Arsenale