The 13th International Architecture Exhibition, curated by David Chipperfield and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, will close with success on Sunday November 25th. The Finissage of the Exhibition will take place on Saturday November 24th.

 

The closing press conference will be held at 11:30 am at the ASAC Library at the Giardini with the President Paolo Baratta and the Director David Chipperfield.

 

The “Big Closing Event” will be a series of round table discussions reviewing the intentions of the Exhibition and the reactions to Common Ground and will take place at the Teatro alle Tese, Arsenale. The meetings, established in the context of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition Common Ground, are an occasion to explore the themes of the exhibition Common Ground along with the curator, architects, scholars and critics; they are addressed to the public of the Biennale Architettura that is made up, besides professionals, by architecture lovers, students and visitors of all ages, backgrounds and origins.

 

Several will be the themes for discussion during the morning Meeting,among these, Making Visible the Collective Value, which will see the participation of Theatrum Mundi / The Global Street and We Are Here Venice (these two new urban forums seek to understand what brings life to a city, particularly in its public places and ask how these might be better arranged, organised and designed. Architects and town planners are mixed with activists, community groups, scientists and artists to reimagine the resources of Venice for the 21st Century). In the afternoon, Common Ground will be declined in four different sessions with the following titles: Common Groun a discursive reflection, Participating in Common Ground, Society and Communication with public and Media and Society. The meeting will be moderated by the President of la Biennale di Venezia Paolo Baratta and by the Curator David Chipperfield with the contribution of some participants of the 13th Exhibition including Rafael Moneo, Luis Férnandez-Galiano, Wouter Vanstiphout and Reiner de Graaf together with Alice Rawsthorn (design critic for the International Herald Tribune), Andres Lepik (author and curator of architecture exhibitions), Bernhard Schulz (architecture and art critic), Matthew Slotover (co-publisher of Frieze magazine and co-director of Frieze Art Fair) and Oliver Wainwright (architecture and design critic for The Guardian).

 

The meetings will be followed by three of the 77 Universities participating in the project Biennale Sessions of la Biennale di Venezia: Università degli Studi di Firenze - Facoltà di Architettura (Italy), Venice International University (Italy), and Università degli studi Trento - Facoltà di Ingegneria (Italy).

 

The Meetings on Architecture are open to the public visiting the 13th Exhibition with a valid ticket of entrance on the day of the meeting – subject to seating availability. Admission € 20.00 - Reduced € 16.00 - Students / Under 26 € 12.00. Tickets are valid for one entry at the Arsenale and one at the Giardini.

 

11:30 am    Closing Press Conference of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition

ASAC Library, Giardini, Padiglione Centrale
 

10:00 > 1:00   Common Ground: Salutiamo Venezia II

by We Are Here Venice & Theatrum Mundi/Global Street

 

10:00     GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: finding common ground

Liza Fior, muf, architecture/art

Adam Kaasa, Theatrum Mundi/London School of Economics

Elke Krasny, Hands-On Urbanism

Michelle Provoost, Crimson Architectural Historians

 

Jane da Mosto and Michela Scibilia – weareherevenice

 

11:00     COLLECTIVE VALUE: collective discussions

Break-out working groups to compare and contrast area of

 

12:45    Feedback and conclusions  

 

2:00 > 6:00     Finissage Event by David Chipperfield

 

2:00     Common Ground: a discursive reflection

Paolo Baratta and David Chipperfield

 

2:30     Participating in Common Ground

Rafael Moneo, participant

Luis Férnandez-Galiano, participant

Wouter Vanstiphout, participant

 

3:30     Common Ground: Society and Communication with public

Reiner de Graaf, participant

Andres Lepik, author and curator of architecture exhibitions

Matthew Slotover, publisher and entrepreneur, co-publisher of Frieze magazine and co-director of Frieze Art Fair

 

4:30     Common Ground: Media and Society

Oliver Wainwright, architecture and design critic for The Guardian

Bernhard Schulz, architecture and art critic

Alice Rawsthorn, design critic for the International Herald Tribune

5:45     Summary

Paolo Baratta and David Chipperfield