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Biennale Architettura 2016

NATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS

15th INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
Commissioners, Curators, Exhibitors, Venues
 
 
ALBANIA
I Have Left You the Mountain”
Commissioner: Albanian Ministry of Culture. Curators: Simon Battisti, Leah Whitman-Salkin, Åbäke. Exhibitors: Etel Adnan, Mourid Barghouti, Michel Butor, Claire Fontaine, Yona Friedman, Anri Sala, Michael Taussig, Yanis Varoufakis, Ornela Vorpsi, Finn Williams.
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; authors 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
 
BALTIC STATES (ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA)
The Baltic Pavilion
Commissioner Estonia: Raul Järg.
Commissioner Latvia: Janis Dripe (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia).
Commissioners 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

 

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. Exhibitors: João Felipe Wallig, Goma Oficina, Leticia Monte, Nanda Eskes, Mario Quintanilha/Paulo, Pedro Henrique de Cristo, Caroline de Cristo, Plus D Studio, Mauro Bonelli, Tia Surica, Ruy Rezende, Dyonne Boy, Tia Maria, Pedro Évora, Pedro Rivera, Merced Guimarães, IPN, Damião Braga, Quilombo da Pedra do Sal, Pequena África, Tia Ciata, Giovane Harvey, Sara Zewde, Junior Perim, Vinicius Daumas, Rodrigo Azevedo, Vik Muniz, Basil Water, Chico Rocha, Bruno Porto, Lula, O Norte, Dona Dalva, Terra Tuma Arquitetos Associados, Laura Taves, Clarisse Linke, ITDP, Zé Lobo, Transporte Ativo, Studio-X, Fernando Assad, Elisabete França, MMBB, H+F, Roberto Andrés.
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
 

CYPRUS (Republic of)
Contested Fronts: commoning practices for conflict transformation

Commissioner: Petros Dimiotis, Ministry of Education and Culture. Curator: Socrates Stratis.
Venue: Palazzo Malipiero

 
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; BESSARDs’ STUDIO; 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; 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
EGYPT
ReframingBack/ImperativeConfrontations
Commissioner: Ahmad Hilal. Curator: Ministry of Culture. Exhibitors: Eslam Zenbaey, Luca Borlenghi, Gabriele Secchi, Mostafa Salim.
Venue: Giardini
 
FINLAND
From 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 Richesses
Commissioner: 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 Country
Commissioner: Peter Cachola Schmal, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM). Curator: Oliver Elser, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM). Exhibitor: Something Fantastic.
Venue: Giardini
 
GREAT BRITAIN
Home Economics
Commissioner: Vicky Richardson. Curators: Shumi Bose, Jack Self, Finn Williams. Exhibitors: ÅYR, Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara (Dogma) with Maria S. Giudicci (Black Square), Julia King, Hesselbrand.
Venue: Giardini
 
GREECE
#ThisIsACo-op
Commissioner: Ministry of Environment and Energy, General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Eirini Klampatsea. Curator: Association of Greek Architects, SADAS-PEA. Exhibitors - Participants: Afentouli Eirini; Anastasopoulos Nicholas; Avgitidou Angeliki; Balaoura Olga; Banos Symeon; Barkouta Yianna; Bitrou Mara; Bletsas Christos; Chandelis Stefanos; Chatziangelidis Pavlos; Christoulia Maria; Daflos Kostas; Dalampouras Thomas; Damala Andromachi; Danou Melpo; Deligiorgi Marissia; Diamantopoulou Ivi; Dima Lina; Demopoulos Panayiotis; Disli Eleftheria; Eleftheriou Loukas; Eleftheriadis Dimitrios; Filippidou Despoina; Fiorentzakis Vasileios; Gazepis Nikos; Georgakopoulou Foteini; Georgiadis Nikos; Gialia Valia; Giannisis Dimitris; Giannopoulos Iasonas-Anastasios; Gounaridis Konstantinos; Gounaridis Prodromos; Grevia Kiki; Grozopoulos Dimitrios; Gyftopoulou Stefania; Hari Hariklia; Hasa Elisavet; Iatrou Yvonne; Inetzi Sotiria; Kakogiannis Kostas; Kallitsis Phevos; Karanastasi Elina; Karystinaiou-Εfthymiatou Ernestina; Kassola Maria; Katerini Tonia; Kazeros Nikos; Kibezi Zoi; Kontinou-Chimou Stefania; Kontiza Iakovina; Kosma Anthi; Kostaropoulou Myrto; Kotionis Zissis; Kottis Ioannis; Kotsari Georgia; Koumoundouros Panagiotis K.; Kouros Panos; Koutsonanou Annita; Kyriazis Apostolos; Lada Sasa; Lampris Demetrios; Laoutaris Manos; Lavasa-Karapa Anna; Lazaris Andreas; Light art collective Beforelight; Lykourioti Iris; Lycourioti Leda; Mamalaki Panagiota; Marinaki Konstantina; Maris Eleftherios; Mavrianos Vasileios; Mavridis Mary; Michail Nafsika; Minotakis Stylianos; Mitropoulos Yiannis; Mosse Stephania; Nikoloutsou Chrysi; Noukakis Yorgis; Panagiotopoulou Vassiliki; Panetsos Georgios A.; Pangalos Panayotis; Pantazis Iason; Papadimas Giorgos; Papadopoulou Anastasia; Papadopoulou Dafni; Papagkikas Giorgos; Papanagiotou Nefeli; Paraskevopoulou Asimina; Petouri Eleni; Petra Mara; Petridis Pantelis; Platanioti Maria; Plavou Vassiliki-Maria; Psallida Julie; Sapka Anna; Sapka Eirini-Dafni; Savvidis Konstantinos; Sereti Maria; Skopelitis Efstratios; Sofianou Sofia; Sotiropoulou Tzina; Spiliadi Marilli; Spiliotopoulou Athina; Spiotta Artemisia; Stais Prodromos; Stamataki Eftychia; Stavridis Stavros; Stylidis Iordanis; Theocharis Stavros; Theodoropoulos Chrysostomos; Theodorou Constantina; Thomopoulou Christina; Tossouni Konstantina; Totsikas Panos; Traganou Jilly; Travlou Penny; Tsagkaraki Evgenia; Tsakalidou Venetia; Tsakiridou Yiouli; Tsakiropoulos Irene; Tsalikidis Ioannis; Tsironi Natassa; Tsitouris Spyros; Tsonakas Vasilis; Tzevelekou Christina; Tzirtzilaki Eleni; Valsamidis Alexandros; Vasilopoulou Parina; Vatavali Fereniki; Verteouri Anastasia; Virirakis Lefteris; Vogiatzaki Dimitra; Vyzoviti Sophia; Xenaki Maria; Zachariadi Alexandra; Zitonoulis Vaios; Zografou Dafni.
Venue: Giardini
 
HUNGARY
æctivators. Locally active architecture
Commissioner: Júlia Fabényi. Curators: Gábor Fábián, Dénes Fajcsák. Exhibitor: Arkt.
Venue:Giardini
 
IRAN
Commissioner: Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, Hamed Mazaherian. Curators: Parshia Gharegozlou, Behzad Atabaki. Exhibitor: Saba Engineering Events Association.
Venue: Arsenale
 
IRELAND
Losing Myself
Commissioner: Niall MacLaughlin Curator: Yeoryia Manolopoulou. Exhibitor: Níall McLaughlin (Níall McLaughlin Architects).
Venue: Arsenale
 
ISRAEL
LIFEOBJECT: Merging Biology & Architecture
Commissioners: Arad Turgeman, Miki Gov. Curators-Exhibitors: Ido Bachelet, Bnaya Bauer, Arielle Blonder, Yael Eylat Van-Essen Noy Lazarovich. Teams of Scientists & Architects: Dan Shechtman, Einat Kalisch Rotem, Madlan; Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, Tagit Klimor; David Elad, Moti Bodek, Farah Farah; Uri Shavit, "Commons" | Envisioning the new public space; Boaz Tadmor, Dan Eytan, Ruth Lahav; Oded Shoseyov, NCArchitects, Guy Austern; Erez Livneh, ShaGa Shyovitz Architects.
Venue: Giardini
 
ITALY
TAKING CARE – Progettare per il bene comune
Commissioner: Federica Galloni, Direttore Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee e Periferie Urbane, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Curatorial team: TAMassociati Massimo Lepore, Raul Pantaleo, Simone Sfriso.
Venue: Tese delle Vergini, Arsenale
 
IVORY COAST
Live Differently
Commissioner: 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 
 
JAPAN
en : art of nexus
Commissioner: The Japan Foundation. Curator: Yoshiyuki Yamana. Exhibitors: Seiichi Hishikawa, 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), teco (Chie Konno, Rie Allison).
Venue: Giardini
KOREA (Republic of) 
The FAR Game: Constraints Sparking Creativity
Commissioner: 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 Gulf
Commissioner: NCCAL. Curators: Hamed Bukhamseen and Ali Karimi.
Venue: Arsenale
 
LUXEMBOURG (Grand Duchy of)
Tracing transitions
Commissioner: 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 land
Commissioner: Ivanka Apostolova. Curator: Stojan Pavleski. Exhibitors: Stojan Paveski, Ivan Simeonov, Gjorgji Radovanovic and Ljupcho Tasevski.
Venue: Arsenale
 
MEXICO
Unfoldings and assemblages
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
 
MONTENEGRO
Project Solana Ulcinj
Commissioner: Dijana Vucinic, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism. Curator: Bart Lootsma. Exhibitors: ecoLogicSTUDIO: Claudia Pasquero, Marco Poletto; LAAC Architects: Kathrin Aste, Frank Ludin, Benjamin Ennemoser, Alois Hehenberger, Cenk Güzelis; LOLA Landscape Architects: Eric-Jan Pleijster, Peter Veenstra, Brigitta van Weeren, Simon Verbeeck, Marco Peruzzi.
Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079
 
NETHERLANDS, The
BLUE: 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.
Venue: Spazio Punch, Fondamenta San Biagio 800/O, Giudecca
 
NORDIC COUNTRIES (FINLAND NORWAY SWEDEN)
In Theraphy - Nordic Countries Face to Face
Commissioner: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 participation
Muhon: Traces of an Adolescent City
Commissioner: 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
 
PORTUGAL
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Where Alvaro meets Aldo
Commissioner: 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 AUTOMATON
Commissioner: 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
 
SERBIA
HEROIC: Free Shipping
Commissioner: 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)
Between Two Waters, Searching for Expression in the Seychelles
Commissioner: Benjamin Rose, Ministry of Tourism and Culture. Curator: Andres F. Ramirez. Exhibitors: ADD.locus Architects (Alex Ellenberger, Makoto Saito, Shuchita Bihani).
Venue: Palazzo Michiel

 
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@Arsenale
Commissioner: Matevž Celik, Museum of Architecture and Design, MAO. Curators: Aljoša Dekleva and Tina Gregoric (dekleva gregoric architects).
Venue: Arsenale
 

SOUTH AFRICA (Republic of)
Cool Capital: The Capital of Guerilla Design Citizenship

 

Commissioner: Consul-General Saul Kgomotso Molobi. Curator: Pieter J. Mathews. Exhibitors: Over 1000 citizens of Pretoria participated in creating 150 installations across the city.
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d’Armi

 

 
SPAIN
UNFINISHED
Commissioner: Iñaqui Carnicero + Carlos Quintans. Curator: Carnicero + Quintans.
Exhibitor: Contemporary Spanish Architecture.
Venue: Giardini

SUDAN
Nubia, The Displaced Kingdom

Commissioner/Curator: Sara Elhussein
Venue: Arsenale Docks, San Pietro di Castello, 40

 
SWITZERLAND
"Incidental Space”
Commissioner:Sandi Paucic e Marianne Burki, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. Curator: Sandra Oehy. Exhibitor: Christian Kerez.
Venue: Giardini
 
THAILAND
Class 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 Vessel
Commissioner: 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

UKRAINE
Commissioner: Department of Literature, Language and Art Criticism (LLAC) Academy of Sciences of Ukraine represented by Academician –Secretary Mykolay Zhulynsky.
Curator: Tatiana Kara-Vasilieva. Exhibitor: Olilga Milentiy
Venue: Riva dei Sette Martiri (Castello)

 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Transformations: The Emirati National House
Commissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. Curator: Yasser Elsheshtawy.
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d’Armi
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Architectural Imagination
Commissioner: 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
REBOOT Architecture lessons from the "guerrilla Tupamara" and the Andes plane crash
Commissioner: Miguel Fascioli. Curator: Marcelo Danza. Exhibitors: Antar Kuri, Borja Fermoselle, Diego Cataldo, Facundo Romeo, Federico Parra, Jose de los Santos, Marcelo Danza, Marcelo Staricco, Mateo Vidal and Miguel Fascioli.
Venue: Giardini
 
VENEZUELA (Bolivarian Republic of)
Fuerzas Urbanas - Urban Forces
Commissioner: Nelsón Rodriguez. Curators: Marcos Coronel, Rolando Carmona, Alejandro Haiek, Gabriel Visconti, Maximilian Nowotka, Camilo González. Exhibitors: PICO, LAB.PRO.FAB, AGA, PGRA, Proyecto Colectivo, MAAN, Asymetric, Oficina Lúdica, 439 estudio arquiurbano, Insitu, Taller independiente, Colectivo animal, CoDA, Abono, SER
Venue: Giardini
 
YEMEN  *** New participation
Beautiful Yemen
Commissioner: Mr. Ayed Ali Al-Shawafy, Undersecretary for Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture, Yemen. Curator: Renzo Ravagnan.
Venue: Arsenale
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