Worksite of politics

Thematic tracks in the Laboratory of the Future of the 18. Biennale Architettura
di Michele Cerruti But

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Architecture is a political device; it engages with society before society engages with it, transforms communities by empowering them to take action, and is itself an agent of change.
Following are nine tracks between practictioners and national participations that represent this vision.

Featured Image: Sweet Water Foundation, chaord, 18. Biennale Architettura © Andrea Avezzù, courtesy La Biennale di Venezia

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IBRAHIM MAHAMA

A Ghanaian artist of international fame, Mahama works on large-scale installations that impact deeply on an urban scale. The artist is known for his work in textiles and on their…

THEASTER GATES STUDIO

Theaster Gates’ practice may be defined as ‘socially engaged art’, ‘urbanism’, ‘spatial practice’, ‘community development’… For Gates what’s important is to move freely accross different disciplines, institutions, and media to…

SCAPE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

The New York-based studio works on the territorial aspect of landscape following ideas of Landscape Urbanism with the goal of attaining social and ecological sustainability able to establish quality connections…

RASHID ALI ARCHITECTS

Heading a studio that works in Hargeisa, the capital city of Somaliland, and London, Rashid Ali represents a bold attempt to understand the role of architecture as an essential tool…

SWEET WATER FOUNDATION

Founded to work on regenerative urban development, the Sweet Water Foundation uses “creative and regenerative social justice methods that build safe, vibrant spaces starting with community action and transforming the…

JUERGEN STROHMAYER AND GLENN DEROCHÉ

Young architect Strohmayer is committed to an ongoing dialogue with various disciplines, like fashion design or social activism, in Vienna and Accra. Glenn DeRoché is the manager of the Adjaye…

AUSTRIA

The Austrian exhibit has been entrusted to collective AKT & Hermann Czech, who will visualize the relationship between the Biennale and the City of Venice by trying to convert a…

CANADA

Canada focuses on the housing crisis faced in several of the country’s communities, though also clearly understood globally. According to the curators, this crisis reflects on society, compromising architects’ ability…

ESTONIA

With their presence, visitors will involuntarily turn into a nosy neighbourood and, at the same time, into an explorer of architecture. All action takes place within a real apartment. Each…
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