DAAR – ALESSANDRO PETTI AND SANDI HILAL

WHERE Stockholm, Sweden; Bethlehem, Palestine
PEOPLE Alessandro Petti (1973), Sandi Hilal (1973)

A collective that works on decolonization of architecture with a socially engaged practice combining art, space and research, DAAR focuses mainly on social justice. Projects like the Decolonization Institution of Borgo Rizza (Siracusa, Italy), the Concrete Tent, the Tree School and Campus in Campus define images, educational philosophies and spaces for reflection and exchange on the material practice of democracy and on existential and social sharing in inhabited friction points, promoting a re-thinking of crucial themes of inhabiting shared urban spaces such as those related to mobility, identity, and the legacy of the status of refugee.

GOLDEN LION FOR THE BEST PARTICIPANT
Motivation: For their long-standing commitment to deep political engagement with architectural and learning practices of decolonization in Palestine and Europe.

SIGNS

  • Prince Pierre Foundation Prize for artistic research, 2022
  • Refugee Heritage, Art and Theory Publishing, 2021
  • Permanent Temporariness, Art and Theory Publishing, 2019
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