venice architecture biennial 2010 / people meet in architecture venice, italy
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- 12th international architecture exhibition / people meet in architecture / 29th august > 21st november 2010 / the 12th international architecture exhibition, directed by kazuyo sejima, ran august 29th through november 21st, 2010, at the giardini and at the arsenale (preview august 26-27-28, 2010), and in various other venues in venice. after a series of editions of the architecture biennale directed by eminent critics and historians, this sector was once again in the hands of an architect, kazuyo sejima. the first woman to direct the architecture sector of the biennale, on 17th may 2010 sejima was awarded the prestigious pritzker architecture prize 2010 together with ryue nishizawa. /// introduction by kazuyo sejima /// the 2010 architecture biennale should be a reflection on architecture. the twenty-first century has just started. many radical changes are taking place. in such a rapid-changing context, can architecture clarify new values and a new lifestyle for the present? hopefully, this show will be a chance to experience the manifold possibilities of architecture, as well as to account for its plurality of approaches, each one of them being a different way of living. nowadays, it feels as if we are living in a post ideological society. we are more connected than ever, our culture, as well as our economy, has become global. because of this, people’s consciousness and lifestyles change, theoretically and substantially. sometimes relationships get shaped through indirect communication. still, we believe that architecture plays a significant role in this: it has the power to open up new perspectives. we imagine ideas that can have far reaching effects. these dreams come from many sources and may represent a new independent freedom that is essentially inherent to contemporary culture. in the end, we would be happy if, thanks to this exhibition, we could feel where our society might be going, what dreams the future might hold for us. there will be an independent space for each participant, in order to make them show their understanding of the theme and their personal response to it. individuals will be showing their position towards the interaction of new social and natural environments; all of which means that each person is his or her own curator. this way the atmosphere of the exhibition itself will be achieved through multiple points of view rather than a single orientation. the selection criterion has led to architects, artists and engineers who, in return to this call, propose a way to investigate relationships among people. each dynamic relationship has its roots in actual, physical space. matthias schuler of transsolar, for instance, in collaboration with tetsuo kondo, has proposed a real scale cloud. it is an installation that forces people into a new reading of space simply because its edges are ephemeral. other projects do not necessarily display an overt original style, whereas some others are clearly at the very edge of technology. r&sie(n) are presenting an installation that represents human life cycles through projected lights, which speaks about how we ultimately perceive space. further on, we have invited many architects to study their own work in films that will be shown in an attempt to examine how people make space what it is by living in it. in this exhibition architecture can be shown as a generator of new forms of understanding. the idea is to help people relate to architecture, to help architecture relate to people, and to help people relate to themselves. visitors can have different reactions towards each installation. the central pavilion and the arsenale are treated similarly, both opened up to natural light although the work is deeply varied, making it possible for everyone to make their unique route through displays freely. by experiencing architecture from different angles, people will be able to start creating their own personal “set of encounters”. /// participants /// /// aires mateus e associados francisco aires mateus portugal, 1964 lives and works in lisbon, portugal manuel aires mateus portugal, 1963 lives and works in lisbon, portugal /// /// amateur architecture studio wang shu china, 1963 lives and works in hangzhou, china /// /// amid.cero9 cristina díaz moreno spain, 1971 lives and works in madrid, spain efrén garcía grinda spain, 1966 lives and works in madrid, spain /// /// aranda\lasch with island planning corporation benjamin aranda united states, 1973 lives and works in new york, us chris lasch united states, 1972 lives and works in new york, us nathan browning united states, 1973 lives and works in miami, us /// /// aru/architecture research unit* florian beigel germany, 1941 lives and works in london, uk philip christou canada, 1956 lives and works in london, uk *aru is a design research laboratory based at the london metropolitan university /// /// atelier bow-wow yoshiharu tsukamoto japan, 1965 lives and works in tokyo, japan momoyo kaijima japan, 1969 lives and works in tokyo, japan /// /// berger&berger laurent p. berger france, 1972 lives and works in paris, france cyrille berger france, 1975 lives and works in paris, france /// /// lina bo bardi rome, italy, 1914 – são paulo, brazil, 1992 /// /// studio andrea branzi andrea branzi italy, 1938 lives and works in milan, italy /// /// janet cardiff janet cardiff canada, 1957 lives and works in grindrod, bc canada and berlin, germany /// /// caruso st. john + thomas demand adam caruso canada, 1962 lives and works in london, uk peter st john great britain, 1959 lives and works in london, uk rod heyes great britain, 1973 lives and works in london, uk thomas demand germany, 1964 lives and works in berlin, germany and london, uk /// /// aldo cibic aldo cibic italy, 1955 lives and works in milan, italy /// vdepaor architects tom depaor great britain, 1967 lives and works in dublin, ireland /// /// architecten de vylder vinck taillieu jan de vylder belgium, 1968 lives and works in ghent, belgium /// /// do-ho suh + suh architects (eulho suh and kyungen kim) do-ho suh korea, 1962 lives and works in new york, us and berlin, germany eulho suh korea, 1964 lives and works in seoul, korea and los angeles, us kyungen kim korea, 1972 lives and works in seoul, korea and los angeles, us /// /// peter ebner and friends peter ebner austria, 1968 lives and works in vienna and salzburg, austria and munich, germany michael eichner germany, 1968 lives and works in munich, germany and moscow, russia michael schwarz germany, 1958 lives and works in dubai, united arab emirates javier sanchez mexico, 1969 lives and works in mexico city, mexico franziska ullmann austria, 1950 lives and works in vienna, austria claudio valentino great britain, 1967 lives and works in rome, italy gianluca andreoletti italy, 1965 lives and works in rome, italy /// /// olafur eliasson denmark, 1967 lives and works in berlin, germany /// /// sou fujimoto architects sou fujimoto japan, 1971 lives and works in tokyo, japan /// /// antón garcía-abril & ensamble studio antón garcía-abril spain, 1969 lives and works in madrid, spain /// /// junya.ishigami+associates junya ishigami japan, 1974 lives and works in tokyo, japan /// /// toyo ito & associates, architects toyo ito korea, 1941 lives and works in tokyo, japan /// /// andrés jaque arquitectos andrés jaque spain, 1971 lives and works in madrid, spain /// /// christian kerez venezuela, 1962 lives and works in zurich, switzerland /// /// luisa lambri italy, 1969 lives and works in milan, italy /// /// walter niedermayr italy, 1952 lives and works in bolzano, italy /// /// noero wolff architects jo noero south africa, 1951 lives and works in cape town, south africa heinrich wolff south africa, 1970 lives and works in cape town, south africa /// /// hans ulrich obrist switzerland, 1968 lives and works in london, uk http://huoarchive.hfg-karlsruhe.de /// /// office kersten geers david van severen + bas princen kersten geers belgium, 1975 lives and works in brussels, belgium david van severen belgium, 1978 lives and works in brussels, belgium bas princen netherlands, 1975 lives and works in rotterdam, netherlands /// /// valerio olgiati switzerland, 1958 lives and works in flims, switzerland /// /// oma - office for metropolitan architecture rem koolhaas netherlands, 1944 lives and works in rotterdam, netherlands /// /// opensimsim daniel dendra netherlands, 1966 lives and works in berlin, germany and moscow, russia /// /// piet oudolf the netherlands, 1944 lives and works in hummelo, netherlands /// /// pezo von ellrichshausen architects mauricio pezo chile, 1973 lives and works in concepcion, chile sofia von ellricshausen argentina, 1976 lives and works in concepcion, chile /// /// renzo piano building workshop renzo piano italy, 1937 lives and works in genoa, italy and paris, france /// /// mark pimlott + tony fretton architects mark pimlott canada, 1958 lives and works in london, uk and in the hague, netherlands tony fretton great britain, 1945 lives and works in london, uk /// /// cedric price stone, staffordshire, 1934 – london, uk, 2003 /// /// smiljan radic + marcela correa smiljan radic chile, 1965 lives and works in santiago, chile marcela correa chile, 1963 lives and works in santiago, chile /// /// raumlaborberlin francesco apuzzo, markus bader, benjamin foerster-baldenius, andrea hofmann, jan liesegang, christof mayer, matthias rick, axel timm founded in 1999 based in berlin, germany /// /// r&sie(n) françois roche france, 1961 lives and works in paris, france teaches in new-york & los angeles, usa stéphanie lavaux france, 1966 lives and works in paris, france toshikatsi kiuchi japan, 1978 lives and works in paris, france /// /// tom sachs studio tom sachs united states, 1966 lives and works in new york, us /// /// selgascano josé selgas spain, 1965 lives and works in madrid, spain lucìa cano spain, 1965 lives and works in madrid, spain /// /// studio mumbai architects founded in 2005 based in mumbai, india /// /// fiona tan indonesia, 1966 lives and works in amsterdam, netherlands /// /// kazuyo sejima & associates * kazuyo sejima japan, 1956 lives and works in tokyo, japan * participants from the curatorial team not eligible for awards /// /// office of ryue nishizawa * ryue nishizawa japan, 1966 lives and works in tokyo, japan * participants from the curatorial team not eligible for awards /// /// transsolar & tetsuo kondo architects matthias schuler germany, 1958 lives and works in stuttgart, germany tetsuo kondo japan, 1975 lives and works in tokyo, japan /// /// wim wenders* germany, 1945 lives and works in los angeles, us and berlin, germany * participant related to the curatorial team not eligible for awards /// /// cerith wyn evans wales, 1958 lives and works in london, uk ///
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