12th International Architecture Exhibition
PEOPLE MEET IN ARCHITECTURE
29th August > 21st November 2010
The 12th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Kazuyo Sejima, will be held from August 29th to November 21st, 2010, at the Giardini and at the Arsenale (preview August 26, 27 and 28, 2010), and in various other venues in Venice.
After a series of Biennale Exhibitions directed by eminent critics or historians, this sector has once again been entrusted to an architect, Kazuyo Sejima, to bring the important theme of quality in architecture back to the forefront, with a personality who makes quality her own personal vocation.
The title chosen by Kazuyo Sejima for the 12th International Architecture Exhibition is:
PEOPLE MEET IN ARCHITECTURE.
PEOPLE MEET IN ARCHITECTURE.
“The idea is to help individuals and society relate to architecture, help architecture relate to individuals and society, and help individuals and society relate to one another”.
“Can architecture clarify the new values and new lifestyles of the XXI century? This exhibition – explained Kazuyo Sejima - will be an opportunity to experiment with the potential of architecture, to understand how it can express new ways of living, and to show that it is the product of different values and approaches.”
“There will be independent spaces for each architect and for each theme, in the sense that each participant will be his own curator.”
“The guest artists will design their own space considering both the physical and conceptual experience of the visitor: the exhibition will therefore develop through a series of spaces rather than a series of objects”.
“The Participations will include technicians and artists and not only architects, because architecture is a product of the entire society. And just as in society, some parts of the exhibition will be created by the collaboration between artists and architects, or between architects and the visitors”.
