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Titled Who is We , the Pavilion of the Netherlands at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia deconstructs normal concepts of space, visualizing what is often overlooked behind the structures that typically define urban spaces. Curated by a team led by Francien van Westrenen, the pavilion will be on display from 22 May to 21 November 2021.
To answer the question of ‘How will we live together?’, the pavilion of the Netherlands explains that current social and environmental circumstances demand that architects and urbanists regard ‘
we’ as a more pluralized pronoun that encompasses all humans and more-than-humans such as soil, plants and animals . And although the knowledge and approach required for this transformation have been defined in the past, they are largely marginalized by the architectural canon.