Venice Architecture Biennale Explores Post-pandemic Living By Kelly VELASQUEZ
05/22/21 AT 1:39 AM
The world s most prestigious architecture event, the Venice Architecture Biennale, opens Saturday for a six-month show exploring the question of coexistence in a post-pandemic world.
Postponed from last year, the 17th International Architecture Exhibition is titled How will we live together? , with curator Hashim Sarkis asking architects to reflect on the future and its challenges. Resilient Communities by Andrew Barrie, Paola Boarin, Michael Davis, Kathy Woghorn, on display at Italy s pavilion Photo: AFP / Marco BERTORELLO The hardest question is how to resolve the problems that led us to the pandemic. How are we going to solve climate change, poverty, the huge political differences between right and left, he told AFP.
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Titled Containporary , the Kosovo Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, evaluates the role of global urbanization and the process of planning and creating sustainable environments. Curated by Maksut Vezgishi, the pavilion will be on display at the Arsenale from May 22nd to November 21st, 2021.
Architect, visual artist, and author Maksut Vezgishi will be joining forces with Vildane Maliqi, Argjire Krasniqi, Feray Dervis, Recep Kerkezi, and Gezim Radoniqi, for the creation of the pavilion. The exhibition is organized by the Republic of Kosovo s Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports, and will highlight sustainable urbanization in the country, and the world.