After winning the Golden Lion at the previous Biennial with the Unfinished proposal, the Spanish Pavilion addresses on this occasion the future of architecture from the point of view of the students, in different levels. The curator Atxu Amann and a team of 4 assistant commissioners have selected, through an open call, a total of 143 proposals that will be physically displayed in the pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennial. For the first time Spain will have a virtual pavilion with 293 other proposals.
becoming refers to a vector of the future, with a common origin of training in schools, which extends to other learning spaces and times in dialogue with other disciplines.
becoming refers to a vector of the future, with a common origin of training in schools, which extends to other learning spaces and times in dialogue with other disciplines.
Starting from a series of 55 adjectives that qualify the architecture that was raised in the open call, becoming a place for heterogeneous proposals and reflections about architecture and vindication of learning environments as a space for criticism and architectural creation.
Among the eclectic selection of the pavilion will be able to see proposals that critically review the past, others that redefine daily spaces of the present, also those that imagine a future based on sustainability, well-being and social justice, as well as formulas that intermingle the real world and the virtual one. It will be the first time that the Pavilion shows, for example, doctoral theses on architecture.
becoming also proposes other specific calls within the framework of the Biennial. The first of these has invited the student collectives to present a project to transform the outer space of the Spanish Pavilion in Venice. The winning intervention can be seen during the biennial and aims to remain in the pavilion once it ends.
Within this first specific call, it was also accepted the proposal of a second group of students to reoccupy the rear space of the pavilion, which was traditionally used for storage, and which now becomes the exit door of the exhibition. It is a curtain installation that reflects the concepts that have inspired the show.
Likewise another call has been made together with the pavilions of Belgium and Holland, through the contest called Out of the Box Celebration. A proposal was demanded that would occupy the space between these three pavilions. The winner selected from more than 100 ideas presented is the Europa facility, part of Belgian students, and which proposes the disappearance of the divisions between countries and pavilions.
The open and free proposal of the Spanish Pavilion includes the declaration of intentions of the curators assigned to the Biennale, the Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley Mcnamara. Under the umbrella of the Freespace concept, curators encourage us to revise ways of thinking with new ways of seeing the world to invent solutions where architecture provides the well-being and dignity to the citizens of this fragile planet.
The exhibition at the Venice Biennale will remain open from May 26 to November 25, 2018.
Likewise another call has been made together with the pavilions of Belgium and Holland, through the contest called Out of the Box Celebration. A proposal was demanded that would occupy the space between these three pavilions. The winner selected from more than 100 ideas presented is the Europa facility, part of Belgian students, and which proposes the disappearance of the divisions between countries and pavilions.
The open and free proposal of the Spanish Pavilion includes the declaration of intentions of the curators assigned to the Biennale, the Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley Mcnamara. Under the umbrella of the Freespace concept, curators encourage us to revise ways of thinking with new ways of seeing the world to invent solutions where architecture provides the well-being and dignity to the citizens of this fragile planet.
The exhibition at the Venice Biennale will remain open from May 26 to November 25, 2018.
