The renowned architect Gerardo Caballero has been in charge of the curatorship of the Argentine Pavilion for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, and together with his team they have proposed a domestic space that pays tribute to Argentine housing while inviting reflection on the implications of scale and program in relation to the Biennale motto: How will we live together?
You cannot enter La casa infinita (The infinite house); you are always inside of it. It is so large that you cannot leave. It is open and wide, simple and discreet. The house is so large that you can go around it on foot, by bike, car, train, bus, or even by plane. It has gardens, mountains and prairies. It has small rooms, beds and tables. Every space is connected. Going around the house becomes a lifelong journey.
Gerardo Caballero. Curator of La Casa Infinita.
 
On this occasion, the proposal by Gerardo Caballero and his team takes inspiration from the construction tradition of Argentine housing and collects inside works of different types, individual and collective.

For the design of the pavilion, a composition generated from the repetition and superimposition of the typical typology "chorizo house" was chosen, a type of local popular housing that can be found replicated in any part of the country.
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Juan Falú.
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May 22 to November 21, 2021.
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En la XVII Exposición Internacional de Arquitectura La Biennale di Venezia. Arsenale, Campo de la Tana, 2169/f, 30122 Venecia, Venetto, Italia.
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Andrea Avezzù.
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Gerardo Caballero was born in Totoras, Argentina, in 1957. He studied at the Architecture School of the National University of Rosario from 1976 to 1982. As a student, between 1976 and 1982. As a student, between 1978 and 1981 he worked at the Shiira-Albano studio in Rosario. During the years 1983 and 1985 he worked as a collaborator in the Korea-Gallardo-Mannino studio based in Barcelona. In 1986 he moved to the United States and obtained his Master in Architecture, Washington University, Saint Louis.

In 1988 Gerardo moves back to Argentina and starts his professional career in Rosario, being partner with Architect Ariel Giménez up to 1992. In 1993 he founds Caballero Fernández Arquitectos together with
Maite Fernández, which continues until 2013. Since 2013 he works on his own.

He has been invited by the University of Arkansas, Kansas University, Graduate School of Design Harvard University, Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile, University Andrés Bello, University Diego Portales and University of Talca in Chile, Mas Fisher Chair University of Michigan, University Torcuato Di Tella and University of Palermo in Buenos Aires, and by the Lebanese American University in Beirut. Since 1993 he is Professor for International Programs for Graduates, offered by the Washington University in Barcelona and Buenos Aires.

Gerardo’s works have been recognized, exhibited and published in America and Europe, and he has received many prizes and awards, as well as honorable mentions in national and international architectural design competitions.

He is a founding member of Group R in Rosario.
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Published on: May 23, 2021
Cite: "The infinite house. Argentine Pavilion of the Biennale di Venezia by Gerardo Caballero" METALOCUS. Accessed
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