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Introduction by Kurt W Foster

Few people today would not share the sense that we are living in times of great changes, of profound shifts in almost every discipline. In the field of architecture, these have taken on such a breadth and depth as to suggest the advent of a new era. The signs of these new times can be found dotted around everywhere and we have sought to collect them together to provide a world-wide survey under the concept of METAMORPH .

There are various reasons for this transformation, but even more numerous are the consequences: architecture is going through a period of revolutionary shifts in thought that have already opened up unexpected new perspectives. We intend to reveal these in this year's Biennale. Apart from the pavilions of the various nations and the spaces reserved for other countries and groups interested in participating - especially those countries that have just joined the European Union today - the Biennale will make use of nearby venues to host the Cities on Water section (on a floating structure in the Arsenale basin), with Rinio Bruttomesso as curator, and a group of architecture schools from six nations. The two main Biennale sites - the Italian Pavilion and the Corderie dell'Arsenale - offer the possibility of splitting the exhibition into two contrasting tempos and rhythms. I would like to present a brief overview of these two readings of a single subject, that of METAMORPHOSIS in present-day architecture.

We will open the Italian Pavilion as a theatre of experiences, while inviting visitors to follow us in the immense space of the Corderie as though reliving recent history. The Pavilion and Corderie will form two poles of the same argument, offering readings and experiences that complement each other, and making space for reflection and beauty.

In order to connect to a public beyond the city of Venice, Rai Radio3's programme, "Era urbana", will host events, meetings and interviews during the vernissage. And to ensure a long-lasting memory of the 9th Architecture Biennale, we have redesigned the catalogue, which will now comprise three volumes: one of essays on the subject, one on the many vectors in the field of architecture, and a third volume acting as guide to the exhibition.

I was not able to improve the Gardens or the conditions of the Arsenale, both languishing whilst awaiting operations of conservation and, let us not forget it, innovation. Walking towards the Italian Pavilion, we will be struck by the zigzag of a bolt of lightning, periodically lit up by strobe lights, the unpredictable sign of "force majeure". We step into the Italian Pavilion and refresh the senses in the octagonal room, once the only part to have been built, and the only element with a precise architectural character. We immerse ourselves in the slow panoramic films of photographer Armin Linke , who will make us feel Alpine air, cool from the glaciers and the mist boiling up from the valleys. It is indeed water, the first cradle and ultimate benediction of life, that daily recalls the incessant metamorphosis of all that lives.

He who lives among men lives somewhere. Living on the earth and creating lairs and dens forms a link between us and the world of animals, but we are separated by the conscious and always different character of the style of living. The rooms to the west of the Italian Pavilion will host NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR , a section dedicated to Italian interiors of recent years which has Mirko Zardini as curator. We have come a long way now from the times of the famous New York show, "Domestic Landscape", which caused a furore with an almost alternative but profitable culture of lamps, little sofas and furnishings; today, instead, it is shop designs of all types that dominate, temporary homes, and many new ambivalent spaces for work, after-work and entertainment.

Exiting towards the canal, almost turning between interior and exterior, we retrace our steps across a space that brusquely brings us up short with an "exterior" on a historic scale: the transformation of Berlin after the fall of the Wall. A balanced but overwhelming vision by photographer Giovanni Chiaramonte .

Whilst ruin and novelty continue to vie for power in Berlin, in the following rooms, to be designed by two equalling contrasting architects, this theme of destruction and construction, ambition and defeat form the prelude to other inflections concerning the great subject of metamorphosis.

We can say little as yet about these ephemeral constructions - and we hope that this is what they will be, and not "layouts". Peter Eisenman will meditate on his work as Piranesi used to contemplate his beneath sham ruins of ancient Rome, and Massimo Scolari will explain the worrying presence of the bolt of lightning on the roof of the Pavilion as the sign of destruction of the Tower of Babel. Items of an enigmatic nature - an archaic wooden construction with a steel nucleus - will stimulate some curiosity through the disturbing beauty of disaster. As in the evolution of nature, that of recent architecture is also marked by losses and desolation. Wherever something truly new appears, something else vanishes. Metamorphosis has its price, but it also has its new protagonists and, I'm sure, a great future.

Returning to the thread of the parallel venues, we will enter the CONCERT HALLS section: starting with three works of epochal importance. We will then follow the recent inventions of about 40 concert halls around the world. Everything derives from a single "sacred prodigy", the Berlin Philharmonie, designed by Hans Scharoun. Criticised in the mid-20th century for its misleading expressionism, the Philharmonie instead proved to be a fundamental step in the development of modern concert halls. Another cornerstone in terms of innovation and technique was a building by Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis, who created the Phillips Pavillion for the Brussels World Expo. The third point of reference is Jøern Utzon's work in Sydney. A room that consciously embraces all three positions and goes beyond them with great vitality is Frank Gehry's Disney Concert Hall. This is a work that sums up the history of the entire category. The 14 years that have passed in this (might we say Italian?) affair since the initial competition and the inauguration last year have ensured that the Disney Hall has become a sort of summa summarum of the entire evolution of concert halls.

We now draw closer to the phenomenal rebirth of a type of building that after slumbering for half a century, comes to life in given moments and appears on a scale that provides food for thought. Almost always conceived as an improbable union between two contrasting expectations, that is as urban destination and cavernous space on the scale of the landscape, concert halls are always contradictory because of their complex nature. But it is thanks to these contradictions that they underwent an astonishing development. Another reason brings them to the fore: the architecture of concert halls has been perfected in technical terms but it also transcends its autonomy, overcoming its own limits and gaining a further quality, that of atmosphere. The concert halls not only protect the indispensable social gathering around one of humanity's most complex and beautiful activities, making music, but also accord in every sense of the term with this society. To a large extent, this "temperature" of the space immediately stands out and is an "incalculable" aspect of architecture, which in this way escapes a constricting definition, culminating instead in an eternal desire: the human desire of being gathered and protected by invisible forces.

Logically, the Concert Hall section leads on to the theme of ATMOSPHERE and so requires a particular installation to give way to a major contribution from photography. We will come across the theme of atmosphere again in the Corderie, but in the Italian Pavilion it will manifest its insidious, impalpable quality in two spaces designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and his Spanish counterpart Juan Navarro Baldeweg . Between them will flourish a photographic survey under the auspices of Nanni Baltzer . This selection of photographs follows the progressive change in the role of photography vis-à-vis architecture, tracing the shift from documentary instrument to phenomenological one. It can be no surprise that weather phenomena - day and night, clouds and reflections - lie at the heart of this section and are in this way intimately associated with the general theme. And it is no surprise also that the close relationship between photography and architecture is changing in such a way as to make of photography an art and for this very reason a source of ideas and suggestions for architects.

The Italian Pavilion ends with some rooms that are almost like a workshop, in which architects like Chris Wilkinson and Ben van Berkel will show us how one arrives at a world of new forms, of innovative techniques and inventions that are revolutionising architecture. Taking an unaccustomed exit into the atrium of the Pavilion, we return to the setting of "natural metamorphoses" (images by Armin Linke), before leaving the Giardini for the Arsenale.

Arrived at the Corderie , we wished to compare the fixed, uniform space and its deep perspective with a topical concept of spatialism, one associated on the one hand to the body, to the parallax of the gaze, and on the other to the movement and sense of forces more powerful than a one-eyed view. To this end, I called the studio Asymptote (Hani Rashid and LiseAnne Couture) to create a true layout for this year's Biennale. The work of Asymptote, with the participation of Omnivore 's graphic designers, involves every aspect of signposting, layout, graphic design, posters and books and catalogue. The extended itinerary of the Corderie will offer an almost physical experience of the contrasting of a fixed perspective with a dynamic vision of space as the true substance of architecture.

We first enter a square space where we present a brief summary of the situation at the outset: for a moment, we go back to 1980 when the Corderie were for the first time used by the architecture Biennale, directed by Paolo Portoghesi. On this occasion, post-modernism was celebrated. Instead of conceiving this "liaison dangereuse" with what is now a truly historical past as the threshold to an epoch, we propose a different interpretation which examines the 1980s from the point of view of four pivotal figures: Peter Eisenman and Frank Gehry on the one hand, Aldo Rossi and James Stirling on the other. Two of the four are now set within that history from which a future was expected - and which failed to materialise - while the other two, Eisenman and Gehry, have become the true protagonists of that architecture that was slowly but inexorably taking form over the last decades. How it happened and on what theorems it was based are explored in the Corderie. This area is divided into four sections, as required for any good symphony: first TOPOGRAPHY , then SURFACES , which are so vital for the creation of ATMOSPHERE , and finally the HYPER-PROJECTS that exploit the new acquisitions of the latest architecture to the full.

Every transformation has its precursors and explorers. In just a few steps, we will embrace a series of TRANSFORMATIONS of existing buildings and locations, as transformations of the elements and theorems of current architecture. Through analytical exercises, Dagmar Richter transforms a basic concept of building, as in the case of Le Corbusier's Casa Domino, while Greg Lynn applies his practice of continuous transformation to a residential building in Amsterdam, and Michele Saee on the Drugstore in Paris, both developed on a computer before being applied to the physical reality. It is the relationship between concept and new processes of building that highlights the choice of materials and their effects. Thanks to the infinite possibilities of the materials, architecture takes on a more powerful presence and one that is far more subtle than in the 20th century. However, from subtlety, one must pass to broader dimensions.

The new geography embraces the "bits" of computer technology as much as large spaces. Numerous projects stand out from their predecessors for this reason: the old dialectic between building and site gives way to an interlacement of both categories. Nowadays, many buildings take on a topographical character, assuming geological or historical features from their locations, or extending themselves, by orientation and reference, potentially far beyond their sites. Not only in obvious cases such as that of the Botanical gardens of Barcelona ( Carlos Ferrater ), or the proposal to redevelop a hillside and quarry in the Mediterranean port of Denia ( Vincente Guallart ), but also in such different buildings as the Paul Klee Museum by Renzo Piano at Berne, the Santa Caterina Market - also in Barcelona - by Mirailles-Tagliabue , and the Ciudad de Cultura in Santiago de Compostela by Peter Eisenman. All share this topographical quality. The earth itself seems to move and blend with a series of structures recalling a building technique that seems now to be taken for granted. This blending of the location and building appears in a new form of architecture that finds its complete "incarnation" on recent constructions. In Zaha Hadid 's Science Center at Wolfsburg, the doubly curving surfaces already announced the new geometries and complex spatialism of this genre. The geometric complexity follows in the tracks of 20th-century science which, as is noted, began with the idea of curved space (from Minkovski to Einstein), and which takes into account how, in turn, the ovoidal curvature of the planets and hyperbolic profiles of a Borromini reflected the cosmography of the baroque period.

Numerous recent project are based no longer on the millenary dialectic of supports and weights, but on continuous surfaces, be they folded or curved. In every case, the architecture of Vitruvian origin gives way to one of stepped continuity, as prophesied by Frederick Kiesler between the wars when he asked that the "separation between floor, walls, pilasters and roof be separated. Instead, a flow connects them. The structural solution might be called: conversion of the compression into continuous tension". A recent phenomenon that in terms of quantity and inventiveness makes itself noted is that of curved surfaces. We are not speaking here only of forms tending towards the ovoidal, but of continuous curves in three dimensions. The Moebius tape and the Klein bottle constitute key theorems, and it is no coincidence that they frequently emerged during the 1990s ( UN Studio , Moebius House). After these experiments on the scale of objects, as in the case of the artificial island by Vito Acconci at Graz, large-scale projects, like the Eye Beam school by Diller&Scofidio in New York, proved to be a little less programmatic. Profoundly linked to the concept of continuous movement, to flow and inflection, continuous surfaces triumphed in projects for new car centres and skyscrapers ( SOM , Hotel Tower in China). When the band surfaces are twisted, solutions such as that by Wilkinson-Eyre emerge, linking two buildings in London. What strikes one is not just the expression of rigidity thus achieved, but also the play of double movement that is generated by the form.

These examples show us to what extent their conception and realisation depended on the use of computer technology. Speaking of this sort of project, I would like to make a more general observation. Computer technology is the new life blood of all the operating systems of our world. In architecture, the use of these technologies is slowly linking up the various skills required in our discipline. We can now begin to discern a near future in which it will be possible to control all the conceptual aspects and executive phases of an architectural work with a single instrument, the computer. But note this: we do not at all believe that this will result in a "computer-generated" architecture. On the contrary, we are convinced that computer technology can unleash the imagination and potential to build beyond the limits tacitly accepted and ideologically justified hitherto.

I would like to return to the Corderie itinerary, and more precisely to the theme of ATMOSPHERE as already announced in the Italian Pavilion. At this point in the Corderie, the theme will spread through a series of buildings giving life to the metabolic dimension. From the natural changes that change their character so much to the special effects that have broadened the range of possibilities. In this sector, it will be photography and some prototypes that will compare the technical potential and varying effects. Nowadays, the buildings paving the way are those playing on the infinite variables of their appearances as much as on the image of their presumed functionality - and let us admit that image has had its part to play in the ideology of functionalism: Ten Arquitectos in Mexico City, Kengo Kuma and Toyo Ito in Tokyo and Alsop in Liverpool, to mention just a few examples from a choice of over 40 projects, see their buildings as living organisms rather than as fixed objects.

The greatest expression of this vitality appears in the metropolis, where new HYPER-PROJECTS are carving out the same sort of role as that of the baths in ancient Rome: buildings on the scale of their locations, buildings able to respond to the singular complexity of the activities they embrace and, finally, buildings that will soon become the symbol of life itself, and not only of their specific functions. A few years ago, the Japanese architect, Toyo Ito , built one of these topical locations in his Sendai Mediatheque, inventing social spheres and amassing them in a whole that lends itself as much to activity as to the contemplation of our life. The large library complexes and cultural centres, such as that by Mario Bellini for Turin, that in Copenhagen by Schmitt, Hammer & Lassen , or the Musée de confluence at Lyons by Coop Himmelb(l)au amplify the scale and complexity to a level almost without precedents. Banks - imposing but not colossal, such as Behnisch's State Clearing Bank at Hannover - numerous museums - Preston Scott Cohen 's project for Tel Aviv stands out - and major transport centres such as the Interchange at Arnhem by the UN Studio constitute the favoured locations of present-day imagination.

These and other projects will conclude, like in an orchestral crescendo that blends all the timbres and resonances, mixing dark and light, forte and piano, to unleash itself in an explosive finale. This finale, however, I'm sure, is nothing other than a brilliant overture. I invite you to the opening of this near future at the Biennale di Venezia.

June 1st, 2004

 

 
Sections and Projects
9th International Architecture Exhibition - METAMORPH
 


CONCERT HALLS

3XNielsen A/S / Arkitektfirmaet Knud Fladeland Nielsen
Concert Hall, Orestad (Danish Radio Concert Hall), Copenhagen, Denmark

Paul Andreu Architecte
National Grand Theatre, China

Navarro Baldeweg Asociados, S.L.
Palacio de la Musica Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain

Berger + Parkkinen Architekten
Music Theater Linz, Austria

Caruso St. John Architects
Barbican Concert Hall, London, UK

Claus en Kaan Architecten
Forum City Theater of Gent, Belgium

Coop Himmelb(l)au
Guangzhou Opera House, China

Eisenman Architects
Teatro de la Musica, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Foster & Partners Architects and Design
Music Center, Gateshead, UK

Frank O. Gehry & Associates Inc
Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, Usa

Volker Giencke
Giant Amber Konzert Haus fur Liepaja/Ostsee, Latvia

Zaha Hadid Architects
Guangzhou Opera House, China

HLT Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S
Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall, Sweden

Arata Isozaki & Associates
Shenzen Cultural Center, China

Toyo Ito Associates, Architects
Sala Concert Matsumoto, Japan

Toyo Ito - Andrea Branzi
Opera House, Gent, Belgium, 2004

Klaus Kada
Festival House in St. Polten, Austria

Studio Daniel Libeskind
Grand Canal Square - Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin, Ireland

Maki and Associates
Kirishima International Concert hall, Kagoshima, Japan

Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos
Auditorium of Leon, Spain

Richard Meier + Arata Isozaki
Richard Meier & Partners Architects
Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, Usa

Rafael Moneo
Avery Fisher Hall-Lincoln Center
Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain

Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Concert Hall, Danish Broadcasting corp., Copenhagen, Denmark

NOX
Regional Center for Pop Music, Nancy, France

Ocean North
Jyvaskyla Music and Arts Center, Finland

Dominique Perrault
Opera House Marinsky II St Petersburg, Russian

Renzo Piano Building Workshop S.r.l.
Auditorium di Roma, Italia

PLOT / Julien De Smedt & Bjarke Ingels
Concert House Stavanger, Norway

Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Cidade da Musica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

RUR Architecture PC
Experimental Music theater, Graz, Austria

S&Aa
Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao. Spain

Sanaksenaho Architects
Music Center 2000, Helsinki, Finland

SARC Architects Ltd
"D" Helsinki Music Center 2000, Finland

Snøhetta
National Opera House, Oslo, Norway

UFO / Urban Future Organization
Sarajevo Concert Hall, Bosnia Herzegovina

UN Studio
Theater Lelystad, The Netherlands

Xefirotarch
Multi-Purpose Arena Park, Korea


EPISODES

Ron Arad
Centr Sovremennoj Architektury (CSA) - Ivan Leonidov
Giovanni Chiaramonte
Cibic & Partners
Eladio Dieste
Eisenman Architects
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Armin Linke
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados, S.L.
Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten
Massimo Scolari
UN Studio
Wilkinson Eyre Architects


TRANSFORMATIONS

dECOi
Appartment Bankside, London, UK

Gunther Domenig
Center of Documentation Nurenberg, Germany

Steven Holl Architects
Evolution models for the Kiasma, Helsinky, Finland

Arata Isozaki & Associates
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Beijng, China

Greg Lynn FORM
Transformations of Kleiburg Block, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ODBC Odile Decq - Benoît Cornette Architectes
Macro - Roma, Italia

Dagmar Richter
3D Prints and digital evolution models for Domino-in(f)o House

Richard Rogers Partnership
Bullring, Barcelona, Spain

Michele Saee
Publicis Drugstore, Paris, France

Wolfgang Tschapeller
BVA Project, Wien, Austria

Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
Brooklyn Children Museum Expansion, New York, Usa


TOPOGRAPHY

3XNielsen A/S
Slussen_Stockholm, Sweden

Acconci Studio
Center for the Performing Arts, Memphis, Usa

Asymptote Architecture
Auditorium and Crematorium Beukenhof, 2004, New York, Usa

Navarro Baldeweg Asociados, S.L.
Molino de Martos y Ribera del Estadio, Cordoba, Spain

Shigeru Ban Architects
Centre Pompidou - Metz, France

Mario Bellini Associati
Cittanova 2000, Modena, Italia
Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, Italia

David Chipperfield Architects
Visitor Center, Casa da Historia, A Coruna, Spain
Wakefield Waterfront gallery, Wakefield UK

Diller & Scofidio
Lincoln Center Project, New York, Usa

Eisenman Architects
Ciudade de Cultura de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

EMBT Arquitectes Associats
Mercato Santa Caterina, Barcelona, Spain
Galleria commerciale Leeds, UK
Edificio e Piazza a San Sebastián, Spain

Carlos Ferrater
Jardin Botanic de Barcelona, Spain
Paseo Maritimo de Benidorm, Spain

F.O. Field Operations
Lifescape: Fresh Kills Parkland

Foreign Office Architects Ltd
Novartis Parking and Park
Barcelona Park

Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto
Nuovo Polo Espositivo Fiera, Milano

Ga.A Architects/ Mass Studies/ Slade Architecture
Dalki Theme Park, 2003

Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Extension of the Lille Modern Art Museum, France

Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners
Eden Project, Cornwall, UK

Vicente Guallart Architecture
Denia Mountain Project, Denia, Spain

Zaha Hadid Architects
Phaeno Science Center Wolfsburg, Germany
Guggenheim Museum Taichung, Taichung Taiwan

Steven Holl Architects
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Usa

Hopkins Architects
Inn the Park, London, UK

Arata Isozaki
Competition Florence New Station, Italy

Toyo Ito Associates, Architects
Park at Hakatu Bay, Fukuoka, Japan

JAKOB+MACFARLANE
House H., South Corsica

KOL/MAC Studio
Take 5 on Manhattan Horizontal (Harlem proposal at Markus Garvey Park), New York, Usa

Tom Kovac
Amatruda Penthouse, Melbourne, Australia

Kengo Kuma & Associates
Kiro-san Observatory, Japan

Lab Architecture Studio
BMW Pant Leipzig, Germany

Martinez Lapeña and Torres Arquitectos SL
Visitor Center, Casa de Historia, A Coruna, Spain
Escalera de la Grana, Toledo, Spain

Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma A/S
The Tietgen Dormitory in Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mansilla + Tunon Arquitectos
Museum of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Morphosis
Diamond Ranch High School, Diamond Bar, CA, Usa

The next ENTERprise
Outdoorpool Kaltern, Südtirol

NL Architects
Het Funen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Guggenheim competition project, Tokyo

ODBC Odile Decq - Benoît Cornette Architectes
The Liaunig Collection - Museum in Neuhaus Austria
CIPEA in China

Ocean D
Mountain Hut, California /Machu Picchu, Peru

Dominique Perrault
Ciudadela Santa Cruz beach, Tenerife, Spain

Renzo Piano Building Workshop S.r.l.
Paul Klee Museum Bern - Switzerland

Boris Podrecca
Urban Landscape Donaupark ,Linz, Austria

R&Sie Architects
Dusty Relief/B-mu, Bangkok, Thailandia

Dagmar Richter
The Wave, Berlin, Germany

Richard Rogers Partnership
The 4th Grace, Liverpool, UK

RUR Architecture PC
Alishan Infrastructure, Taiwan

SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa
Kanazawa Museum, Japan

SLA Stig L. Anderson Landskabsarkitekter
Ankarparken, Vastra Hamn, Malmo, Sweden

Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects
Academy school District 20, Colorado USA

Michael Sorkin Studio
Kaoshsiung Maritime Gateway, Taiwan

Eduardo Souto de Moura
Two Houses in Ponte de Lima, Peru

Tezuka Architects
Museum of Natural Science, Matsunoyama, Japan

UN Studio
Ponte Parodi, Genova, Italia

West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
Park Interpolis Tilburg, The Netherlands

Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor AB
Bjorntand, Biesse Baeine, Ostersund Jamtland, Sweden

Xefirotarch
Metropolitan Plaza - Lexington Kentucky, USA


SURFACES

Acconci Studio
Island on the River Mur
Underground parking Garage, Basel, Switzerland

Archi - Tectonics
Greenwich Street project

Architektur Consult ZT Gmbh
T-Center, T-Mobile Headquartes Vienna, Austria

Asymptote Architecture
BMW Event and Delivery Center

Alberto Campo Baeza
Mercedes Benz Museum Stuttgart, Germany

dECOi
Miran Gallery, Paris, France

De Zwarte Hond
Department of Waterways and public Traffic control center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Diller & Scofidio
Eye Beam project, New York, Usa

EEA - Erick Van Egeraat Associated Architects
City Hall, Alphen aan den rijn, The Netherlands

Eisenman Architects
Napoli Alta Velocità, Italia
Reinhardt House, Berlin, Germany

Shuhei Endo Architect Institut
Atelier House - Springtecture B - Biwa-cho. Shiga pref., Japan

EOM Eric Owen Moss Architects
Jose Vasconcelos Library of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Foreign Office Architects Ltd
BBC Music Center, London, UK

Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Citroen Exhibition Center, Paris, France

Zvi Hecker
Schipol International Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherland

Ingenhoven und Partner
Audi Pavillion, Frankfurt, Germany

Leeser Architecture
Design School Zollverein, Essen, Germany

Greg Lynn FORM
St. Gallen Museum, Switzerland
Houses South California, Usa

Maxwan
Nuilding ICT Toren, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jürgen Mayer H.
Museo Constantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rafael Moneo
Museo Beulas, Huesca, Spain

NL Architects
Parkhouse Carstadt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

NOX
Water Pavillion

Ofis. Architekti
Cineplex, Maribor Slovenia

Penezic & Rogina
Absolute Internet, no stop city

Patterns Architects
FYF Residence, Rosario, Argentina

Querkraft
(Autark Attica) Lux, Lower, Austria

Dagmar Richter
Waterford North Quays International Competition, Ireland

RoTo Architects
Texas A&M University, Usa

RUR Architecture PC
Sagaponac House, New York, Usa

Sadar Vuga Architecti D.O.O.
Futura Advertising Agency Ljubljana, Slovenja
Fountain Solkian, Slovenja

Makoto Sei Watanabe Architects' Office
Shin Minamata Station, Japan

Servo
Lobby-Ports

SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli
F.I.T., New York, Usa

SOM - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Jinling Hotel Tower, China

TEN Arquitectos
Philadelphia Library, Pennsylvania, Usa

Bernard Tschumi Architects
Vacheron Constantin Headquarters

UN Studio
Moebius House, The Netherlands

René van Zuuk Architekten bv
ARCAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Royal Ballet School Bridge, London, UK


ATMOSPHERE

3XNielsen A/S
Saving Bank "Kroniylland", Headquarters Randers DK

Abalos & Herreros
Public Library, Usera, Madrid, Spain
Gymnastic Pavilion in El Retiro, Spain

Adjaye & Associates
Idea Store, London, UK

Alsop
The 4th Grace, Liverpool, UK

Angélil, Graham, Pfenninger, Scholl Architecture
Apartment Houses Hohenbuhl, Zurich, Switzerland

Wiel Arets Architects & Associates
The Europol, The Haugue, Netherlands

ARGE Grazioli / Krischanitz GmbH
Museum Rietberg extension, Zurich, Switzerland

Arkitektfirmaet C.F. Møller
The Darwin Project, London, UK

Berger + Parkkinen Architekten
The Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany

Cero9
The Magic Mountain Competition, Ames, Iowa, USA

Claesson Koivisto Rune Arkitektkontor
Sfera Building Kyoto, Japan
Lund Cathedral, Competition Entry, Lund, Sweden

EEA - Erick Van Egeraat Associated Architects
New ING Offices, Budapest, Hungary

EOM Eric Owen Moss Architects
Smithsonian Patent Office Building, Washington D.C. Usa

Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto
Nuovo Padiglione III Abbigliamento, Torino, Italia

Gigon/Guyer
Art-Depot the The Gallery Henze+Kettere, Wichtrach Canton Bern, Switzerland
Lecture Hall, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Toyo Ito Associates, Architects
Tod's Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan

JAKOB+MACFARLANE
100 logements pour RIVP in Paris, France

Kengo Kuma & Associates
One Omotesando (LVMH Tokyo), Japan

Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos
Musac in Leon, Spain

Jürgen Mayer H.
Marktplatz Scharnhauser Park Ostfildern, Germany

MVRDV
City Container, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Navarro Baldeweg Asociados, S.L.
Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Neutelings Riedijk Architecten BV
Shipping and Transport College, Rotterdam

Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Nishi-Shinjuku Project

Marcos Novak
Allobio

NOX
Maison Folie de Wazemmes, Lille - Wazemmes, France

ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd]
The Web of North Holland, The Netherlands

PTW Architects
National Swimming Centre Beijing, China

S&Aa
Torre Laminar, Avenida Glories-Diagonal, Barcelona, Spain

Sanaksenaho Architects
Ecumenic Art Chapel, Turku, Finland

Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten
Headquarters of ADAC, Munchen, Germany

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA
Expansion Museum in Valencia, Spain

SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli
The Porter House, New York, Usa

Snøhetta
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

Ten Arquitectos
Habita, Mexico City, Mexico

UN Studio
La Defense Offices, Almere, The Netherlands

Wilhelmson Arkitekter AB
Ringtorpsplatsen, Helsingborg, Denmark

Wilkinson Eyre Architects
New Crystal Palace, London, UK

Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor AB
Swedish Embassy in Washington, Usa


HYPER-PROJECTS

Abalos & Herreros
Coast Park, Forum 2004
Urban Waste Treatment Plant, Valdemingomez, Madrid, 1996-99, Spain

Alsop
Middlehaven Masterplan, UK

Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner
German State Clearing Bank, Hannover, Germany

Mario Bellini Associati
Biblioteca e Centro Culturale di Torino, Italia

Coop Himmelb(l)au
Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France

Eisenman Architects
Rebstockpark, Frankfurt, Germany

Heneghan.Peng.Architects
The Carlslile Pier Redevelopment Competition

HLT Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S
NYC2012 Olympic Village Design Competition, New York, Usa

Martinez Lapeña and Torres Arquitectos SL
Forum, Barcelona, Spain

Morphosis
NYC2012 Olympic Village Design Competition, New York, Usa

Schmidt Hammer & Lassen
Royal Library Copenhagen, Denamrk

Preston Scott Cohen
TAMA New Building Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel

Álvaro Siza Vieira
Swimming Pool of Leca, Lisboa
Landscaping the Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

SOM - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Old Post Office, New York, Usa

Bernard Tschumi Architects
Factory 798 Beijing, China

UN Studio
Arnhem Interchange, The Netherlands

 

 
 
   
   
   
   
   
Participating Countries
9th International Architecture Exhibition
 
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ARGENTINA
Commissioner: Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanistica
Curators: Berardo Dujovne; Reynaldo Leiro
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AUSTRIA
Commissioner: Marta Schreieck
Vice-Commissioner: gangart (Simonetta Ferfoglia, Heinrich Pichler), Brigitte Redl-Manhartsberger, Katharina Ritter

AllesWirdGut (Andreas Marth, Friedrich Passler, Herwig Spiegl, Christian Waldner)
MPreis
Pool (Christoph Lammerhuber, Axel Linemayr, Evelyn Rudnicki, Florian Wallnöfer)
querkraft (Jakob Dunkl, Gerd Erhartt, Peter Sapp, Michael Zinner)
the next ENTERprise (Ernst J. Fuchs, Marie-Therese Harnoncourt)
www.archbiennale.at
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BELGIUM
Kinshasa, Imaginary City
Commissioner: Katrien Vandermarliere
Curators: Filip De Boeck Koen Van Synghel

Marie-Françoise Plissart
www.vai.be
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BRASIL
Commissioner: Manoel Francisco Pires da Costa
Curators: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti; Pedro Cury

Aflalo Gasperini arquitetos;
Abrão Assad; Domingos Bongestab;
Angela Detanico - Rafael Lain
Roberto Loeb; Carlos Teixeira; Una arquitetos
www.bienalsaopaulo.org.br
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CANADA
Objets trouvés / Found Objects
Commissioner: Brigitte Desrochers
Curator: Georges Adamczyk

Saucier + Perrotte Architectes (Gilles Saucier and André Perrotte)
www.saucierperrotte.com
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CHILE
Frontis
Commissioner: Sebastian Gray
Vice-Commissioners: Alejandro Manriquez; Patricia Rivadeneira

T2M ARQUITECTOs (Albert Tidy, Ian Tidy, Emilio Marín) Antonio Polidura & Pablo Talhouk, Cristián Olivos, Carolina Contreras & Tomás Cortese; URO1.ORG (Arturo Torres & Gabriel Rudolphy), Claudio Labarca & Ignacio López, Marcelo Sarovic, Max Núñez & Bernardo Valdés, Pablo Morán, Iván López & Patricio Montedonico, Mauricio Léniz, Agustín Soza, Ramón Coz & Marco Polidurak, Cristián Larraín, Marco Barrientos, Ana Torrealba, Paola Kaiser & Cristóbal Gross, Alberto Mozó; 57 STUDIO_ARQ (Mauricio Angelini, Sebastián Espinoza, Benjamín Oportot), Mauricio Pezo, Germán Molina & Macarena Cortés
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CROATIA
Commissioner: Helena Paver Njiric

Ivana Franke; Petar Miskovic; Lea Pelivan; Toma Plejic
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CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Metamorphosis of Alena Srámková and
of Ferdinad Milucký in the Cinema Time
Commissioner: Maria Topolcanská

Ferdinand Milucký; Alena Srámková
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DENMARK
Too Perfect: Seven New Denmarks
Commissioner: Kent Martinussen
Curator: Bruce Mau Design (Toronto) in collaboration with PLOT (Copenhagen)

Bruce Mau Design; PLOT; NORD; Arkitema K/S; SRL Arkitekter; Kontrapunkt
www.tooperfect.dk
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EGYPT
6thD
Commissioner: Magdi Mohammed Mousa

Ibrahim Abd Elhady Ibrahim; Riham Hassan Mostafa Elrasoul
Ahmed Hussein Ezzat Abou-elkheir
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ESTONIA
Architecture Time Out
Commissioner: Pille Epner
Vice-Commissioner: Margit Mutso

Kristjan Holm; Liina Jänes; Madis Jürgen; Pille Epner;
Agu Külm; Jukka-Pekka Jalovaara
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FINLAND (Aalto Pavilion)
From Wood to Architecture
Commissioner: Roy Mänttäri

Kimmo Lintula/Hannu Tikka; Kari Järvinen/Merja Nieminen; Anssi Lassila; Reijo Jallinoja; Mikko Heikkinen/Markku Komonen, Claudia Auer/Nicklas Sandås; Ville Hara; Niko Sirola; Mikko Kaira; Jyrki Tasa; Olavi Koponen; Erkki Kairamo/Aulikki Jylhä; Kristian Gullichsen
www.mfa.fi/frontpage
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FRANCE
Métamorphoses durables: vivre et habiter autrement
Commissioner: Françoise-Hélène Jourda

Marc Barani; Michel Bertreux; Olivier Brochet; Sylvie Dugasse
Jacques Ferrier; Isabel Hérault; Karine Herman; Philippe Madec
Guerric Péré; Jean-Christophe Quinton; Rudy Ricciotti; Pascal Rollet;
Francis Soler; Annie Tardivon; Valérie Vaudou
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FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
The Metamorphosis: From Hyper Solid to Inverse Perspective
Commissioner: Frosina Zafirovska
Curator: Vlatko P. Korobar
Vice-Commissioner: Klime Korobar, Zoran Petrovski

Minas Bakalcev; Mitko Hadzi Pulja
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GEORGIA
Garikula - Center for the Arts
Commissioner: Rezo Gogolashvili
Curator: Karaman Kutateladze

Dimitri Mamatsashvili; Nino Morbedadze; Archil Turmanidze;
Irakli Vacheishvili; Iliko Zautashvili; Irakli Garibashvili; Levan Dolidze
www.garikula.org
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GERMANY
Deutschlandschaft - Epizentren der Peripherie
Deutschlandscape - Epicentres at the Periphery
Commissioner: Francesca Ferguson

www.deutschlandschaft.de
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GREECE
Paradigmata
Commissioner Working Team: Aristide Antonas,
Zafos Xagoraris, Hariklia Hari, Filippos Oraiopoulos
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HUNGARY
From Beauty to Beauty and Back Again
Commissioner: Julia Fabényi
Curator: Péter Janesch

István Janáky, Béla Sámsondi-Kiss, Attila Csörgo, Gergely Ágoston, László Fecske, Péter Hudini, Ádám Somlai-Fischer, Gábor Zombor
www.biennale04.hu
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IRELAND
Transformation of an Institution
Commissioner: Shane O'Toole
Vice-Commissioner: Paul Kelly

O'Donnell + Tuomey (Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey)
venicebiennale.archeire.com
www.odonnell-tuomey.ie/webpage/lfc/lfc.htm
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ISRAEL
METAMORPHOSISRAEL - Back to the Sea
Commissioner: Michael Gov
Vice-Commissioner: Doron Hazan
Curators: Sigal Barnir; Yael Moria Klain
Vice-Curator: David Palterer

Ariel Efron; Shelly Federman; Mayslits Kassif Architects; Neuland Project; Ran Slavin; Vera Treitel; Daniel Rozin;
Environmental Simulation Laboratory, Tel Aviv University
with the special participation of: Andrea Branzi; Peter Cook;
Coop Himmelb(l)au; Adolfo Natalini; Ortner & Ortner
www.labiennale-israelipavilion.org
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ITALY
Sguardi contemporanei - 50 Years of Italian Architecture
Ministero per i Beni culturali e le Attività Culturali
DARC - Direzione Generale per l'Architettura e l'Arte Contemporanee
Commissioner: Pio Baldi
Curator: Margherita Guccione

Maristella Casciato critic / Paola De Pietri photographer ; Giorgio Ciucci critic / Gabriele Basilico photographer ; Claudia Conforti critic / Marco Zanta photographer ; Marco De Michelis critic / Francesco Iodice photographer ; Vittorio Gregotti critic / William Guerrieri photographer ; Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani critic / Alberto Muciaccia photographer ; Carlo Olmo critic / Vittore Fossati photographer ; Sergio Poretti critic / Olivo Barbieri photographer ; Paolo Portoghesi critic / Andrea Temolo photographer ; Franco Purini critic / Elisa Scaramuzzino and Andrea Pavesi photographers
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JAPAN
OTAKU: personality = space = cities
Commissioner: MORIKAWA Kaichiro
Vice-Commissioner: OKABE Miki; TSURUMI Yoshimi

TANGE Kenzo; OKADA Toshio; KAIYODO;
KAIHATSU Yoshiaki; OOSHIMA Yuuki; SAITO Tamaki
Comic Market Committee
YOTSUBA Sutazio; SEON Jeong-U
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LATVIA
Commissioner: Juris Poga
Vice-Commissioners: Paivi Tirkkonen De Grandis and Zanda Redberga

Juul & Frost architect / AKA and "Nams" / Kubs - Arhis / Sarma & Norde / Tugalev / LTV / Konvents / sculpture Igors Dobicins, architect Ruta Dobicina / Arhitekts J. Pogas birojs
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LUXEMBOURG
Commissioner: François Valentiny

Christian Bauer; Beng / Schemel / Wirtz; Stanislaw Berbec;
Bourguignon / Siebenaler Strasser; Paul Bretz; Bruck Weckerle;
Atelier d´Architecture et de Design Jim Clemes; Dewey Müller - Luxembourg / Köln; Tatiana Fabeck; Gambucci; Jonas Meyers; Rob Krier; Mertens / Steinmetz;
Stefano Moreno; Paczowski / Fritsch; Jean Petit; Michel Petit; Georges Reuter; Polaris; Arlette Schneiders; Steinmetz De Meyer architectes urbanistes; Witry Witry
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NETHERLANDS
Hybrid Landscapes. Designing for Sprawl in the Netherlands 1980-2004
Commissioner: Aaron Betsky
Curator: Linda Vlassenrood

Dienst Stadsontwikkeling Rotterdam (J. Schrijnen, R. Zee, J. Jonker, F. Palmboom, E. Meulema, C. van de Graaf) in collaboration with Bureau Bakker Bleeker (R. Bakker, A. Bleeker, M. van Gessel, J. Jacobs and M. Pemmelaar)
BVR in collaboration with PRC Bouw-centrum BV,
De Hoog l ontwerp + advies, Max 2,
H+N+S Landschapsarchitecten, Juurlink Geluk,
Goudappel Coffeng B.V. bureau voor verkeer
vervoer en ruimtelijke economie
Palmboom van den Bout
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NORDIC COUNTRIES - FINLAND, NORWAY, and SWEDEN
Our Nature
Commissioner: Karin Åberg-Waern

FINLAND
Commissioner: Roy Mänttäri
Vice-Commissioner: Severi Blomstedt

Hannele Grönlund; Niko Sirola; Jyrki Tasa

NORWAY
Commissioner: Eva Madshus
Vice-Commissioner: Ulf Grønvold

Jan Olav Jensen and Børre Skodvin; Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk

SWEDEN
Commissioner: Karin Åberg-Waern
Vice-Commissioner: Bitte Nygren

BSK Arkitekter/Lise-Lott Söderlund with Svante Bergman;
Malin Kadesjö and Ulf Mangefors
Claesson Koivisto Rune/ Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto
and Ola Rune; Thomas Eriksson Arkitekter/ Thomas Eriksson;
Oscar Jansson and Henrietta Palmer
www.arkitekturmuseet.se
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POLAND
Architectures: meta structures of humanity, morphic strategies of exposure
Commissioner: Agnieszka Morawinska
Curator: Adam Budak
Vice-Commissioner: Ewa Wojciechowska

Zbigniew Oksiuta; Dominik Lejman; Jacek Dominiczak; Jurgen Mayer H., Coqui Malachowska-Coqui; Agnieszka Szultk; Piotr Nawara
with the special participation of Diller & Scofidio and Zvi Hecker
www.labiennale.art.pl
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PORTUGAL
Commissioner: Pedro Gadanho
Commissioner: Luis Tavares Pereira

Guedes + deCampo; Serôdio e Furtado Associados;
João Mendes Ribeiro; Promontório Arquitectos; Inês Lobo;
a.s* atelier de santos; Bernardo Rodrigues; Nuno Brandão Costa;
S'A Arquitectos; marcosandmarjan architects; Didier Fiuza Faustino;
Pedro Bandeira; Diogo Lopes /Nuno Cera; Rui Toscano; Augusto Alves da Silva
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Commissioner: CHUNG Guyon
Vice-Commissioners: KIM Bongryol; KIM Sunghong

KIM Kwangsoo; YOO Sukyeon; SONG Zeho
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
Commissioner: Andrej Hrausky
Curators: William J. Curtis; Miha Desman; Jurij Kobe;
Tomaz Krusec; Miljenko Licul; Ales Vodopivec
Vice-Commissioner: Aurora Fonda

Edvard Ravnikar (1907-1993)
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ROMANIA
SUPEROMANIA
Commissioner: Radu Taeca
Vice-Commissioner: Cosmina Goagea

PZP Arhitectura (Vadim Patriciu, Liviu Zagan, Andrei Panaitescu)
STARH (Florian Stanciu, Iulia Stanciu)
GRAPHIC STUDIO (Dragos Perju, Karoly Nemes, Remus Harsan)
ANDREESCU GAIVORONSCHI (Ioan Andreescu, Vlad Gaivoronschi)
ARTLINE (Radu Teaca); DSBA (Dorin Stefan)
MB STUDIO (Marius Marcu-Lapadat); Radu Mihailescu
PRODID (Serban Sturdza); Emil Barbu Popescu
WESTFOURTH ARCHITECTURE NEW YORK - BUCURESTI
(Vlad Arsene, Calin Negoescu)
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RUSSIA
Project Workshop Russia
Commissioner: Evghenij Zyablov
Curator: Evghenij Asse
www.labiennale.ru
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
ECO-LOGIC
Commissioner: Slobodan Danko Selinkic

Expedeitio Group; Krstac Site Specific Group; Dusan Vuksanovic
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SINGAPORE
Tropical Genteelity
Commissioner: Milton Tan; Vice-Commissioner: Paolo De Grandis
Curators: Lim Ee Man Joseph; Wong Yunn Chii; Wong Chong Thai Bobby

Akitek Tenggara; Arc10 Studio Architecture + Urbanism; Architects 61 Pte Ltd with Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; CPG Consultants Pte Ltd; DP Architects Pte Ltd with Michael Wilford Partners; Forum Architects; Kay Ngee Tan Architects; MAPS Design Studio; National Parks Board, Singapore; RSP Architects Planners Ingineers (Pte) Ltd; SCDA Architects Pte Ltd; Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd; W Architects Pte; WOHA Designs Pte Ltd
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SPAIN
Commissioner: Gerardo Ayala Hernández
Vice-Commissioner: Maria Concepción Calvo Campos
Curator: Estudio de Arquitectura Gerardo Ayala

Cesar Portela; Esteve Bonell/Jose Ma Gill; Carlos Ferrater; Roser Amadó/Lluis Domenech; Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra; Patxi Mangano; Justo García; José Antonio Carbajal; Estudio Cano - Pintos; Cesar Ruiz Larrea; Carlos Rubio Carvajal /Enrique Alvarez Sala; Javier Frechilla /José Manuel López Pelaez; Enrique Colomés; Gonzalo Moure; Basilio Tobias; Miguel Fisac; José Antonio Corrales; Manuel Gallego; Juan Navarro Baldeweg; Alberto Noguerol /Pilar Diez; Roberto Ercilla/ Miuel Ángel Campo; Eduardo de Miguel; Fernando Carrascal/ Jose Ma de la Puente; Elias Torres/ José Antonio Martinez Lapeña; Juan Ignacio Mera; Ignacio Mendaro; Jose Ramón Sierra
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SWITZERLAND
Larger Earth
Commissioner: Urs Staub

Christian Waldvogel
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UNITED KINGDOM
Commissioner: Emily Campbell
Commissioner: Andrea Rose
Curator: Peter Cook and Lucy Swift
Vice-Commissioner: Brendan Griggs

Ron Arad; Peter Cook, in collaboration with
Gavin Robotham; Kathryn Findlay; Future Systems; C.J. Lim;
Richard Murphy; John Pawson; Ian Ritchie; Caruso St John
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Transcending Type
Commissioner: Robert Ivy
Vice-Commissioner: Clifford Pearson
Vice-Commissioner: Suzanne Stephens

Kolatan/MacDonald Studio; Reiser + Umemoto;
Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis; George Yu Architects;
Studio/Gang/Architects; Predock_Frane
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Italo-Latin American Institute
Tropical Identity
Commissioner/Curator: Irma Arestizábal
Vice-Commissioner: Alessandra Bonanni
www.iila.org

COSTA RICA - Bruno Stagno
PANAMA - Frank O. Gehry
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
Architects
9th International Architecture Exhibition - METAMORPH

 
3XNielsen A/S
Kim Herforth Nielsen (1954, Soenderborg, Denmark). Lives and works in Århus, Denmark

Abalos & Herreros
Iñaki Abalos (1956, San Sebastián, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain
Juan Herreros (1958, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

Acconci Studio
Vito Acconci (1940, Bronx, New York). Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Adjaye & Associates
David Adjaye (1966, Dar-Es-Salam, Tanzania). Lives and works in London, UK

agps Architecture
Marc Angélil (1954, Alexandria, Egypt)
Sarah Graham (1951, Portland, Oregon, USA)
Manuel Scholl (1962, Zurich)
Reto Pfenninger (1963, Zurich)
Hanspeter Oester (1969, Zurich)

Alsop
William Alsop (1947, Northampton, UK). Lives and works in London, UK

Paul Andreu Architecte
Paul Andreu (1938, Bordeaux Caudéran, France). Lives and works in Paris and Tokyo

Ron Arad
(1951, Tel Aviv, Israel). Lives and works in London, UK

Archi - Tectonics
Winka Dubbeldam (1960, Netherlands). Lives and works in New York, USA

Architektur Consult ZT Gmbh
Günther Domenig (1934, Carinzia, Austria). Lives and works in Graz, Austria
Hermann Eisenköck (1954, Salisburgo, Austria). Lives and works in Graz, Austria
Herfried Peyker (1947, Carinzia, Austria). Lives and works in Graz, Austria

Wiel Arets Architects & Associates
Wiel Arets (1955, Heerlen, Netherlands). Lives and works in Maastricht, Netherlands
Bettina Kraus. Lives and works in Maastricht, Netherlands

ARGE Grazioli / Krischanitz GmbH
Adolf Krischanitz (1946, Schwarzach/Pongau, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Alfred Grazioli (1940). Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Arkitektfirmaet C.F. Møller
Tom Danielsen, Klavs Hyttel, Lars Kirkegaard, Anna Maria Indrio, Mads Møller, Klaus Toustrup, Lone Wiggers. Live and work in Copenhagen, Denmark

Asymptote
Lise Anne Couture (1959, Montreal, Canada). Lives and works in New York, USA
Hani Rashid (1958, Cairo, Egypt). Lives and works in New York, USA

Shigeru Ban Architects
Shigeru Ban (1957, Tokyo, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner
Gunther Behnisch (1922, Dresden, Germany). Lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany
Stefan Benhisch (1957, Stuttgart, Germany). Lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany
Gunther Schaller (1959, Neuhausen, Germany). Lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany

Mario Bellini Associati
Mario Bellini (1935, Milan, Italy). Lives and works in Milan, Italy

Berger + Parkkinen Architekten
Alfred Berger (1961, Salzsburg, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Tiina Parkkinen (1965, Vienna, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria

Andrea Branzi
(1938, Florence). Lives and works in Milan, Italy

Alberto Campo Baeza
Alberto Campo Baeza (1946, Valladolid, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain
Alberto Morell Sixto (1967, Madrid, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

Caruso St. John Architects
Adam Caruso (1962, Montreal, Canada). Lives and works in London, UK
Peter St John (1959, Farnborough, UK). Lives and works in London, UK

Centr Sovremennoj Architektury (CSA) - Ivan Leonidov

Cero9
Cristina Díaz Moreno (1971, Madrid, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain
Efrén García Grinda (1966, Madrid, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

David Chipperfield Architects
David Chipperfield (1953, London, UK). Lives and works in London, UK

Cibic & Partners
Aldo Cibic (1955, Schio, Italy). Lives and works in Vicenza and Milan, Italy

Claesson Koivisto Rune Arkitektkontor
Mårten Claesson (1970, Lidingö, Sweden). Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
Eero Koivisto (1958, Karlstad, Sweden). Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
Ola Rune (1963, Lycksele, Sweden). Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden

Claus en Kaan Architecten
Felix Claus (1956, Arnhem, Netherlands). Lives and works ind Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kees Kaan (1961, Breda, Netherlands). Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Coop Himmelb(l)au
Wolf D. Prix (1942, Vienna, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Helmut Swiczinsky (1944, Poznan, Poland). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria

dECOI
Mark Goulthorpe. Lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Christian de Portzamparc (1944, Casablanca, Morocco). Lives and works in Paris, France

Julien De Smedt & Bjarke Ingels / PLOT
Julien De Smedt. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
Bjarke Ingels. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

De Zwarte Hond
Jurjen van der Meer (1957). Lives and works in Groningen, Netherlands
Tjeerd Jellema. Lives and works in Groningen, Netherlands

Eladio Dieste
(1917 - 2000, Uruguay)

Diller & Scofidio
Elisabeth Diller (1954, Lodz, Poland). Lives and works in New York, USA
Ricardo Scofidio (1935, New York, Usa). Lives and works in New York, USA

EEA - Erick Van Egeraat Associated Architects
Erick van Egeraat (1956, Amsterdam, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, London, and Prague

Eisenman Architects
Peter Eisenman (1932, Newark, USA). Lives and works in New York, USA

EMBT Arquitectes Associats
Enric Miralles Moya (1955 - 2000 Spain).
Benedetta Tagliabue (1963, Milan, Italy). Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain

Shuhei Endo Architect Institut
Shuhei Endo (1960, Provincia di Shiga, Japan). Lives and works in Osaka, Japan

EOM Eric Owen Moss Architects
Eric Owen Moss (1943, Los Angeles, USA). Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA

Carlos Ferrater
(1944, Barcelona, Spain). Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain

F.O. Field Operations
James Corner (1960, Manchester, UK). Lives and works in New York, USA

Foreign Office Architects Ltd
Alejandro Zaera-Polo (1963, Madrid, Spain). Lives and works in London, UK
Farshid Moussavi (1965, Tehran, Iran). Lives and works in London, UK

Foster & Partners Architects and Design
Sir Norman Foster (1935, Manchester, UK). Lives and works in London, UK

Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto
Massimiliano Fuksas (1944, Rome, Italy). Lives and works in Rome and Paris
Doriana O. Mandrelli (Rome). Lives and works in Rome and Paris

Ga.A Architects
Moongyu Choi (1961, Korea). Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Manuelle Gautrand (1961, France). Lives and works in Paris, France

Frank O. Gehry & Associates Inc
Frank O. Gehry (1929, Toronto, Canada). Lives and works in Santa Monica, USA

Volker Giencke
(1947, Carinzia, Austria). Lives and works in Graz, Austria

Gigon/Guyer
Annette Gigon (1959, Herisau, Switzerland). Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland
Mike Guyer (1958, Columbus, Ohio, Usa). Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland

Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners
Nicholas Grimshaw (1939, Hove, UK). Lives and works in London, UK

Vicente Guallart Architecture
Vicente Guallart (1963, Valencia, Spain). Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain

Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid (1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Lives and works in London, UK

Zvi Hecker
(1931, Cracovia, Poland). Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Heneghan.Peng.Architects
Roisin Heneghan. Lives and works in Dublin, Ireland
Shih-Fu Peng. Lives and works in Dublin, Ireland

HLT Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S
Henning Larsens (1925, Denmark). Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl (1947, Bremerton, Washington, USA). Lives and works in New York, USA

Hopkins Architects
Live and work in London, UK

Ingenhoven und Partner
Christoph Ingenhoven (1960, Düsseldorf, Germany). Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany

Arata Isozaki & Associates
Arata Isozaki (1931, Oita City, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Toyo Ito (1941, Seoul, Korea). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Jakob+MacFarlane
Dominique Jakob (1966, Paris, France). Lives and works in Paris, France
Brendan MacFarlane (1961, Christchurch, New Zealand). Lives and works in Paris, France

Klaus Kada
(1940, Leibnitz, Austria). Lives and works in Graz and Aachen

Tom Kovac
(1958, Celje, Slovenia). Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia

Kengo Kuma & Associates
Kengo Kuma (1954, Kanagawa, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

KOL/MAC Studio
Sulan Kolatan (1958, Istanbul, Turkey). Lives and works in New York, USA
William J. Mac Donald (1956, Milford, Massachusetts, USA). Lives and works in New York, USA

Lab Architecture Studio
Donald Bates (1955, Hereford, Texas, USA). Lives and works in Melbourne and London
Peter Davidson ( 1955, Waratah, South Wales, Australia). Lives and works in Melbourne and London

Leeser Architecture
Thomas Leeser (1952, Frankfurt, Germany). Lives and works in New York, USA

Studio Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind (1946, Poland). Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma A/S
Boje Lundgaard (1943, Denmark). Lives and works in København K, Denmark
Lene Tranberg (1956, Denmark). Lives and works in København K, Denmark

Greg Lynn FORM
Greg Lynn (1964, Vermilion, Ohio, USA). Lives and works in Venice, California, USA

Maki and Associates
Fumihiko Maki (1928, Tokyo, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos
Luis M. Mansilla (1959, Madrid, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain
Emilio Tuñón (1958, Madrid, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

Martinez Lapeña and Torres Arquitectos SL
José Antonio Martínez Lapeña (1941, Tarragona, Spain). Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain
Elías Torres Tur (1944, Ibiza, Spain). Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain

Mass Studies
Minsuk Cho (1966, Korea). Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

Maxwan
Rients Dijkstra (1961, Den Haag, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Jürgen Mayer H.
(1965, Stuttgart, Germany). Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP
Richard Meier (1934, New Jersey, USA). Lives and works in New York, USA

Rafael Moneo
(1937, Navarra, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

Morphosis
Thom Mayne (1944, Connecticut, USA). Lives and works in Santa Monica, California, USA

MVRDV
Winy Maas (1959, Scijndel, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Rijs (1964, Amsterdam, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nathalie de Vries (1965, Appingedam, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Navarro Baldeweg Asociados, S.L.
Juan Navarro Baldeweg (1939, Santander, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

Neutelings Riedijk Architecten BV
Willem Jan Neutelings (1959, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Michiel Riedijk (1964, Geldrop, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Knud Fladeland Nielsen
(1953, Nykøbing M, Denmark). Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

NL Architects
Pieter Bannenberg (1959). Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Walter van Dijk (1962). Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kamiel Klaasse (1967). Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mark Linnemann (1962). Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel (1945, Fumel Lot-et-Garonne, France). Lives and works in Paris, France

Marcos Novak
(1957, Caracas, Venezuela). Lives and works in Venice, California, USA

NOX
Lars Spuybroek (1959, Rotterdam, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ocean D
Robert Elfer (1964, Montreal, Canada) and Kevin Cespedes (1970, Miami, USA). Live and work in Boston, USA
Wade Stevens (1971, Louisville, KY, USA). Lives and works in New York, USA
Tom Verebes (1965, Montreal, Canada). Lives and works in London, UK

Ocean North
Michael Hensel, Tuuli Sotamaa, Kivi Sotamaa, Birger Sevaldson, Achim Menges.
Live and work in London, UK

ODBC Odile Decq - Benoît Cornette Architectes
Odile Decq (1955, Laval, France). Lives and works in Paris, France
Benoît Cornette (1953-1998, France)

Ofis. Architekti
Roc Oman (1970). Lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Spela Videcnik (1971). Lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia

ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd]
Kas Oosterhuis (1951, Amersfoort, Netherlands). Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Patterns
Marcelo Spina (1970, Rosario, Argentina). Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Georgina Huljich (1974, Rosario, Argentina). Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA

Penezic & Rogina
Vinko Penezic (1959, Zagreb, Croatia). Lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia
Kresimir Rogina (1959, Rijeka, Croatia). Lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia

Dominique Perrault
(1953 Cler Monte- Ferrand, France). Lives and works in Paris, France

Renzo Piano Building Workshop s.r.l.
Renzo Piano, 1937, Genova, Italy). Lives and works in Genova, Italy

Boris Podrecca
(1940, Belgrado, Repubblica Federale di Jugoslavia). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria

PTW Architects
John Bilmon, Chris Bosse, Mark Butler, Kurt Wagner. Live and work in Sidney, Australia

Querkraft
Jakob Dunkl (1963, Frankfurt, Germany). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Gerd Erhartt (1964, Vienna, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Peter Sapp (1961, Linz, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Michael Zinner (1965, St.Lorenzen/Mürztal, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria

R&Sie Architects
Francois Roche (1961, Paris, France). Lives and works in Paris, France
Stephanie Lavaux (1966, Reunion Island). Lives and works in Paris, France
Jean Navarro (1971, Neuilly, France). Lives and works in Paris, France

Dagmar Richter
(1955). Lives and works in Santa Monica, California, USA

Richard Rogers Partnership
Richard Rogers (1933, Florence, Italy). Lives and works in London, UK

RoTo Architects
Michael Rotondi (1949). Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Clark Stevens. Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA

RUR Architecture PC
Jesse Reiser (1958, Manhattan, New York, USA). Lives and works in New York, USA
Nanako Umemoto (Kyoto, Japan). Lives and works in New York, USA

S&Aa
Dolores Palacios (1961, Madrid Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain
Federico Soriano Pelaez (1961, Madrid, Spain). Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

Sadar Vuga Architecti D.O.O.
Jurij Sadar (1963, Celje, Slovenia). Lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bostjan Vuga (1966, Nova Gorica, Slovenia). Lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Michele Saee
(1956, Tehran, Iran). Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA

Sanaksenaho Architects
Matti Sanaksenaho (1966, Helsinki, Finland). Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
Pirjo Sanaksenaho (1966, Turku, Finland). Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

SARC Architects Ltd
Parlotta Narjus (1966, Turku, Finland). Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
Antti-Matti Siikala (1964, Turku, Finland). Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten
Matthias Sauerbruch (1955, Costanza, Germany). Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Louisa Hutton (1957, Norwich, UK). Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Schmidt Hammer & Lassen
Morten Schmidt (1956). Lives and works in Århus, Denmark
Bjarne Hammer (1955). Lives and works in Århus, Denmark
John F. Lassen (1953). Lives and works in Århus, Denmark
Kim Holst Jensen (1964). Lives and works in Århus, Denmark

Massimo Scolari
(1943, Novi Ligure, Alessandria, Italy). Lives and works in Venice, Italy

Preston Scott Cohen
(1961, Asheville, North Carolina, USA). Lives and works in Boston, USA

Makoto Sei Watanabe Architects' Office
Makoto Sei Watanabe (1952, Yokohama, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA
Kazuyo Sejima (1956, Ibaraki Province, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Ryue Nishizawa (1966, Tokyo, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Servo
David Erdman, Marcelyn Gow, Ulrika Karlsson, Chris Perry.
Live and work in Los Angeles, Zurich, New York and Stockholm

SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli
William Sharples, Coren Sharples, Christopher Sharples, Gregg Pasquarelli, Kimberly J. Holden. Live and work in New York, USA

Álvaro Siza Vieira
(1933, Matosinhos, Portugal). Lives and works in Porto, Portugal

SLA Stig L. Anderson Landskabsarkitekter
Stig L. Anderson. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

Slade Architecture
James Slade (1966, USA). Lives and works in New York, USA

Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects
Henry Smith-Miller (1942). Lives and works in New York, USA
Laurie Hawkinson (1953). Lives and works in New York, USA

Snøhetta
Ole Gustavsen. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway

SOM - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Duffy Roger. Lives and works in New York, USA
Lee Brian. Lives and works in San Francisco, USA

Michael Sorkin Studio
Michael Sorkin (1956, Washington, DC, Usa). Lives and works in New York, USA

Souto Moura Architectos Lda
Eduardo Souto de Moura (1952, Porto, Portugal). Lives and works in Porto, Portugal

Takaharu+Yui Tezuka/Tezuka Architects, Masahiro Ikeda/MIAS
Takaharu Tezuka (1964, Tokyo, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Yui Tezuka (1969, Kanagawa, Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Masahiro Ikeda. Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

TEN Arquitectos
Taller de Enrique Norten (1954, Mexico City). Lives and works in Mexico City and New York

the next ENTERprise
Ernst J. Fuchs (1963, Anras, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Marie Therese Harnoncourt (1967, Graz, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria

Wolfgang Tschapeller
(1956, Dölsach, Austria). Lives and works in Vienna, Austria

Bernard Tschumi Architects
Bernard Tschumi (1944, Losanna, Switzerland). Lives and works in New York, USA

UN Studio
Ben van Berkel (1957, Utrecht, Netherlands). Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Caroline Bos. Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Urban Future Organization
Andrew Wai Tat-Yau, Arjan Scheer, Claudio Lucchesi, Denis Balent, Jonas Lundberg, Kia, Larsdotter, Peco Mulet Velasco, Steve Hardy, Theodoros Kannelloupolos.
Live and work in London, UK

René van Zuuk Architekten bv
René van Zuuk (1962). Lives and works in Almere, Netherlands

Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
Rafael Viñoly (1944, Montevideo, Uruguay). Lives and works in New York, USA

West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
Adriaan Geuze, Edzo Bindels, Martin Biewenga, Jerry van Eyck, Theo Reesink. Live and work in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Wilhelmson Arkitekter AB
Anders Wilhelmson (1955, Bofors, Sweden). Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden

Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Chris Wilkinson (1945, Amersham, UK). Lives and works in London, UK
James Eyre. Lives and works in London, UK

Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor AB
Gert Wingårdh (1951, Skövde, Sweden). Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden

Xefirotarch
Hernan Diaz-Alonso (1969, Buenos Aires, Argentina). Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA



Episodes

Armin Linke
(1966, Milan, Italy). Lives and works in Milan, Italy

Giovanni Chiaramonte
(1948, Varese, Italy). Lives and works in Milan, Italy