66 National Participations

Albania
Commissioner: Blendi Gonxhja, Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation
Curator: Anneke Abhelakh
Exhibitors: 51N4E; Aires Mateus e Associados; Álvaro Siza; Andrea Caputo; Anupama Kundoo Architects; Archea Associati; Archi-Tectonics; arquitectura G; Barozzi Veiga; baukuh; Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT Architects; BIG; BOLLES+WILSON; Camilo Rebelo; Casanova+Hernandez; CEBRA; Christian Kerez; CHYBIK + KRISTOF; CITYFÖRSTER; Coldefy; Davide Macullo Architects; DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO; EAA Emre Arolat Architecture; Eduardo Souto De Moura; Elemental Architecture; Ensamble Studio; Estudi d'arquitectura Toni Gironès Saderra; GG-loop; Groupwork; Herzog & de Meuron; Kengo Kuma & Associates; KUEHN MALVEZZI; Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture; Mario Cucinella Architects; MASS STUDIES; MVRDV; NOA; OFFICE; OMA; OODA; Oppenheim Architecture; RCR Arquitectes; Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura; Sam Chermayeff Office; SelgasCano; Shigeru Ban Architects + Jean de Gastines; Stefano Boeri Architetti; Steven Holl Architects; Studio Fuksas; Studio Gang; Studio Precht; Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects; XDGA; Yashar Architects
Venue: Arsenale

Argentina
Siestario
Commissioner: Ambassador Alejandra Pecoraro
Curators/Exhibitors: Juan Manuel Pachué, Marco Zampieron
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi

Armenia
Microarchitecture through Al: Making New Memories with Ancient Monuments
Commissioner: Svetlana Sahakyan, Director of the Department of Modern Art in the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
Curator: Marianna Karapetyan
Exhibitors: Electric Architects, TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Ari Melenciano, CALFA, and Monumed
Venue: Tesa 41, Arsenale di Venezia, Fondamenta Case Nuove 2738/C

Australia
Home
Commissioner: Australian Institute of Architects
Exhibitors: Dr Michael Mossman, Emily McDaniel, Jack Gillmer-Lilley, Kaylie Salvatori, Clarence Slockee, Bradley Kerr and Elle Davidson
Venue: Giardini

Austria
Agency For Better Living
Commissioner: The Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Curator: Michael Obrist, Sabine Pollak and Lorenzo Romito
Venue: Giardini

Azerbaijan***
Equilibrium. Patterns of Azerbaijan
Commissioner: Ambassador Rashad Aslanov
Curator: Nigar Gardashkhanova
Exhibitors: ADEC - Azerbaijan Development Company, Simmetrico Architettura, Adalat Mammadov, Novruz Mammadov
Venue: Campo della Tana, Castello 2127/A

Bahrain
Heatwave
Commissioner: Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, President Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities
Curator: Andrea Faraguna
Exhibitors: Andrea Faraguna, Wafa Al Ghatam, Eman Ali, Alexander Puzrin, Mario Monotti
Venue: Arsenale

Belgium
Building Biospheres
Commissioner: Flanders Architecture Institute
Curators: Bas Smets, Stefano Mancuso
Exhibitors: Bureau Bas Smets (Bas Smets, Eva De Meersman, Luka Cockx, Erik De Waele), University of Ghent (Kathy Steppe), Plant AnalytiX (Dirk De Pauw), Elmēs, Maud Gerard Goossens, Henri Uijtterhaegen, Panta, Lisa Mandelartz and Steven Schenk with Lisa De Visscher and Petrus Kemme
Venue: Giardini

Brazil
Re(Invention)
Commissioner: Andrea Pinheiro, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Curators: Luciana Saboia, Eder Alencar and Matheus Seco (Plano Coletivo)
Venue: Giardini

Bulgaria
Pseudonature
Commissioner: Alexander Staynov
Curator: Iassen Markov
Exhibitors: Technobeton, Rosie Eisor
Venue: Sala Tiziano, Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Fondamenta Delle Zattere Ai Gesuati 919

Canada
Picoplanktonics
Commissioner: Canada Council for the Arts
Curator/Exhibitor: Living Room Collective (Andrea Shin Ling, Nicholas Hoban, Vincent Hui and Clayton Lee)
Venue: Giardini

Chile
Reflective Intelligences
Commissioner: Cristóbal Molina (Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of Chile)
Curators: Serena Dambrosio, Nicolás Díaz Bejarano, Linda Schilling Cuellar
Venue: Arsenale

China
co-exist
Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd.
Curator: Ma Yansong
Exhibitors: Atelier Alter Architects PLLC (Zhang Yingfan, Bu Xiaojun), Drawing Architecture Studio (Li Han, Hu Yan, Zhang Xintong), Long Ying Research Group, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University (Long Ying, Zhao Huimin, Hong Qiyuan, Zhang Yecheng), MAD Architect, People's Architecture Office (He Zhe, James Hai Yan Shen, Zang Feng), Wang Zigeng (Central Academy of Fine Arts), Red Product Design Center, School of Communication & Design, China Academy of Art (Jiang Jun, Liu Yihong, Tan Bin, Zhang Yushen, Li Shiqi, Fang Minglu, Wu Xiaoli, Gu Wenhao, Ruan Qianyu), [S]Equilibrium Lab, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Wang Shuaizhong, Zhu Yuanlong, Mei Yalan, Lin Kaiyi, Li Yangzhi, Xie Zhuoyan, Zhao Hanbing), Tencent Research Institute (Liu Qiong, Wang Peng, Zhang Yi, Liu Moxian, Li Ruilong, Xu Yiping, Chen Chuyi), WAY Studio (Zheng Tao, Fernie Lai, Zhang Zequn, Wang Tianmo, Du Yichao, Li Xudong)
Venue: Arsenale

Cyprus
(To the Stones) we lent you our breath and you whispered it back to the earth
Commissioner: Petros Dymiotis, Cultural Officer at the Department of Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture
Curators: Sevina Floridou, Nicola Mitropoulou & Clara Zinecker, Fisherwomxn (Seta Astreou Karides, Miriam Gatt, Ioulita Toumazi) and Aaron Gatt
Exhibitors: Terract Salamiou (Argyris Panayiotou, Panayiotis Panayiotou, Vasiliki Petropoulou-Panayiotou), Aaron Gatt, Fisherwomxn (Seta Astreou Karides, Miriam Gatt, Ioulita Toumazi), Sevina Floridou, Nicola Mitropoulou & Clara Zinecker
Venue: Associazione Culturale Spiazzi, Castello 3865

Croatia
lntelligence of Errors
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Curator: Ida Križaj Leko
Exhibitors: Institute of Errors (Ana Boljar, Jana Čulek, Ida Križaj Leko, Marino Krstačić-Furić, Iva Peručić, Ana Tomić, Marko-Luka Zubčić)
Venue: Arsenale

Denmark
Build of Site
Commissioner: Kent Martinussen, Danish Architecture Centre
Curator/Exhibitor: Soren Pihlmann
Venue: Giardini

Egypt
Let’s Grasp the Mirage
A Game of Delicate Balance from a Small Egyptian Oasis to a Big Planet
Commissioner: Egyptian Ministry of Culture - Academy of Egypt
Curators/Exhibitors: Salah Zikri, Ebrahim Zakaria, Emad Fikry
Venue: Giardini

Estonia
Let me warm you
Commissioner: Johanna Jõekalda
Curators/Exhibitors: Keiti Lige, Elina Liiva, Helena Männa
Venue: Castello 1611, Riva dei Sette Martiri

Finland
The Pavilion – Architecture of Stewardship
Commissioner: Katarina Siltavuori, Archinfo – Information Centre for Finnish Architecture
Curators: Ella Kaira, Matti Jänkälä
Exhibitors: Merle Karp, Jussi Hertz, Antti Auvinen, Samuli Saarinen
Venue: Giardini

France
Living With / Vivre Avec
Commissioner: Institut français, operator of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture
Curators: Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane, Éric Daniel-Lacombe, Martin Duplantier
Exhibitors: Jakob+MacFarlane Architects, Silvio d'Ascia, RMC; Éric Daniel Lacombe, Martin Duplantier Architectes; AIR Architectures, mahl gebhard konzepte, Assemble, BC Architects & Studies & Materials, Ostrowski Demuyter Architectes, Atelier Pascal Gontier, l’AUC, Fagart&Fontana, Mosbach Paysagistes, Beirut Urban Lab, Boonserm Premthada (Bangkok Project Studio), La Cabina de la Curiosidad, Corinne Vezzoni et Associés, Khoury Arquitetura, Ehsan Baharlou, David Carr, Ji Ma (University of Virginia), Guinée*Potin Architectes, Hérault Arnod Architectures, INterland, Atelier Iris Chervet, Urban Water, Kashef Chowdhury/Urbana, Collectif Make It Rain, Les Marneurs, MCBAD architecture & urban design, Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation + Miguel Mesa del Castillo, redhouse studio, Kamau Architects, Renewal Development, Philippe Rahm architectes, Ro3kvit urban coalition for Ukraine, Zotov&Co, Big City Lab & Pulpa, MRIIA, Greenpeace, Studio Paola Viganò, atelier philippemadec / (apm) & associés, Richez_Associés, Franck Boutté Consultants, ruée, Salima Naji, Studio Gang, tectone architectes urbanistes, terrain: integral designs, archibrand, Thibaud Babled Architectures, THINK TANK architecture paysage urbanisme, TITAN, Jacques Rougerie, Sempervirens, Toyo Ito, Hideaki Katsura, Kaoru Suehiro, Masashi Sogabe, Toyo Ito & Associates, Office of Kumiko Inui, Sou Fujimoto Architects; Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office, SANAA, Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop, o+h, Klein Dytham architecture, Contemporaries, Tetsuo Kondo Architects, Fumio Uchida, Hideo Nishiyama, Michiko Okano Architects, EIKA studio, PERSIMMON HILLS architects, Kaori Shikichi, Ayaka Matsuda, Kohei Kudo & Associates, Kazuyo Sejima , Trung Mai / Ad hoc Practice, Triptyque, Duncan Lewis Architectes, WZMH Architects, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-La Villette, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Marseille, Kharkiv School of Architecture, Ain Shams University, Université Française d’Égypte, Prince Sultan University, Southern California Institute of Architecture, École Africaine des Métiers de l’Architecture et de l’Urbanisme
Venue: Giardini

Germany
Stresstest
Commissioner: Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building
Curators: Nicola Borgmann, Elisabeth Endres, Gabriele G. Kiefer, Daniele Santucci
Exhibitors: A24 Landschaft, ADEPT, Agence Ter, Atelier Descombes Rampini, atelier le balto, Atelier Loidl, Barkow Leibinger, bgmr Landschaftsarchitekten, Christoph Brech, capattistaubach urbane landschaften, Christoph Hesse Architects, David Chipperfield Architects, EMF landscape architects, Foster + Partners, GemüseheldInnen Frankfurt, Glück Landschaftsarchitektur, GROSS.MAX. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, Grüntuch Ernst Architects, gruppe F | Freiraum für alle, Henning Larsen, IN SITU - Paysages et urbanisme, Hanns Joosten, Karres en Brands, Landschaftsarchitektur+, LOLA Landscape Architects, MAN MADE LAND, MTD Landschapsarchitecten, MVRDV, POLA Landscape Architects, raderschallpartner, rajek barosch landschaftsarchitektur, relais Landschaftsarchitekten, RMP Stephan Lenzen Landschaftsarchitekten, Julian Rosefeldt, Sauerbruch Hutton, Schønherr, Site Practice, SLA, Stefan Tischer | Landscape Architect, Studio Vulkan Landschaftsarchitektur, TOPOTEK 1, Uniola, Valentien + Valentien, Vogt Landscape Architects, Wagon Landscaping, WES LandschaftsArchitektur, ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles]
Venue: Giardini

Great Britain
GBR: Geology of Britannic Repair
Commissioner: Sevra Davis British Council
Curators: Owen Hopkins, Kathryn Yusoff, Kabage Karanja, Stella Mutegi
Exhibitors: cave_bureau, Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), Mae Ling Lokko & Gustavo Crembil, Thandi Loewenson
Venue: Giardini

Greece
Intelligens Historica
Commissioner: Efthimios Bakogiannis, the Secretary General for Regional Planning and Urban Environment of the Ministry of the Environment & Energy
Curators/Exhibitors: Nikos Skoutelis, Elisabetta Molteni, Klimis Aslanidis, Antonis Karamitrou, Anna Tsitonaki
Venue: Giardini

Grenada
Echoes of Knowledge: Reawakening the National Library
Commissioner: Susan Mains
Curators: Luisa Flora e Fulvio Caputo
Exhibitors: Irina Kostka, Giulia Conti and Alessandro Virgilio Mosetti
Venue: La Toletta Spazioeventi, Fondamenta Borgo, 1134

Holy See
Opera aperta
Commissioner: Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Holy See's Dicastery for Culture and Education
Curators: Marina Otero Verzier, Giovanna Zabotti
Exhibitors: Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, MAIO Architects
Venue: Complesso di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Fondamenta S. Gioacchin, Castello 450

Hungary
There is Nothing to See Here
Commissioner: Julia Fabényi, Director Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Curator: Márton Pintér
Exhibitors: Attila Bujdosó, Dániel Gryllus, Vilmos Gryllus, Máté Győrffy, Péter Janesch, Csaba Kelemen, Áron Losonczi, Péter Pozsár, Balázs Radványi, Balázs Rajcsányi, Krisztina Regős, Imre Rimóczi, Ernő Rubik, Ádám Somlai-Fischer and family, Balázs Tompa, Judit Varga, Pál Varsányi
Venue: Giardini

Iceland
Lavaforming
Commissioner: Halla Helgadóttir, Iceland Design and Architecture
Curator: Arnhildur Pálmadóttir
Exhibitor: s.ap architects
Venue: Castello 2125 (Ramo de la Tana)

Ireland
Assembly
Commissioner: Culture Ireland in partnership with the Arts Council of Ireland
Curator: Cotter & Naessens Architects
Exhibitor: Cotter & Naessens Architects with Luke Naessens, David Stalling, Michelle Delea and Alan Meredith
Venue: Arsenale

Italy
Terræ Aquæ. L’Italia e l’intelligenza del mare
Commissioner: Angelo Piero Cappello
Curator: Guendalina Salimei
Venue: Arsenale

Japan
In-Between
Commissioner: The Japan Foundation
Curator: Jun Aoki
Exhibitors: Tamayo Iemura, Asako Fujikura + Takahiro Ohmura, SUNAKI (Toshikatsu Kiuchi and Taichi Sunayama)
Venue: Giardini

Korea (Republic of)
Little Toad, Little Toad: Unbuilding Pavilion
Commissioner: Arts Council Korea
Curators: CAC (Dahyoung Chung, Heejung Kim, Sungkyu Jung)
Exhibitors: Hyunjong Kim (ATELIER KHJ), Heechan Park (Studio Heech), Yena Young (Plastique Fantastique), Dammy Lee (Flora and Fauna)
Venue: Giardini

Kosovo
Emerging Assemblages: Navigating Shifting Ecologies
Commissioner: National Gallery of Kosovo
Curator/Exhibitor: Erzë Dinarama
Venue: Arsenale

Kuwait
Kaynuna
Commissioner: Abdulaziz AI-Mazeedi (Head of Design and Planning Division of the NCCAL
Curators: Hamad Alkhaleefi, Naser Ashour, Rabab Raes Kazem, Mohammad Kassem
Exhibitors: Ahmad Almutawa, Alya Aly, Batool Ashour, Dalal AlDayel, Dana AlMathkoor, Danah Alhasan, Danah El-Madhoun, Essa Alfarhan, Fatemah Alzaid, Fatima Alsulaiman, Hasan Almatrouk, Haya Alfadhli, Haya Alnibari, Hussain Alkazemi, Khaled Alanjery, Khaled Mohamed, Noor Abdulkhaleq, Nour Alkheder, Nour Jafar, Qutaiba Buyabes, Sakinah Muqeem, Sulaiman Al-Bader, Yasmeen Abdal, Zahra Al-Mahdi, Zainab Murtadhawi
Venue: Tesa 42, Arsenale di Venezia, Fondamenta Case Nuove 2738/C

Latvia
Landscape of defence
Commissioner: Jānis Dripe, The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Curators: Liene Jākobsone & Ilka Ruby
Exhibitor: SAMPLING (Manten Devriendt, Liene Jākobsone) & NOMAD (Marija Katrīna Dambe, Florian Betat)
Venue: Arsenale

Lebanon
The Land Remembers
Commissioner: Wassim El Naghi, Ministry of Culture (MOC) Curators: Collective For Architecture Lebanon (CAL): Edouard Souhaid, Shereen Doummar, Elias Tamer, Lynn Chamoun
Exhibitors: Karim Emile Bitar, Rami Zurayk, Public Works Studio, Green Southerners, Mohamed Choucair Earth Preservation Project, Aude Abou Nasr, Munira Khayyat, Jala Makhzoumi, The Other Dada, Leila Darwish, Jouzour Loubnan, Amy Chiniara, Charbel Samuel Aoun
Venue: Arsenale

Lithuania
Architreetecture
Commissioner: Jūratė Tutlytė
Curator: Gintaras Balčytis
Exhibitors: Albinas Čepys, Algimantas Lėckas, Ona Lozuraitytė, Petras Išora, Gabrielė Ubarevičiūtė, Giedrius Mamavičius, Gabrielė Černiavskaja, Gintaras Balčytis, Lina Pranaitytė & Urtė Pakers [“Bionics”], Paulius Vaitiekūnas, Andrius Pukis, Kęstutis Lanauskas
Venue: Santa Maria dei Derelitti, Ospedaletto Complex, Barbaria delle Tole – Castello 6691

Luxembourg
Sonic Investigations
Commissioner: Kultur | lx- Arts Council Luxembourg and luca - Luxembourg Center for Architecture, on behalf of the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture
Curators: Valentin Bansac, Mike Fritsch, Alice Loumeau
Exhibitors: Valentin Bansac, Ludwig Berger, Mike Fritsch, Alice Loumeau, Peter Szendy
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi

Mexico
Chinampa Veneta
Commissioner: José María Bilbao Rodríguez
Curators/Exhibitors: Ignacio Urquiza Seoane (Estudio IUAPdA), Ana Paula Ruiz Galindo, Mecky Reuss (Pedro&Juana), Sana Frini, Jachen Schleich (Locus), María Marín de Buen, Lucio Usobiaga Hegewisch and Nathalia Muguet
Venue: Arsenale, Sale d'Armi

Montenegro
Terram intelligere
Commissioner: Mirjana Đurišić
Curator: Miljana Zeković
Venue: ArteNova Campo San Lorenzo 5063

Morocco
Materiae Palimpseste
Commissioner: Mohammed Benyaacoub
Curators/Exhibitors: Khalil Morad El Ghilali and El Mehdi Belyasmine
Venue: Arsenale