Venice Architecture Biennale 2016
15th International Architecture Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. 28 May - 27 November 2016. Title: Reporting from the Front. Artistic director: Alejandro Aravena.
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With the National Union of Sahrawi Women
Western Sahara - Redefining the architecture of a refugee camp as the identity of a nation (yet to be)
(…) Tents and mud not only allowed mutually exclusive choice between temporary or quality buildings to dissolve, but also unexpectedly paved a new way. Instead of constituting a place where refugees are temporarily housed while they wait endlessly to be accepted elsewhere, the right typology and the right material allowed a camp to become the foundation of a national identity.
(From the Curator's Rationale)
Venue: Tent in front of the Central Pavilion - Giardini
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
15th International Architecture Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. 28 May - 27 November 2016. Title: Reporting from the Front. Artistic director: Alejandro Aravena.