The Italian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale of Architectural Design 2018 focusses on a lesser known reality of Italy, the constellation, or archipelago, as Biennale President Paolo Baratta calls it, of the 4000 small towns and villages scattered around the peninsula.
According to Mario Cucinella, the exhibition curator, the idea is to turn the spotlight on the architects who work to redesign and re-qualify small town piazzas and historic buildings always attempting to create a relationship between history and contemporary reality.
The five strategic areas that have been chosen to demonstrate this principle are: Barbagia in Sardinia, the Belice Valley (Sicily), Matera with relationship to the Basento Valley (Puglia), and the earthquake-stricken areas of Camerino (Marche) and the Casentinesi Forest of Tuscany.
The theme of the Italian Pavilion echoes the wider theme of the 16 th edition of the Biennale. Entitled Free Space, the 71 international projects on display concentrate, in fact, on new revolutionary proposals for the creating of community spaces connected with daily life.
The present edition sees an increase in participation with 64 foreign pavilions, including new entries like Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Lebanon, Pakistan, Antigua & Barbuda and the Vatican State.
Until 25 November 2018
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