UAE wins Golden Lion for best pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale
Breaking news: United Arab Emirates' Wetland pavilion curated by Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale.
The UAE pavilion, which investigates using salt as an alternative to Portland cement, was named the winner of the Golden Lion today.
United Arab Emirates' Wetland pavilion won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation
Named Wetland, the pavilion won the award for its focus on the construction possibilities of waste materials.
"[It] encourages us to think about the relationship between waste and production at both the local and global scales, and opens to new construction possibilities between craft and high technology," said the judges. Alongside the UAE's Wetland pavilion, the contributions from Russia and the Philippines were awarded special mentions.
The UAE's pavilion investigates the use of salt as a construction material
German studio Raumlaborberlin also received a Golden Lion for its installation Instances of Urban Practice, which was deemed to be the best contribution to the biennale's main exhibition.
Curated by Hashim Sarkis, the exhibition was based on the theme How will we live together"
The Silver Lion for "a promising young participant" was awarded to Amsterdam-based Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory (FAST) for its Watermelons, Sardines, Crabs, Sands, and Sediments: Border Ecologies and the Gaza Strip installati...
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