Venice Architecture Biennale German Pavilion 2018, Unbuilding Walls Exhibition in Italy, Design
Venice Biennale German Pavilion 2018
?Unbuilding Walls? Architecture Exhibition in Italy – Curators, Dates, News
23 May 2018
Pavilion of Germany at Venice Biennale 2018
Pavilion of Germany at Venice Biennale 2018
UNBUILDING WALLS
For 28 years, Germany has been united ? exactly as long as the Berlin Wall existed (1961?1989). On the occasion of this parallel, GRAFT and Marianne Birthler are curating the exhibition ?Unbuilding Walls? at the German Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice.
The exhibition responds to current debates on nations, protectionism and division and explores the effects of division and the process of healing as a dynamic spatial phenomenon.
With reference to ?Freespace,? the central theme of the Architecture Biennale proposed by Grafton Architects, special focus will be given to outstanding examples of urban and architectural design that address aspects of division and integration. By analyzing architectural projects on the former border strip, the question of what happened on this unprecedented void in the middle of a new capital will be examined. The heterogeneity of the multitude of approaches, typologies, protago- nists, and results show the breadth of architectural debates and solutions.

Taking the experience of the inner-German Wall as a starting point, the exhibition will also examine historical as well as current b...