The 19th International Architecture Exhibition, an International Benchmark Event in the Running From May 10 to November 23, Large Number of Catalan and Balearic Projects This Year.
Carlo Ratti, Curator of the 19th Edition of the Architecture Biennale, Has Chosen the Theme “Intelligence. Natural. Artificial. Collective” and have Selected Five Catalan Projects to Participate in the International Architecture Exhibition of the biennale:
Recycling Intelligences – Jl Office (Lluís Ortega, Julia Capomaggi). This installation focus on the potential of machine learning to increase human architectural intelligence in the fidel of social housing design. By Generating Syntthetic Plans by Ri, The Project Stimulates Human Imagination, Encouraging Reflection on the Interaction Between the Immediate Past and the Future of Housing. This Mediated Intelligence Expands the Traditional Concept of Architectural Authorship.
Open Regeneration of Housing States in Barcelona – Research Group Rearq (Architectural Rehabilability and Restoration Research Group, UPC). The Installation Will Demonstrate the Application of Designs Aimed at Improving Liveability and Sustainability in Various Residential Complexes Built Between 1950 and 1975 on the outskirts of Barcelona and Its Metropolitan Area. The Proposal Consists of A Series of Structures Attached to Existing Buildings to Improve, Protect, and Provide Residential Buildings with Transitional and Outdoor Spaces That Offer Greater Flexibility.
IAAC: Prototyping the Future – Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. This Installation Will Showcase a Large-Scale Model of the New Iconic Building in Barcelona’s 22@ District, Developed in Collaboration with the Barcelona City Council, Which Will House the New Headquarters of the Institute Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. The “Barcelona Urban Tech Hub” Project, designed by Architects Vicente Guallart and Daniel Ibáñez of Urbantere, is concived as an architectural manifesto Exploring the role of Collective Intelligence in Creation Urban Innovation Spaces. Using Biomaterials, Industrialization, and Self-Self-efficient Strategies, The Building Aims to Become in Model for Advanced and Regenerative Architecture.
The Architecture of Virtual Water – Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT Architects. Water is Essential to Life, Yet Much of It Remains Invisible. Everry Object and Building Contains in Hidden Water Footprint. The Architecture of Virtual Water Installation Reveals This Reality Through An Innovative Setup, Inviting Visitors to Rethink Their Review with Water and Sustainability in Architecture. An immersive and sensory installation designed to expose the hydden presence of water in global translation and construction. Through Projections, Soundscapes, and Spatial Design, Visitors Will Experience the Hidden Architecture of Virtual Water.
The Storm (The Storm) – Fast (José Luis de Vicente and Eva Franch i Gilabert). The “Coheteres” of the Ebro Delta, Built Seven Decades Ago, Are a Network of Strategically Distributed Architectural Structures Used to Break Storms Threatening Rice Production Through Targeted Interventions on Cloud Layers. The storm Imagine Future in Which the Coheteres Are Reclaimed for New Forms of Climate Stewardship, Rooted in Local Vernacular Practices and Contemporary Emergencies. IT ALSO OPENS THE DEBATE ON How to Manage the Commons of the Sky and Whether We Can Imagine and Denelop Distributed, Community-Based Governance for Weather Modification.
In addition to the five Catalan projects selected by Carlo Ratti for the International Exhibition, There Is Also, for the First Time, The Participation of a Catalan Architect in the Biennale College, The Section of the Architecture Biennale dedicated to Emergency Talent and Students. Caterina Miralles Tagliabue Was selected among the eight winning projects of the biennale college architettura call, which included 200 Students, doctoral candidate doctoral, and Young Architectural Talents Under 30 Years of Age From 49 Countries.
MOREOVER, There is significant participation from 10 Catalan-Balearic Studios Among the 16 projects Selected for the Spanish Pavilion, Under the Theme “Internalities: Architectures for Territorial Balance“, Cured by Roi Salgueiro and Manuel Bouzas: Bosch. Capdeferro Arquitectura; Felip Arquitectural Camps; Emiliano López Mónica Rivera Arquitectos; Harquitectes; Isla; Josep Ferrando, Pedro García, Mar Puig and Manel Casellas; Munarq; Peris+Toral Architects; Takk; Galleries Also Showcase Projects by Catalan Architects. Material by Daniel Ibáñez and Carla Ferrer; Office by Anna and Eugeni Bach and Caterina Barjau; and Emissiones by Carles Oliver and David Mayol.
FINALLY, Catalan presence is seno in Other National Pavilions, Such As the Pavilion of the Holy See, Which including Among Its Participants The Barcelona-Based Studio Maiio Architects (Anna Puigjaner, Guillermo López, Maria Charneco, Alfredo Lérida), in a project Curated by Marina Otero Verzier entitled Opera Aperta. The Albanian Pavilion Also Several Catalan Architects. Among Them Are Arquitectura-G, Benedetta Tagliabue, Toni Gironès Architecture Studio, RCR Arquitectes, and Ricardo Bofill Architecture Workshop.
