Tag: Venice

TRACY·TV #54: Vatican at Venice Architecture biennale

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op 5 juli 2018. Gepost in Architectuur, Publicaties, TRACY•TV, Video.

For the first time ever, the Vatican was represented at the 2018 Venice Architecture bienniale. On the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, an oasis of tranquillity just one vaporetto stop from San Marco square, ten architects from various countries were invited to build their idea of what a modern-day chapel could be.

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TRACY·TV #52: Dutch pavilion at Venice Architecture biennale

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op 5 juni 2018. Gepost in Architectuur, Publicaties, TRACY•TV, Video.

The Dutch pavilion at this year’s Architecture biennale in Venice was designed by The New Institute to look like a locker room, with bright orange doors that you could open to discover the secrets within. The theme was the future of work, now that everything, even sex, is being automated. In the main exhibition hall, Crimson created a thoughtful and attractive exhibition about the impact of migration on cities.

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TRACY·TV #51: Albania opens new old doors in Venice

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op 29 mei 2018. Gepost in Architectuur, Publicaties, Stedenbouw, TRACY•TV, Video.

For its entry to this year’s Architecture biennale in Venice, citizens of Tirana lent their doors – a symbol of the country’s hope that the EU will open its doors to Albania. I spoke to Tirana’s mayor, the fireball Erion Veliaj, about his plans for the city and the role he sees for contemporary architecture in making the city more liveable.

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