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Freespace social media platform11/13/2022 ![]() It is a special case when a participant can critique or even provide an alternative to the site they are given for their entry into the exhibition. Let me explain with some memorable examples. As a point of entry into the comprehensive nature of the Biennale, it is worth pointing out some of the creative and unexpected approaches to each aspect of an exhibit: the venue housing a particular exhibit, the manifesto describing the intent, the techniques used to create the display, and of course the actual content on display. The individual entries, likewise, broaden the definition of an exhibit to include much more than just content on display. Installations are sprinkled across the city often encountered by surprise as guerilla pop-ups of architectural delight. The exhibition expands beyond the boundaries of any single venue to create the feeling of being coterminous with the city of Venice. The exhibition emphasizes the “free” gifts of light, air, gravity and materials masterfully put into play in the commercially restrictive environment in which architecture is often created. With their prompt of “Freespace,” the curators of the 2018 exhibition Yvonne Farrell and Shelly McNamara, founding directors of Grafton Architects based in Dublin Ireland, have chosen design content which “celebrates architecture’s capacity to find unexpected generosity in each project.” They have highlighted projects with an almost primal focus on the quality of space itself. For nearly six months, 63 participating countries and over 70 individual architects from around the world come together for perhaps one of the most important platforms for dialog between architects and between architects and the public. This past July, I spent three days exploring the Venice Biennale, or La Biennale Architettura as it is officially called. “FREESPACE encourages reviewing ways of thinking, new ways of seeing the world, of inventing solutions where architecture provides for the well-being and dignity of each citizen of this fragile planet.” – Biennale Architettura 2018 “Freespace” La Biennale di Venezia 16th International Architecture Exhibition ![]()
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