Austrian Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale Creates an Exchange Between City Residents and Exhibition Visitors


A temporary rear entrance gives access to half of the pavilion from the adjacent district of Sant’Elena. Its living environment and needs will become a subject of the Architecture Biennale.. Image © Theresa Wey

A temporary rear entrance gives access to half of the pavilion from the adjacent district of Sant’Elena. Its living environment and needs will become a subject of the Architecture Biennale.. Image © Theresa Wey

Architecture collective AKT and Hermann Czech will be collaborating on the concept and design of the Austrian Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Titled “Beteiligung / Participation“, the pavilion will be temporarily converted into a social experiment that explores themes such as public vs. private, accessible vs. inaccessible, and communal vs. individual through architectural interventions. The 18th International Architecture Exhibition will be held from May 20th until November 26th, 2023.

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