The Biennale has decided to dedicate the theme of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition to the metacities. The changes in the physical and social morphology of the city now allow us to delineate the features of a new civilian agglomeration: the meta-city, an agglomeration that extends beyond the traditional form and concept of the city, that has come to exceed traditional boundaries, defining new issues and needs concerning its governance, and undergoing profound transformations in the composition of its population ...
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The Biennale has decided to dedicate the theme of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition to the metacities. The changes in the physical and social morphology of the city now allow us to delineate the features of a new civilian agglomeration: the meta-city, an agglomeration that extends beyond the traditional form and concept of the city, that has come to exceed traditional boundaries, defining new issues and needs concerning its governance, and undergoing profound transformations in the composition of its population, and in its working habits. The 10th International Architecture Exhibition will deal with these issues to formulate, at its conclusion, a programmatic document, offered to all those who bear responsibility for the planning and governance of urban and territorial systems. The themes will develop within four distinct and complementary events: The International Exhibition is centred on the transformations of cities and territories on the planet, which will be directed by Richard Burdett (UK), professor of architecture and city planning at the London School of Economics, currently one of the major experts in the world on these issues. The Italian Pavilion (for the first time in its history the Biennale will inaugurate a Pavilion dedicated exclusively to the advancement of Italian contemporary architecture, in the complex of the Arsenale, at the Tese delle Vergini, on a surface of 1,000 square meters) that will host an exhibition focusing on the transformations of our territories and our cities, in the specific Italian perspective of the relationship between the contemporary and conservation, between the historic landscape and new scenarios. The Exhibition in the Italian Pavilion is a joint initiative of the Venice Biennale and the Ministry of the Cultural Heritage and Affairs - DARC, will be directed by Franco Purini. This title contains: a section that will describe the transformations that are taking place or being planned in the regions of Southern Italy, curated by Claudio D'Amato Guerrieri (Italy); and a section centred on models of international urban and territorial transformations which (this is the first time in the history of the Biennale) will be located in a city in Southern Italy, and will be organized to coincide with the opening of the Venetian venues, representing a brand new section that is only geographically separated from the other three, curated by Rinio Bruttomesso (Italy).
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