Germany – Recreational, cultural and sporting services – Kuratorin / Kurator für den deutschen Beitrag zur 20. Architekturbiennale Venedig 2027

A responsible curator is sought for the German contribution to the Architecture Biennale in Venice 2027. The Architecture Biennale in Venice is the most important international architecture exhibition. It provides an overview of current trends in architecture as well as an opportunity to present national achievements. The German contribution to the Architecture Biennale is coordinated and financed by the BMWSB and the BBSR. The start of the next Biennale is set for Saturday, 8 May 2027. The preview days are tentatively scheduled for 6 and 7 May 2027. The Biennale closes on Sunday, 21 November 2027. The direction of the overall Biennale (Directors of the Architecture Department) has been entrusted to the architect Wang Shu and the architect Lu Wenyu. In connection with their appointment, the two directors issue the following statement, which is also to be understood as the guiding motif of the entire Biennale: “In the current world, the rapid and multiple changes in architecture are more a phenomenon of appearance, the result of excessive conceptualization or marked commercialization. Conceptual experiments driven to extremes are often divorced from reality and over-commercialization tends to be merely popular and short-lived. This phenomenon changes rapidly in order to survive, breaking away from the connection with the real place. It will lead to the death of architecture. Therefore, architecture becomes a kind of delusional expression about the future. For this reason, in the face of the real crisis of this world, insisting on a simple and true concept and method of architecture has a special value. We will strive to present this value and exploration with the greatest sincerity for a better reality and future.” These considerations should be taken up as guiding thoughts for the exhibition in the German Pavilion. For further information: see the specification.