Archinect - News 2024-05-12T16:11:22-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150426666/carlo-ratti-presents-theme-and-title-for-2025-venice-architecture-biennale Carlo Ratti presents theme and title for 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale Josh Niland 2024-05-07T14:38:00-04:00 >2024-05-08T13:59:20-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3e/3eee4e3c1e86d4eeada35e998c6ed9b8.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Curator <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/62933/carlo-ratti" target="_blank">Carlo Ratti</a> has announced the title and theme for next year&rsquo;s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/24748/venice-biennale" target="_blank">Venice Architecture Biennale</a>. The 19th International Architectural Exhibition will advance under the banner&nbsp;<em>Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.</em>, a portmanteau title representing different forms of intelligence supported by four pillars: Transdisciplinarity, Living Lab, Space For Ideas, and Circularity Protocol.</p> <p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/mitarchitecture" target="_blank">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> professor and director of <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/149967714/carlo-ratti-associati" target="_blank">Carlo Ratti Associati</a> says he wishes for curators of individual National Pavillions to consider his prompt &ldquo;One place, one solution,&rdquo; which asks for an attempt at coherence between theirs and the International Exhibition. He added: &ldquo;Showcasing how local ingenuity can address our time&rsquo;s existential challenge that can only be tackled in a cooperative manner, reflecting a multiplicity of approaches. If every country brings one success to the table, together we can assemble a global kit for adapting to the future.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;The 19th Internat...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150409273/carlo-ratti-will-curate-the-2025-venice-biennale-architecture-exhibition Carlo Ratti will curate the 2025 Venice Biennale Architecture exhibition Josh Niland 2023-12-21T13:16:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/76/766a13bf54240e01c5061874b82056be.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/62933/carlo-ratti" target="_blank">Carlo Ratti</a> has been named as Director of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2025 <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/24748/venice-biennale" target="_blank">La Biennale di Venezia</a> by the fair&rsquo;s Board of Directors and at the recommendation of current and future Presidents Roberto Cicutto and Pietrangelo Buttafuoco.</p> <p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/mitarchitecture" target="_blank">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> professor and director of <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/149967714/carlo-ratti-associati" target="_blank">Carlo Ratti Associati</a> follows <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1333036/lesley-lokko" target="_blank">Lesley Lokko</a>&rsquo;s turn as the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1888350/2023-venice-biennale" target="_blank">2023 Venice Biennale</a>&nbsp;Architecture curator.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ratti will lean on past curatorial experiences with the Future Food District pavilion at <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/535015/expo-2015" target="_blank">Expo 2015 Milan</a>; the <a href="https://archinect.com/strelkainstitute" target="_blank">Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design</a> in Moscow; and the second Porto Design Biennale in 2021 to inform his creative direction for the exhibition. A focus on the growing influence of technology on design and urban planning will most likely follow, culminating in an impressive intellectual output that has seen him write or co-author more than 750 different research publications.&nbsp;</p> <p>Previewing his direction, Ratti said: &ldquo;We architects like to ...</p>