2024-05-03T06:15:09-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150246701/norwegian-firm-helen-hard-present-their-experimental-cohousing-model-at-the-2021-venice-biennale Katherine Guimapang 2021-01-26T14:54:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/556a4c322ebe6b61d0b96424f4cbaa84.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>While the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1242545/2020-venice-biennale" target="_blank">2020 Venice Biennale</a> was postponed, many look forward to what 2021 has to offer with the announcement of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150198197/venice-biennale-postponed-to-may-2021" target="_blank">event's opening date on May 22</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Carrying on with the theme "How will we live together,"&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150100652/hashim-sarkis-to-curate-2020-venice-biennale-architecture-exhibition" target="_blank">Hashim Sarkis</a>, curator of the exhibition, shared, "the world is putting new challenges in front of architecture. I look forward to working with participating architects from around the world to imagine together how we are going to rise to these challenges."&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/46649e8cfcbda80de1c6be4f9aeed270.gif"></p><figcaption>"What We Share - a model for cohousing" Exhibition image render &copy; Helen &amp; Hard</figcaption></figure><p>With this in mind, exciting projects and exhibitions make way for their debut at the Biennale. Take the Nordic Pavilion, for example. They've announced the Pavilion's participation in an experimental cohousing project led by&nbsp;Norwegian firm&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/9423148/helen-hard" target="_blank">Helen &amp; Hard</a>. The firm's expertise in wood use and experimental housing projects will come to life in their exhibition titled, "<em>What We Share</em>."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/96/961f7066ddd0ca3b58e783f31a0f0083.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/96/961f7066ddd0ca3b58e783f31a0f0083.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Vindm&oslash;llebakken co-living project by Helen &amp; Hard. The project was b...</figcaption></figure>