The U.S. pavilion's exhibition, "The Architectural Imagination", will focus on Detroit as a case study for architectural interventions worldwide, with keen interest in "creativity and resourcefulness", according to a press release issued from the University of Michigan. Co-curators Cynthia Davidson, editor of Log journal, and Monica Ponce de Leon, dean of Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, will select architectural projects that address the pressing issues of 21st century cities, and engage with specific sites in Detroit.

Taubman was selected to organize the U.S. pavilion by the Department of State, and "The Architectural Imagination" theme was the result of an open competition led by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, official managers of the U.S.'s role at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.

By the time the Biennale actually takes place, Ponce de Leon will no longer be at Taubman – effective January 1, 2016, she will serve as dean at Princeton's architecture school.

Until more details surface, take a look back at the U.S. pavilion for the 2014 Biennale, OfficeUS.