The 14th International Architecture Exhibition will take place from 7 June to 23 November 2014 at the Giardini and Arsenale venues (Preview on 5 and 6 June) and in various other venues in Venice.

The title chosen by curator Rem Koolhaas for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition is: Fundamentals.



Fundamentals consists of three interlocking exhibitions – Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014, Elements of Architecture, Monditalia – that together illuminate the past, present and future of our discipline. After several architecture Biennales dedicated to the celebration of the contemporary, Fundamentals will look at histories, try to reconstruct how architecture finds itself in its current situation, and speculate on its future.

Central Pavilion
Elements of Architecture will pay close attention to the fundamentals of our buildings, used by any architect, anywhere, anytime: the floor, the wall, the ceiling, the roof, the door, the window, the façade, the balcony, the corridor, the fireplace, the toilet, the stair, the escalator, the elevator, the ramp…

National Pavilions
Absorbing Modernity: 1914-2014. In 1914, it made sense to talk about a “Chinese” architecture, a “Swiss” architecture, an “Indian” architecture… One hundred years later, under the influence of wars, diverse political regimes, different states of development, national and international architectural movements, individual talents, friendships, random personal trajectories, and technological developments, architectures that were once specific and local have become seemingly interchangeable and global. Has national identity been sacrificed to modernity?

Arsenale
Monditalia. The physical presence of the Arsenale is interpreted as an ideal set. Rather than a sequence of individual episodes that typically do not connect to form a single narrative, we propose to dedicate the Arsenale to a single theme – Italy – and to mobilize other festivals of la Biennale di Venezia – Film, Dance, Music, Theatre – to collectively represent a comprehensive portrait of the host country.

Information
Venues, dates and opening times
Venice, Giardini and Arsenale, 7th June to 23rd November 2014
Opening times: 10 am – 6 pm
Opening times: 10 am - 8 pm at the Arsenale venue on Fridays and Saturdays until 27th September
Closed on Mondays (except Monday 9 June and Monday 17 November 2014)