The 20th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2027 will run from May 8 to November 21 under the theme “Do Architecture: The Possibility of Coexistence in the Face of Real Reality.” The theme frames architecture as a response to ecological crisis, accelerated urbanization, technological abstraction, and the erosion of cultural memory. The curatorial direction shifts away from technologically driven discourse toward grounded practice focused on materiality, local participation, craftsmanship, and lived experience. The theme calls for architecture to reconnect with physical realities of building and inhabitation. It also warns against overly conceptual experiments detached from reality and against production driven by commercialization, speed, and image-making.
"Curators Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu unveil Do Architecture: The Possibility of Coexistence in the Face of Real Reality as the theme of the 20th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Running from May 8th to November 21st, 2027, the exhibition positions architecture as a direct response to an increasingly unstable world shaped by ecological crisis, accelerated urbanization, technological abstraction, and the erosion of cultural memory."
"Through the deliberately direct title Do Architecture, the curators call for architecture to move beyond excessive conceptualization and reconnect with the physical realities of building, inhabitation, and coexistence. The theme marks a notable shift from the technologically driven discourse of recent editions toward a more grounded architectural approach centered on materiality, local participation, craftsmanship, and lived experience."
"In their presentation, Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu describe today's global condition as one of uncertainty, instability, and detachment from reality, arguing that contemporary architecture has often become disconnected from the places and communities it serves. 'Overly conceptual experiments are often detached from reality,' the curators noted, warning against forms of architectural production driven by commercialization, speed, and image-making."
"Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu frame architecture itself as deeply implicated in the environmental and cultural crises of the present. 'Architecture must recognize the depth of the crisis in which it finds itself,' the duo shares, pointing to the destructive impact of large-scale construction on both natural ecosystems and historic urban environments. The exhibition proposes a slower and more tactile practice rooted in con"
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