Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Tadao Ando, Peter Zumthor, David Chipperfield and SANAA are among the star-studded list of contributors announced for the Alejandro Aravena-curated Venice Architecture Biennale 2016.
Revealed in a press conference today, the list of 88 participants for the 15th edition of the biennial exhibition includes dozens of celebrated architects, including Herzog & de Meuron, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Norman Foster and Renzo Piano.
Rem Koolhaas, Richard Rogers, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma and Wang Shu will also be contributing, along with younger offices including Turner Prize-winner Assemble and Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen.
Entitled Reporting From The Front, the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 is intended by Elemental director Alejandro Aravena to offer a new perspective on global issues including crime, sanitation, housing shortage, traffic, waste, migration and pollution.
Of the 88 participants, 50 will be exhibiting for the first time, and 33 will be under the age of 40 – a result that Aravena said was not intentional.
Speaking at a Biennale press conference in London earlier today, the Chilean architect said he was looking for quality rather than youth in his selection.
"It was not part of our agenda, and even if it was, the question of youth is not connected to age," said, who is also receiving architecture's highest accolade, the Pritzker Prize, this year.
"Sometimes old people with a lot of experience are still the ones that come up with the most fresh ideas, and sometimes young people are extremely mature, and able to use their energy and their passion," he added.
This year's Biennale will also include exhibitions from 61 nations, as well as three "special projects" – pavilions that are not curated by a country and will act as satellites to Aravena's main exhibitions.
London's V&A museum will present an exhibition named A World of Fragile Parts, while architect Stefano Recalcati will curate an exhibition looking at the regeneration of urban ports, entitled Reporting from Marghera and Other Waterfronts.
The third will be a pavilion looking at the relationship between public and private space, curated by Ricky Burdett on behalf of the London School of Economics and the Alfred Herrhausen Society.
Reporting From The Front opens to the public on 28 May and runs until 27 November.
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1. 51N4E (Brussels, Belgium)
Freek Persyn, Johan Anrys
2. ADNBA (Bucharest, Romania)
Andrei Serbescu, Adrian-Ioan Untaru
3. Aires Mateus (Lisbon, Portugal)
Francisco Aires Mateus, Manuel Aires Mateus
4. Al Borde (Quito, Ecuador)
David Barragán, Pascual Gangotena, Marialuisa Borja, Esteban Benavides
5. Alexander Brodsky (Moscow, Russia)
6. Alonso de Santos Estudio (Madrid, Spain)
Francisco Alonso de Santos
7. Amateur Architecture Studio (Hangzhou, China)
Wang Shu, Lu Wenyu
8. Anupama Kundoo Architects (Auroville, India)
Anupama Kundoo
9. Architecture and Vision (Bomarzo - Viterbo, Italy)
Arturo Vittori
10. Arno Brandlhuber + Christopher Roth (Berlin, Germany)
11. Assemble (London, Great Britain)
12. Atelier Bow-Wow (Tokyo, Japan)
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Momoyo Kaijima, Yoichi Tamai
13. Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner (Haldenstein, Switzerland)
Peter Zumthor
14. Barozzi/Veiga (Barcelona, Spain)
Alberto Veiga, Fabrizio Barozzi
15. Batlle i Roig Arquitectes (Barcelona, Spain)
Enric Batlle, Joan Roig
16. BeL Sozietät für Architektur (Köln, Germany)
Anne-Julchen Bernhardt, Jörg Leeser
17. Bernaskoni (Moscow, Russia)
Boris Bernaskoni
18. Block Research Group, ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
Philippe Block, Tom Van Mele
and
Ochsendorf, DeJong & Block (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
John Ochsendorf, Matthew DeJong, Philippe Block
and
Escobedo Construction (Buda, Texas, USA)
David Escobedo
19. C+S Architects (Treviso, Italy)
Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini
20. Cadaval & Solà-Morales (Barcelona, Spain)
Eduardo Cadaval, Clara Solà-Morales
21. Cecilia Puga (Santiago, Chile)
22. Christ & Gantenbein (Basel, Switzerland)
Emanuel Christ, Christoph Gantenbein
and
Stefano Graziani
23. Christian Kerez Zürich (Zurich, Switzerland)
Christian Kerez
24. David Chipperfield Architects (Berlin, Germany)
David Chipperfield
25. designworkshop: sa (Durban, South Africa)
Andrew Makin
26. El equipo Mazzanti – Giancarlo Mazzanti, Carlos Medellín, María Mazzanti (Bogotá, Colombia)
Giancarlo Mazzanti
27. Ensamble Studio (Madrid, Spain)
Antón García-Abril, Débora Mesa Molina
28. EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung (Hamburg, Germany)
Michael Braungart
29. Estudi d'Arquitectura Toni Gironès (Barcelona, Spain)
Toni Gironès
30. Estudio del Paisaje Teresa Moller & Asociados (Santiago, Chile)
Teresa Moller
31. Film First (New York, USA)
Gary Hustwit
32. Forensic Architecture (London, Great Britain)
Eyal Weizman
33. G124 (Gruppo di lavoro del Senatore Renzo Piano) (Rome, Italy)
Renzo Piano
34. Gabinete de Arquitectura (Asuncion, Paraguay)
Solano Benítez, Gloria Cabral, Solanito Benítez
35. Grafton Architects (Dublin, Ireland)
Yvonne Farrell, Shelley McNamara
36. Grupo EPM - Departamento de intervenciones urbanas sostenibles (Medellín, Colombia)
Horacio Valencia
37. GrupoTalca (Talca, Chile)
Martín del Solar, Rodrigo Sheward
38. Herzog & de Meuron (Basel, Switzerland)
Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron
and
Agav Films (Paris, France)
Amos Gitai
39. Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects (Helsinki, Finland)
Saija Hollmén, Jenni Reuter, Helena Sandman
40. Hugon Kowalski + Marcin Szczelina (Poznan, Poland)
Hugon Kowalski, Marcin Szczelina, Klaudia Dopierala, Maria Dondajewska
41. Inês Lobo Arquitectos (Lisbon, Portugal)
Inês Lobo
42. Jiakun Architects (Chengdu, China)
Liu Jiakun
43. João Luís Carrilho da Graça (Lisbon, Portugal)
44. José María Sánchez García (Madrid, Spain)
45. Kashef Chowdhury/Urbana (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury
46. SANAA (Tokyo, Japan)
Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa
47. Kengo Kuma and Associates (Tokyo, Japan)
Kengo Kuma
48. Kéré Architecture (Berlin, Germany)
Francis Kéré
49. LAN (Paris, France)
Umberto Napolitano, Benoît Jallon
50. Luyanda Mpahlwa DesignSpaceAfrica (South Africa)
Luyanda Mpahlwa
51. M Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo (Vittoria – Ragusa, Italy)
52. Manuel Herz Architects (Basel, Switzerland)
Manuel Herz
53. Marte Marte Architects (Weiler, Austria)
Bernhard Marte, Stefan Marte
54. Matharoo Associates (Ahmedabad, India)
Gurjit Singh Matharoo
55. Menos é Mais (Porto, Portugal)
Francisco Viera de Campos, Cristina Guedes
56. NLÉ (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Kunlé Adeyemi
57. Norman Foster Foundation (Madrid, Spain)
Norman Foster
and
Redline-EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Jonathan Ledgard
and
Ochsendorf, DeJong & Block (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
John Ochsendorf , Matthew DeJong, Philippe Block
and
Block Research Group, ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
Philippe Block, Tom Van Mele
58. OMA (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Rem Koolhaas
59. ORG Permanent Modernity (Brussels, Belgium)
Alexander D'Hooghe, Luk Peeters, Natalie Seys
60. Paulo David (Funchal, Portugal)
61. Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Concepcion, Chile)
Mauricio Pezo, Sofía von Ellrichshausen
62. Rahul Mehrotra and Felipe Vera (Cambridge, Washington, USA)
Rahul Mehrotra, Felipe Vera
63. Raphael Zuber (Chur, Switzerland)
64. Recetas Urbanas (Siviglia, Spain)
Santiago Cirugeda
65. Renato Rizzi (Venice, Italy)
66. Robust Architecture Workshop (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Milinda Pathiraja
67. Rock Garden (Chandigarh, India)
Anuj Saini
68. Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (London, Great Britain)
Richard Rogers, Graham Stirk, Ivan Harbour
69. Rural Studio, Auburn University (Newbern, Alabama, USA)
Andrew Freear, Rusty Smith
70. Rural Urban Framework, The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Joshua Bolchover, John Lin
71. SAAS (Porto, Portugal)
Samuel Gonçalves
72. School of Architecture, University of Waterloo (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)
Robert Jan van Pelt, Anne Bordeleau, Sascha Hastings, Donald McKay
73. Simon Velez (Bogotá, Colombia)
74. Souto Moura Arquitectos (Porto, Portugal)
Eduardo Souto de Moura
75. SPBR Arquitetos (São Paulo, Brazil)
Angelo Bucci
76.Studio Anna Heringer (Laufen, Germany)
Anna Heringer
and
Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst (Schlins, Austria)
Martin Rauch
and
Architekturmuseum der TUM (Munich, Germany)
Andres Lepik
77. Studio Jaeeun-Choi (Tokyo, Japan)
Shigeru Ban Architects (Tokyo, Japan)
Jaeeun-Choi, Shigeru Ban
78. Studio Mumbai Architects (Mumbai, India)
Bijoy Jain
79. Studio Snozzi (Locarno, Switzerland)
Luigi Snozzi
80. Studio TAMassociati (Venice, Italy)
Massimo Lepore, Raul Pantaleo, Simone Sfriso
81. Tadao Ando Architect & Associates (Osaka, Japan)
Tadao Ando
82. Tatiana Bilbao Estudio (Mexico City, Mexico)
Tatiana Bilbao
and
Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura (Mexico City, Mexico)
Rozana Montiel
and
Dellekamp Arquitectos (Mexico City, Mexico)
Derek Dellekamp
and
Alejandro Hernández (Mexico City, Mexico)
83. Transsolar (Stuttgart, Germany)
Matthias Schuler
and
Anja Thierfelder Freie Architektin (Stuttgart, Germany)
Anja Thierfelder
84. TYIN tegnestue (Trondheim, Norway)
Yashar Hanstad, Andreas Grønvedt Gjertsen
85. VAVStudio (Iran)
Arash Aliabadi, Afshin Farzin, Saman Shamsbeki, Sakhi Shirmohammadi, Amin Tadjsoleiman
86. Vo Trong Nghia Architects (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Vo Trong Nghia
87. Werner Sobek (Stuttgart, Germany)
88. ZAO/Standardarchitecture (Beijing, China)
Zhang Ke