Trouble in Paradise,
or the future of the world depends on the countryside.
Dedicated to the countryside, the exhibition in the Polish Pavilion for the upcoming 17th Venice International Architecture Biennale is designed by the curatorial collective PROLOG +1.
how will we live together?
The guiding theme of this year's International Architecture Exhibition is the question posed by the event's curator, Hashim Sarkis - "How will we live together?".
In the face of worsening political divisions and growing economic inequality, we call on architects to imagine spaces in which we can live together: together as human beings [...], together as a planet facing crises that require global remedies," Sarkis urges.
The PROLOG +1 collective seeks answers to this question in villages, places that are often marginalized and isolated.
The creators of the exhibition at the Polish Pavilion want to show that in times of growing local and global crises, rural areas are an essential element in building sustainable human environments. They propose that solutions to global problems should be sought in new ways of organizing rural areas and exploring the forces and processes that govern them, previously unrecognized by architects. They are convinced that the future of the world depends on the countryside, and that cities cannot exist without it. The idea of the project is to dialogue and confront experience, theory, education and practice from many places to look at the countryside with fresh eyes.
Polish Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia
May 23-November 29, 2020.
Trouble in Paradise
commissioner of the Polish Pavilion: Hanna Wróblewska
deputy commissioner: Ewa Mielczarek
organizer: Zachęta National Gallery of Art
PROLOG +1 collective: Mirabela Jurczenko, Bartosz Kowal, Wojciech Mazan, Bartłomiej Poteralski, Rafał Śliwa plus Robert Witczak
Pictured from left: Rafał Śliwa, Robert Witczak, Bartosz Kowal, Wojciech Mazan, Mirabela Jurczenko and Bartłomiej Poteralski
Photo: Paweł Starzec
Mirabela Jurchenko has been co-founding PROLOG since 2015. She studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Wroclaw University of Technology and Universidade do Minho (Portugal). She currently lives and works in Rotterdam. She has collaborated on research projects at Technische Universität Berlin and Technische Universität München.
Bartosz Kowal has been co-founding PROLOG since 2015. He has worked as an architect in Switzerland, Germany and Poland. SIA member. He completed his master's degree at the University of Liechtenstein. Previously, he studied in Munich, Istanbul and Wroclaw.
Wojciech Mazan has been a contributor to PROLOG since 2015, and is currently studying in the Projective Cities program at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the Wrocław University of Technology and the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design. He has worked as a researcher at the Royal College of Art in London and has pursued competitions in architectural offices in Madrid, Rotterdam, Mexico City and Graz.
Bartlomiej Poteralski has been co-founding PROLOG since 2015. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the Wrocław University of Technology and gained experience in studios in Poland, Spain and Austria. As part of his work at Atelier Thomas Pucher, he worked on projects for the headquarters of Sinfonia Varsovia in Warsaw and Universitätsbibliothek in Graz.
Rafal Sliwa has been co-founding PROLOG since 2015. He studied architecture at Portuguese universities Universidade do Minho in Guimarães, Universidade de Coimbra and Universidade do Porto. He is currently pursuing his master's thesis at the Wrocław University of Technology and collaborates on competition concepts at the ANALOG office.
Robert Witczak studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the Wrocław University of Technology. He recently completed his master's degree at the Technische Universiteit in Delft. His thesis dealt with the spatial problems of suburbanization in Poland. Winner of numerous architectural competitions. He is gaining professional experience with competition concepts in architectural offices at home and abroad.
elabor. ed.
based on a press release
