The curator for the 2027 Biennale has been selected
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Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena have been selected as curators for the Danish Pavilion at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2027
On behalf of the Danish Ministry of Culture, a jury consisting of representatives from the architecture committee under the Danish Arts Foundation, the philanthropic association Realdania and Danish Architecture Center have selected Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena to curate the official Danish contribution to the 20th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2027.
Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena are architects and partners at dominique + serena, and they have been selected as curators for the Danish contribution to the Biennale Architectura 2027 following an Open Call process in which 36 teams in the first round submitted proposals for curating the exhibition in the Danish Pavilion. In the second round, five selected candidate curators took part in a paid parallel development process that culminated in a presentation to the jury.
Under the heading Towards a New Architecture, the jury for the 2027 Danish entry aims to focus on how architecture can contribute to the welfare society of the future.
“We need new visions. We need to be able to see and imagine other realities, other practices – new possibilities and alliances. We need examples that demonstrate how we can live and practice architecture in harmony with the planet – we need images of new values, new tectonics, and new ways of living for the many family patterns – how we as a society can adapt to a new sustainable era,” say Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena.
Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena will create a sensory exhibition in the Danish Pavilion that will explore whether the dream of the good life can match the planetary reality. Specifically, the exhibition will focus on the single-family house and the dreams, challenges and opportunities associated with it.
The exhibition will be created in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team consisting of Urszula Kozminska, Line Kjær Frederiksen, Anne Meisner, Karl-Martin Buch Frederiksen, Margarida Waco, Mette Mechlenborg and Martin de Thurah.
The jury said: “Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena focus on the single-family house and its future. The single-family house is one of the most popular forms of housing in the world, but also one that needs to be rethought to meet sustainability requirements and new family structures and lifestyles. With this, the curator pair tackles a topic that is highly relevant to millions of people around the world. Based on their ambitious proposal, in 2027 we expect to see an exhibition that conveys new dreams of form and aesthetics, and that questions existing policies for the area, economic frameworks and market conditions.”
Through the Open Call process, all qualified architects, landscape architects and other professional profiles were invited to bid for the curator task in 2027.
“The process was initiated early in order to create a flow leading up to the Biennale that ensures development, and generates new knowledge, broad engagement and impact,” says the jury.
About the Danish Pavilion
The Danish Ministry of Culture owns the Danish pavilion in Venice that is used for the International Architecture and Art Exhibitions organized by La Biennale di Venezia. The Danish Ministry of Culture has designated Danish Architecture Centre as the commissioner for the official Danish contribution to the 20th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
Follow developments on the exhibition page Architecture Biennale 2027 – Danish Architecture Center – DAC which is updated regularly.
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