Building Biospheres  - Biennale Architettura 2025 - Bureau Bas Smets - Vlaams Architectuurinstituut (Beeld: Michiel Decleene)
Exhibition

Building Biospheres  - Biennale Architettura 2025

From 10 May to 23 November the 19th edition of the Biennale Architettura runs in Venice. The Flanders Architecture Institute is commissioner of Building Biospheres, the Belgian contribution. The exhibition, curated by Bureau Bas Smets and Stefano Mancuso, investigates how the natural intelligence of plants can be used to produce an indoor climate. During six months, the pavilion will serve as a prototype for this innovative research.

10 May 2025 - 23 November 2025
11:00h - 17:00h
Belgian Pavilion, Giardini, Venice
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Bas Smets about Building Biospheres

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date

10.05.2025 – 23.11.2025

location

Belgian pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
Sestiere Castello
Venetië
Italië

On the initiative and with the support of the Government of Flanders and Caroline Gennez, Flemish Minister for Welfare and Poverty Reduction, Culture, and Equal Opportunities

Commissioner Flanders Architecture Institute, Dennis Pohl
Curators Bas Smets in collaboration with Stefano Mancuso
Participants Bureau Bas Smets: Bas Smets, Eva De Meersman, Luka Cockx / University of Ghent: Kathy Steppe / Plant AnalytiX: Dirk De Pauw

Editors catalogue Bas Smets, Bart Decroos and Dennis Pohl

Scenography Bureau Bas Smets
In collaboration with
Elmès / Maud Gerard Goossens and Henri Uijtterhaegen / Panta / Lisa Mandelartz Schenk and Steven Schenk
Architectural advisor: Lisa De Visscher
Coordination: Petrus Kemme

Produced and supported by Flanders Architecture Institute and the Government of Flanders

With the additional support of Ghent University

Main partner Reynaers Aluminium

Partners Luma Foundation, Arbor, JCX, the Merode, SETP, Leiedal, Vande Moortel, Van Den Weghe, Meter, Rayn Growing Systems, Vaisala, Cate

Building Biospheres  - Biennale Architettura 2025 - Bureau Bas Smets - Vlaams Architectuurinstituut (Beeld: Michiel Decleene)

Building Biospheres  - Biennale Architettura 2025

Early May the 19th edition of the Biennale Architettura kicks-off in Venice. The Flanders Architecture Institute is commissioner of Building Biospheres, the Belgian contribution. The exhibition, curated by Bureau Bas Smets and Stefano Mancuso, investigates the impact of plant intelligence on architecture.

10.05.2025 > 23.11.2025

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