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press release

Belgian pavilion at Biennale Architettura 2021

This summer, Venice will host the Biennale Architettura 2021, the world’s most important exhibition in the field of contemporary architecture. On the initiative of the Flemish Community and commissioned by the Flanders Architecture Institute (VAi), Bovenbouw Architectuur will present the exhibition Composite Presence in the Belgian pavilion. By means of 50 reference projects, curator Dirk Somers (Bovenbouw Architectuur) shows the contemporary city in Flanders and Brussels in all its complexity: ‘Composite Presence embodies the love-hate relationship between architecture and city.’

Exhibition
22.05.2021 – 21.11.2021

Press and preview days
20.05.2021 - 21.05.2021

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"The model landscape is a unique illustration of the energetic friction between urban planning and architecture in Flanders"

‐ Dirk Somers, curator Composite Presence

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Composite Presence

producer & commissioner Flanders Architecture Institute
curator and scenography Bovenbouw Architectuur

exhibition
Belgian pavilion, Venice
Sat 22.05.2021 → Sun 21.11.2021
info & tickets at biennale.org

press & preview days
Belgian pavilion, Venice
Thu 20.05.2021 & Fry 21.05.2021
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book
€ 29,50 for sale at the webshop of vai.be
published in English by the Flanders Architecture Institute 2021
editors catalogue Sofie De Caigny, Maarten Van Den Driessche, Dirk Somers

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on the initiative and with the support of
the Flemish Community

with the additional support of
the Flemish Government Architect, the City Architect of Antwerp and the City Architect of Ghent

cultural partner
Z33

main partners
Reynaers Aluminium | Delen Private Bank

partners:
Rockfon | Vectorworks | Kubus

supporting member:
Gavra ceramics and surfaces

member:
Sto, Knauf

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