The 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Open to the public 10 May – 23 November 2025, with preview days on 8 and 9 May at the Giardini, the Arsenale, and Forte Marghera.
The 19th International Architecture Exhibition, titled “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.”, curated by Carlo Ratti and organised by La Biennale di Venezia, opens to the public from Saturday, May 10 to Sunday, November 23, 2025, at the Giardini, the Arsenale, and at Forte Marghera. The pre-opening takes place on May 8 and 9; the awards ceremony and inauguration are held on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Biennale College Architettura 2024-2025
The College Architettura 2025 complements the 19th International Architecture Exhibition with a research laboratory for the development and production of projects using natural, artificial and collective intelligence to fight the climate crisis. Eight projects have been selected: Joelle Deeb (Syrian Arab Republic), Jia Wei Huang (Malaysia), Caterina Miralles Tagliabue (Spain), Agnes Thomasina Parker (Great Britain), Lucia Rebolino (Italy), Tanvi Khurmi (Canada), Rita Espinha Dos Santos Abreu Morais (Portugal), Florian Kilian Jaritz (Germany), Franziska Gödicke (Germany), Jaakko Julius Heikkilä (Finland), Emil Oscar Lyytikkä (Finland).
Venice Pavilion – Intelligent Venice: the Oldest City of the Future
Venue Tesa dell’Isolotto, Darsena Grande dell’Arsenale
Organised by Venice Sustainability Foundation (VSF)
Curators Benno Albrecht (Università Iuav di Venezia), Renato Brunetta (VSF and CNEL), Pierpaolo Campostrini (CORILA), and Paolo Costa (C+3C Sistemi e Strategie)
Venice, a living laboratory of innovation and adaptation, is the result of multiple intelligences accumulated over centuries. The exhibition tells the story of this extraordinary millennial project—an ongoing balance between medieval inventions and contemporary technologies, environmental interventions and urbanization, survival strategies, and resilience.
Special Projects
Austrian armoury (Polveriera austriaca), Forte Marghera, Mestre
The project “Margherissima” focuses on the area of Marghera and the contaminated territory located near Ponte della Libertà. It is designed by Nigel Coates and the Architectural Association with Michael Keverne, Guan Lee, John Maybury and Jan Bunge, participants in the International Exhibition competition.
Applied Arts Pavilion, Arsenale, Sale d’Armi
La Biennale di Venezia and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London present for the 9th consecutive year the Applied Arts Pavilion Special Project titled “On Storage”, curated by Brendan Cormier, in collaboration with Diller, Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R). It explores the global architecture of storage in service of the circulation of things, and features a newly commissioned six-channel film directed by DS+R.
For the full schedule and to find out more on all of the above, consult the website labiennale.org
“Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.”
Director Pietrangelo Buttafuoco
Curator Carlo Ratti
Open Giardini and Arsenale May 10 – Sep 28, Tue – Sun 11am – 7pm (last entrance 6:45pm); Only Arsenale, until Sep 28 on Friday and Saturday extended opening hours until 8pm (last entrance 7:45pm). Sep 30 – Nov 23, Tue – Sun 10am – 6pm (last entrance 5:45pm). Closed on Mondays (except May 12, Jun 2, Jul 21, Sep 1, Oct 20, Nov 17)
Web labiennale.org
Venues Giardini, Arsenale, Forte Marghera and other venues in town
Preview Agenda
Thursday, May 8 – Friday, May 9
Opening and Award Ceremony
Saturday, May 10
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Donna Haraway and Italo Rota
How to Get to the Venues
Giardini: vaporetto lines 1, 2, 5.1, 5.2 (Giardini stop)
Arsenale: vaporetto lines 1, 4.1, 4.2 (Arsenale stop)
Arsenale Nord: 4.1, 5.1 (Celestia or Bacini stop)
Other Venues in Town
Countries without a pavilion at Giardini or Arsenale and Official Collateral Events exhibit in other venues in town as well as in Forte Marghera, Mestre. Public transport stops and maps for each venue can be found in each article.
For info, ticket sales and guided tours (booking required)
labiennale.org
Admission:
regular ticket 25€
concession 20€ (Over 65, residents of Venice)
students and/or under 26 16€
