Spain 2025
A reflection on the possibility of an architecture of Internalities that does not generate waste
Title: Internalities
Commissioners: MIVAU (Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda), AECID (Spanish Agency for lnternational Development Cooperation), AC/E (Acción Cultural Española)
Curators: Roi Salgueiro Barrio, Manuel Bouzas Barcala
Exhibitors: Daniel Ibáñez, Carla Ferrer, María Azkarate, Aurora Armental, Stefano Ciurlo, Luis Díaz, Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, Caterina Barjau, Lucas Muñoz, Ana Amado, Carles Oliver, David Mayol, Milena Villalba, Elizabeth Abalo, Gonzalo Alonso, Juan Carlos Bamba, José Fernando Gómez, Ane Arce, Iñigo Berasategui, Elisabet Capdeferro, Ramon Bosch, João Branco, Paula del Río, Josep Camps, Olga Felip, Emiliano López, Mónica Rivera, David Lorente, Josep Ricart, Xavier Ros, Roger Tudó, Juan Palencia, Marta Colón de Carvajal, Josep Ferrando, Pedro García, Mar Puig, Manel Casellas, Vincent Morales, Juan Antonio Sánchez, Pau Munar, Marta Peris, José Toral, Sergio Sebastián, Mireia Luzárraga, Alejandro Muiño, Irene Pérez, Jaume Mayol
The notion of Internalities is in opposition to Externalities, a well-established concept in economics and ecology that encompasses the unquantified and hidden repercussions and byproducts in standard production processes—of which construction is one. Through this lens, the project explores how architecture can (and should) respond to the environmental externalities associated with production processes in order to advance the decarbonization of the built environment. Internalities highlights the work of a new generation of Spanish architects who rigorously and radically examine how the practice of construction can balance ecologies with economies.
Through projects, research, and photography, the pavilion examines the use of local, regenerative, and low-carbon resources. It questions how to reduce emissions associated with the processes of extraction, manufacturing, distribution, installation, and deconstruction. The exhibition delves into a diverse palette of regionally specific material ecologies—such as wood, stone, and earth—as well as the forests, quarries, and soils from which they emerge.
VENUE: Giardini
OPENING TIMES:
May 10 – Sep 28, Tue – Sun 11am – 7pm; Sep 29 – Nov 23 Tue – Sun 10am – 6pm
ADDRESS
Giardini, Calle Giazzo, 30122 Castello, Venice, Italy
