Luxembourg Pavilion at 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale Taps Exutoire and Céline Zimmer for "Excess!"
The curatorial concept for the Luxembourg Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2027 has been chosen by a jury. Titled "Excess! On the Overconsumption of Living Space," the exhibition is curated by housing specialist Céline Zimmer alongside architects Bùi Quý Sơn and Paul-Antoine Lucas from Exutoire. It tackles the unequal distribution of living spaces while highlighting excessive behaviors that exacerbate housing and environmental crises, fostering a dialogue between Luxembourg and Vietnam. The pavilion is set to open on May 8, 2027. The jury comprised experts from various architecture and cultural organizations. The Venice Architecture Biennale will take place from May 8 to November 21, 2027, showcasing additional national pavilions that engage with themes of coexistence, displacement, and reuse.
Key facts
- The Luxembourg Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2027 will present "Excess! On the Overconsumption of Living Space."
- Curators are Céline Zimmer, Bùi Quý Sơn, and Paul-Antoine Lucas, co-founders of Exutoire.
- Exutoire was among the 20 winning practices of the ArchDaily 2026 Next Practices Awards.
- The pavilion is located on the first floor of the Sale d'Armi in the Arsenale and opens May 8, 2027.
- The exhibition dialogues between Luxembourg and Vietnam on spatial consumption.
- Céline Zimmer founded Eist Neit Wunnen Agence in 2026 to promote housing cooperatives in Luxembourg.
- Bùi Quý Sơn and Paul-Antoine Lucas published Housing, Micropolitics, and Pedagogies with Ruby Press in 2025.
- The 20th Venice Architecture Biennale runs May 8 to November 21, 2027, curated by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu under the title "Do Architecture — For the Possibility of Coexistence Facing a Real Reality."
Entities
Artists
- Bùi Quý Sơn
- Paul-Antoine Lucas
- Céline Zimmer
- Valentin Bansac
- Mike Fritsch
- Alice Loumeau
- Maribel Casas
- Aslı Çiçek
- Sophie Dars
- Michelle Friederici
- Claudine Hemmer
- Pamela Medina Lopez
- Eléonore Mialonier
- Wang Shu
- Lu Wenyu
- Antonia Piñeiro
- Marion Dessard
- Giulio Squillacciotti
- Lorenzo Zandri
Institutions
- Exutoire
- ArchDaily
- European Housing Coop
- Ruby Press
- Eist Neit Wunnen Agence
- LUCA – Luxembourg Center for Architecture
- Hasselt University
- Ghent University
- OASE
- Accattone Magazine
- Luxembourg Order of Architects and Consulting Engineers
- Luxembourg Ministry of Culture
- Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg
- Amateur Architecture Studio
- La Biennale di Venezia
- dagli + atélier d’architecture
- GLH / AHL architects associates
- METAFORM Architects
- Trinhvieta-Architects
- German Pavilion
- Ukrainian Pavilion
- Türkiye Pavilion
- ArchDaily Next Practices Awards
- Biennale Architettura
- Luxembourg Pavilion
- Sale d'Armi
- Arsenale
Locations
- Luxembourg
- Vietnam
- Hanoi
- Venice
- Italy
- Arsenale
- Sale d'Armi
- Germany
- Ukraine
- Türkiye
- Southeast Asia
- Europe