UN General Assembly Backs New World Map Projections as Germany Unveils Venice Architecture Biennale Pavilion

Key facts

• The UN General Assembly voted to promote world map projections that better represent the relative size of continents
• The map change challenges centuries of Eurocentric geographic representation
• The shift has direct implications for understanding Africa and the Global South
• Two French-Moroccan architects reflected on what architecture can learn from Moroccan culture and local knowledge
• Municipal governments are transforming abandoned buildings into circular construction centers
• Germany's pavilion for the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale addresses social isolation and democratic coexistence
• The week's stories share a theme of looking beyond established frameworks
• The source is ArchDaily Chile