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Fosbury Architecture's Spaziale presenta: 9 diffused interventions for Italy Pavilion at 2023 Architecture Biennale

architecture-design · 2026-04-27

The Italy Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Lesley Lokko, is being activated across nine Italian locations through temporary interventions organized by Fosbury Architecture. Titled "Spaziale: Ognuno appartiene a tutti gli altri," the pavilion extends beyond Venice via a series of nine "attivazioni" (activations) from March 31 to May 3, 2023. Each intervention addresses local criticalities or global themes like food production's environmental impact, using architecture as a research practice beyond building. The projects involve dozens of professionals as designers and advisors, showcasing emerging Italian architects. Locations include Taranto (Post Disaster Rooftops EP04, April 21-23), Baia di Ieranto (La Baia delle Sirene, April 16-18), Trieste (Sot Glas, April 6-7), Ripa Teatina (HPO, April 15-16 and 28-30), Venice mainland (Parasite 2.0, April 24-26), Montiferru (Lemonot, April 12-14), Librino (Studio Ossidiana, April 2-4), Belmonte Calabro (Orizzontale, March 31-April 1), and Prato-Pistoia ((ab)Normal and Captcha Architecture, May 1-3). The curators emphasize conviviality with disaster, redefining boundaries, and sustainable regeneration through selective disassembly.

Key facts

  • Italy Pavilion at 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Lesley Lokko
  • Curatorial team: Fosbury Architecture
  • Title: Spaziale: Ognuno appartiene a tutti gli altri
  • Nine activations across Italy from March 31 to May 3, 2023
  • Locations: Taranto, Baia di Ieranto (Massa Lubrense), Trieste, Ripa Teatina, Venice mainland, Montiferru (Oristano), Librino (Catania), Belmonte Calabro, Prato-Pistoia
  • Projects involve designers and advisors including Post Disaster, BB, Giuditta Vendrame, HPO, Parasite 2.0, Lemonot, Studio Ossidiana, Orizzontale, (ab)Normal, Captcha Architecture
  • Themes: local criticalities, food production impact, boundaries, disaster, regeneration
  • Fosbury Architecture previously curated Incompiuto, La Nascita di uno Stile (2018)

Entities

Artists

  • Fosbury Architecture
  • Lesley Lokko
  • Post Disaster
  • Gabriele Fanelli
  • Silvia Calderoni
  • Ilenia Caleo
  • BB
  • Alessandro Bava
  • Fabrizio Ballabio
  • Terraforma
  • Achille Mauro
  • Filippo Elgorni
  • Giuditta Vendrame
  • Ana Shametaj
  • HPO
  • Claudia Durastanti
  • Parasite 2.0
  • Elia Fornari
  • Lemonot
  • Sabrina Morreale
  • Lorenzo Perri
  • Roberto Flore
  • Studio Ossidiana
  • Adelita Husni-Bey
  • Orizzontale
  • Bruno Zamborlin
  • La Rivoluzione delle Seppie
  • (ab)Normal
  • Captcha Architecture
  • Emilio Vavarella
  • Alterazioni Video
  • Plinio the Elder

Institutions

  • Biennale Architettura
  • Italy Pavilion
  • FAI – Fondo per l'Ambiente italiano
  • Trieste Film Festival
  • MAXXI L'Aquila
  • Comune di Ripa Teatina
  • Museo M9
  • Cabudanne De Sos Poetas
  • Associazione Talità Kum
  • Ordine degli Architetti di Catania
  • Ortigia Sound System
  • Comune di Belmonte Calabro
  • Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci di Prato
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Italy
  • Venice
  • Taranto
  • Puglia
  • Baia di Ieranto
  • Massa Lubrense
  • Napoli
  • Trieste
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  • Ripa Teatina
  • Chieti
  • Abruzzo
  • Venice mainland
  • Montiferru
  • Oristano
  • Sardinia
  • Librino
  • Catania
  • Sicily
  • Belmonte Calabro
  • Cosenza
  • Calabria
  • Prato
  • Pistoia
  • Tuscany
  • Florence

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