Submitted by WA ContentsQatar will debut a permanent national pavilion in the Giardini at the Venice Architecture Biennale Qatar Architecture News - Feb 18, 2025 - 14:27 html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Qatar has announced that it will build a national pavilion in the historic venue of Giardini della Biennale, which first opened to the public in 1895.Along with 30 other countries, Qatar will have a permanent pavilion in the Giardini. In the past fifty years, only two other countriesRepublic of Korea and Australiahave opened pavilions at the Biennale.The announcement of the Qatar Pavilion comes after Qatar Museums and the Municipality of Venice signed a Protocol of Cooperation in June 2024, wherein the two parties committed to fortifying their current ties and advancing cooperation between Qatar, Venice, and the Italian Republic in the cultural and socioeconomic spheres.UNStudio, Dadu, Childrens Museum of Qatar conceptual design: exterior view Rendering. Image Qatar Museums"La Biennale di Venezia is the worlds pre-eminent gathering in art and architecture, and the Giardini is the historic landscape where extraordinary pavilions stand as ambassadors for their nations," said Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums and commissioner of the Qatar Pavilion."Qatar is proud to take its place in this international assembly, advancing our role as a global leader in cultural diplomacy and providing an unparalleled platform for giving voice to the creative talent of our nation and the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia region.""Venice is the only European city to have had, since the year 1000 CE, a name in Arabic, Bunduqiyyah, a fact that testifies to the teeming mixture of languages and ethnicities that have long sheltered here," said Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, President of La Biennale di Venezia."In the spirit of curiosity, exploration, and sincere human exchange that characterises Venice and its Biennale, I welcome Qatar to the Giardini, as a powerful global source of creativity and cross-cultural understanding," Buttafuoco added.On a prominent location in the Giardini, next to the well-known Book Pavilion, will be the new Qatar Pavilion. During the 19th International Architecture Exhibition in May 2025, Qatar will unveil a significant installation called Community Centre, designed by Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari, marking the start of site activation.ELEMENTAL, Art Mill Museum conceptual design: aerial view of the museum in the Cultural District (Doha, Qatar), 2022. Rendering Qatar MuseumsThe installation will be part of the exhibition Beyti Beytak. My home is your home. La mia casa la tua casa., presented at both the Giardini and ACP-Palazzo Franchetti. In keeping with the theme of the Biennale Architettura 2025, Beyti Beytak. My home is your home. La mia casa la tua casa. will explore how hospitality and traditions of welcome are embodied in the contemporary architecture and landscapes throughout the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA).More than 20 modern and contemporary architects from the MENASA region will have pieces in the exhibition, which will honor trailblazing architects and thinkers. Some of these architects' work has never been seen in Venice before.Among the pioneering modern architects represented are Raj Rewal (India), Nayyar Ali Dada (Pakistan), Abdel Wahed el Wakil (Egypt), and Minnette de Silva (Sri Lanka). Their work will be highlighted along with that of a range of contemporary designers and architects, including Marina Tabassum and Nabil Haque (Bangladesh), Sameep Padora and Vastu Shilpa (India), Daaz Studio (Iran), Abeer Seikaly (Jordan), Sumaya Dabbagh (UAE), Liz Diller (USA), Meriem Shabani (Iran), and the New South Studio (France), among others.OMA, Concept design of Qatar Auto Museum project. Rendering Qatar MuseumsThe exhibition is commissioned by H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa and Qatar Museums and organised by the future Art Mill Museum. It is curated by Aurlien Lemonier, Art Mill Museum Curator of Architecture, and Sean Anderson, Associate Professor at Cornell University, with the collaboration of Virgile Alexandre.Recently, Carlo Ratti, the curator of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of Venice Architecture Biennale, shared details and highlights of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Ratti emphasized that by engaging with science, architecture can become more inclusive, as it will be discussed in this year's Biennial.Top image in the article: Herzog & de Meuron, Lusail Museum conceptual design: exterior view. Rendering Qatar Museums.> via Qatar Museums