National Pavilion UAE Highlights Food Security at 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Led by Azza Aboualam
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National Pavilion UAE Highlights Food Security at 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Led by Azza AboualamSave this picture!Greenhouses in Alzubair, Sharjah. Image Courtesy of National Pavilion UAE La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Ola AllouzThe National Pavilion UAE has unveiled its upcoming exhibition, Pressure Cooker, for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by Emirati architect and scholar Azza Aboualam, the exhibition explores the evolving relationship between architecture and food production in the UAE, proposing innovative solutions for sustainable and self-sufficient food systems. Running from May 10 to November 23, 2025, the exhibition will highlight the intersection of design, sustainability, and resource management in arid environments.Building on extensive archival research and fieldwork, Pressure Cooker examines food-growing infrastructures across the UAE, shedding light on overlooked, resource-rich landscapes. The exhibition reimagines traditional and contemporary food production techniques, from vernacular farming methods to cutting-edge greenhouse technologies, to address the urgent global challenges of food security and climate change. By investigating how architecture can be mobilized to enhance food resilience, the exhibition presents a vision for integrating sustainable food systems into urban and rural environments.Save this picture!Azza Aboualam's research, presented in Venice alongside an accompanying publication, explores the ways architecture can respond to food scarcity, adapting existing infrastructures and pioneering new approaches to food cultivation. The exhibition emphasizes the UAE's historical and contemporary innovations in food production, positioning the country's experience within a broader global discourse on sustainability. Related Article "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective": Carlo Ratti Announces Theme and Title for 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale In addition to her role at Zayed University, Aboualam is the co-founder of Holesum Studio, an interdisciplinary architecture and design practice with operations in New York and Sharjah. Her work focuses on architecture's role in cultural memory and community spaces, and she has contributed to publications such as In Search of Spaces of Coexistence: An Architect's Journey (2019), which reflects her fieldwork and research on the UAE's built environment.Save this picture! The UAE's participation in the Biennale Architettura 2025 reflects our commitment to fostering innovation and addressing global challenges. Pressure Cooker highlights the critical role of architecture in food security and climate resilience, offering sustainable solutions that align with the UAE's leadership in adaptive design. -- His Excellency Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, UAE Minister of Culture The UAE's participation at the Biennale has been a recurring platform for promoting the nation's architectural narratives. The UAE Pavilion previously garnered international acclaim, winning the Golden Lion award for best national participation at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition in 2021 for its Wetland exhibition, curated by Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto. Save this picture!In other related news, Carlo Ratti has announced the theme of the 2025 Venice Biennale, "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective." This exhibition will focus on the intersection of natural and artificial intelligence, exploring how these forms can help address global challenges such as climate change. The Austrian Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale will host the Agency for Better Living, an interactive exhibition exploring the political and social dimensions of housing equity and affordability. Finally, the Danish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale will present Build of Site, curated by Sren Pihlmann, focusing on sustainability, reuse, and resourcefulness in architecture.Editor's Note: This article was originally published on October 21, 2024, and updated on January 31, 2025.We invite you to check out ArchDaily's comprehensive coverage of the 2025 Venice Biennale.Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorNour FakharanyAuthorCite: Nour Fakharany. "National Pavilion UAE Highlights Food Security at 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Led by Azza Aboualam" 31 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1022590/uae-national-pavilion-appoints-azza-aboualam-as-curator-for-2025-venice-architecture-biennale&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream
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