Italian Pavilion, XV Architecture Biennale

On the occasion of the fifteenth edition of the International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, TAMassociati curated the layout of the Italian Pavilion by creating an installation entitled TAKING CARE, dedicated to the social role of architecture and its ability to protect and ensure access to the commons. The installation consisted of a series of reflections expressed through comic strips, divided into the three phases of «thinking,» ’encountering,« and »acting.’ The reflections were displayed on panels mounted inside six wooden structures: a Tunnel in the first room and five Aliases in the second.

The Pavilion was built under the banner of “low-cost,” using x-lam wood panels from the Ireland Pavilion in Expo 2015 for the structures that were subsequently disassembled, shaped, re-assembled and mounted on pedestals made of innocent pipes. The Alias structures were composed of 120-mm-thick x-lam panels, assembled with dry joints using wood screws. The composition of the panels, with a box configuration, ensured adequate stiffness to the assembly, which in turn was supported by steel feet attached to the lower panels. The Tunnel structure, characterized by an arched shape, was composed of 100-mm x-lam panels.