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14th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia
07 Jun - 23 Nov 2014
General Information
The 14th International Architecture Exhibition takes place in Venice from 7 June to 23 November 2014 at the Giardini and at the Arsenale as well as at various venues in the city. Preview dates: 5 and 6 June 2014. The main exhibition entitled "Fundamentals" is curated by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.

Hans Ulrich Obrist has been nominated to curate the Swiss Pavilion in the Giardini della Biennale.

Hans Ulrich Obrist on the Swiss Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale from CULTURESHOCK on Vimeo.



Architects and urban researchers Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer are the curators of the «Salon Suisse» 2014, a programme of talks and events supplementing the exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion, which takes place at the Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi.

The nominations for for the contributions at the Swiss Pavilion are commissioned by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. The Jury, which nominated Hans Ulrich Obrist to curate the exhibition at the Pavilion of Switzerland, is comprised of the following people: Philippe Rahm, Peter Fischli, Beatrice Galilee, Katya García-Antón, Simona Martinoli, Arthur de Pury, Peter J. Schneemann

Salon Suisse
«Salon Suisse» 2014 curated by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer
Curated by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer 
Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, Campo S. Agnese, Dorsoduro 810

Programme of the ​«Salon Suisse» 2014

Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG
Swiss Pavilion
The Pavilion of Switzerland curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Swiss Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale



Video documentation on the Swiss pavilion 2014 by Ivo Pisanti

Hans Ulrich Obrist  has been nominated by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia to curate the Swiss Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia taking place from 7 June to 23 November 2014.


The project at the Swiss Pavilion is supported by: LUMA Foundation and STEO Stiftung
Events
past event
20 Nov 2014 until 22 Nov 2014
«Salon Suisse» 2014 Closing Weekend: Final Assembly
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 6pm

Curated by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer

Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG

Sponsor: FSA Federation of Swiss Architects
past event
30 Oct 2014 until 01 Nov 2014
«Salon Suisse» 3: Use—The Culture of Cities
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 6pm

Curated by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer

Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG
past event
17 Oct 2014 until 26 Oct 2014
Once upon a time in Liechtenstein
The Collateral Event "Once upon a time in Liechtenstein" is held from 18 to 26 October 2014 in the Palazzo Trevisan.
past event
09 Oct 2014 until 11 Oct 2014
«Salon Suisse» 2: Build—The Reality of Cities
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 6pm

Curated by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer

Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG
Sponsor: Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
past event
07 Sep 2014 until 05 Oct 2014
Gotthard Landscape - The Unexpected View

This Collateral Event of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia will take place at the Palazzo Trevisan degil Ulivi from 8 June to 20 July 2014 and 7 September to 5 October 2014

past event
04 Sep 2014 until 06 Sep 2014
«Salon Suisse» 1: Design—The Nature of Cities
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 6pm
Curated by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer

Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG
Sponsor: technologycluster-zug, V-ZUG Immobilien AG
past event
25 Jul 2014 9:00 PM
Z Club – On Money, Space, Postindustrialization, and…
This Collateral Event of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia will take place at the Palazzo Trevisan degil Ulivi from 25 to 31 July 2014.
past event
09 Jun 2014 until 27 Sep 2014
Swiss Summer School at the Swiss Pavilion 2014

Initiated by Hans Ulrich Obrist during Summer 2014 the Swiss pavilion has hosted a network of schools from all around the world
Please find more information on the schools and their projects HERE

past event
08 Jun 2014 until 20 Jul 2014
Gotthard Landscape - The Unexpected View

This Collateral Event of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia will take place at the Palazzo Trevisan degil Ulivi from 8 June to 20 July 2014 and 7 September to 5 October 2014

past event
07 Jun 2014 6:30 PM
Opening of Gotthard Landscape – The Unexpected View
Saturday, 7 June 2014, 6.30pm, with Moritz Leuenberger

This Collateral Event of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia will take place at the Palazzo Trevisan degil Ulivi from 8 June to 20 July 2014 and 7 September to 5 October 2014
past event
07 Jun 2014 11:00 AM
Opening of the «Salon Suisse» 2014: Inaugural Session
«Salon Suisse» 2014 curated by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer
PALAZZO TREVISAN DEGLI ULIVI, Campo S. Agnese, Dorsoduro 810.
Partner: Laufen Bathrooms AG

Sponsor: Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA)

past event
06 Jun 2014 5:30 PM
Opening of the Swiss Pavilion
Opening of the Swiss Pavilion curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist 

SWISS PAVILION, GIARDINI DELLA BIENNALE

The project at the Swiss Pavilion is supported by: LUMA Foundation and STEO Stiftung

Furniture sponsors: embru, vitra
past event
05 Jun 2014 4:30 PM
Press conference at the Swiss Pavilion
SWISS PAVILION, GIARDINI DELLA BIENNALE

The project at the Swiss Pavilion is supported by: LUMA Foundation and STEO Stiftung
Furniture sponsors: embru, vitra
past event
05 Jun 2014 until 06 Jun 2014
Hans Ulrich Obrists Marathon at the Swiss Pavilion
News
08 Dec 2014
Documentary video on "Lucius Burckhardt and Cedric Price – A stroll through a fun palace"
 
14 Nov 2014
«Salon Suisse»: Final Assembly & Closing Weekend from 20 to 22 November 2014
 
08 Sep 2014
Special issue of "Das Magazin" – "Welche Schweiz braucht die Schweiz?"
 
04 Sep 2014
Canton Mars: A Reading and Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson at Seebad Utoquai, Zurich
 
04 Jun 2014
Marathon series at the Swiss Pavilion
 
01 May 2014
Swiss Summer School at the Pavilion of Switzerland
 
29 Apr 2014
«Salon Suisse»: The next 100 Years – Scenarios for an Alpine City State: Programme announced
 
28 Apr 2014
Guest project at the Palazzo Trevisan: Gotthard Landscape - The Unexpected View
 
26 Apr 2014
Guest project at the Palazzo Trevisan: Z Club – On Money, Space, Postindustrialization, and…
 
25 Apr 2014
Guest project at the Palazzo Trevisan: Once upon a time in Liechtenstein
 
23 Apr 2014
«Salon Suisse»: The next 100 Years – Scenarios for an Alpine City State, Collateral Event of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia
 
06 Mar 2014
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia announces details on Hans Ulrich Obrist's project at the Pavilion of Switzerland at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia
Press Material
03 Sep 2014
Lucius Burckhardt and Cedric Price – A stroll through a fun palace. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
02 Sep 2014
«Salon Suisse»: The next 100 Years – Scenarios for an Alpine City State. Curated by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer
For further high-res images
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Press Contact
Switzerland: Lisa Stadler, Communication and Media Relations, Pro Helvetia,
​lstadler@prohelvetia.ch

International: Caroline Widmer, Pickles PR,
caroline@picklespr.com, +44 (0)7908 848 075
 
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