From Saturday 22 May to Sunday 21 November 2021 will be open to the public the 17th International Architecture Exhibition entitled How will we live together? , curated by Hashim Sarkis and organized by the Venice Biennale, which with its 124 years of history is considered the most important foundation in Italy and among the most important in the world.

The International Exhibition includes works by 112 participants from 46 countries. The exhibition is organized in 5 thematic areas, three set up at the Arsenal and two at the Central Pavilion:

Among Diverse Beings, As New Households, As Emerging Communities, Across Borders and As One Planet.

Part of the exhibition is also How will we play together?, contribution of 5 participating international architects, authors of a project dedicated to the game set up in Forte Marghera and open to citizens.

61 National Participations will animate the historic Pavilions at the Giardini, the Arsenal and the historic center of Venice, with 3 countries present for the first time at the Architecture Biennale: Grenada, Iraq and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Italian Pavilion at the Tese delle Vergini in the Arsenale, supported and promoted by the Ministry of Culture, General Direction of Contemporary Creativity, is curated by Alessandro Melis. The complex hosts the Italian participation and is one of the most visible spaces of the entire exhibition, thanks to the central location within the gardens of the Arsenale.

The theme selected for the Italian Pavilion is Resilient Communities and Regeneration of Urban Suburbs. The curator intends to focus on the issue of climate change. In particular, he wants to underline how, in Italy, climate change is putting a strain on the resilience of the Italian agricultural system and the production of high quality food that are the origin of the Made in Italy so famous in the world.

The layout of the pavilion will be physically and thematically divided into 2 sections.

The first section is dedicated to a reflection on the contemporary condition of the suburbs urban through works that address in an innovative and radical way, on different scales, the relationship between society and the environment, in Italy.

The second section is dedicated to the contents of Italian architectural research, to the future challenges that society will face in the regeneration of suburbs and resilient communities. This second section will focus more on methodologies, innovation and research in this area.

Diorama takes part in this huge cultural project, with the realization of 16 videos lasting 1.30/2 minutes that represent the identity and resilient character of the 16 Italian cities (Saluzzo, Varese, Mantova, Padova, Aquileia, Bologna, Prato, Calenzano, Lucca, Radicondoli, Ancona, Montebello sul Sangro, Caserta, Modica, Olbia and Cagliari) who joined this project.

Diorama followed and coordinated the artistic direction, setting the graphic output common to all the videos.

It was a long and complex work that involved a great team but gave a great result. Many hours and nights of work that involved several trips to the 16 different cities in addition to several online meetings and in presence with the various municipalities involved.