1980 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition

Marsilio editore 2016 264 pp 64 color and 71 b w illus.

1980 venice biennale architecture exhibition. Although it featured several exhibits and installations the strada novissima a virtual street made up of cardboard facades each designed by a different architect was and remains the event s watershed moment. 1st international architecture exhibition the presence of the past. Proposing both the street as an exhibition and the exhibition as a street it focused on the representational power of architecture. Right a drawing by michael graves by the same token he might look at the entries to the 1980 biennale and see them as comprising only one part of the post modern movement the historicist part.

The giardini includes a large exhibition hall that houses a themed exhibition curated by the biennale s director. Left a drawing by robert a m. The first venice biennale of architecture in 1980 was one of those events whose later reputation far exceeds the amount of attention it attracted at the time. Domus 605 april 1980 page details.

Domus 605 april 1980 page details. In 1980 the first international architecture exhibition took place. Léa catherine szacka exhibiting the postmodern. A text by charles jencks on the presence of the past the first venice architecture biennale directed by paolo portoghesi.

Domus 605 april 1980 page details. As well as addressing the academic side of architecture the biennale provides an opportunity for architects and designers to showcase new projects arranged in different pavilions each with different themes. In the 1930s new festivals were born. Music cinema and theatre the venice film festival in 1932 was the first film festival in history.

Besides strongly advocating postmodern architecture the strada novissima presented at the 1980 venice architecture biennale put forward an innovative spatial and representational curatorial device. Although attended by a relatively modest number of people the biennale has come to be seen as a defining moment and a turning point in relation to the history of architectural postmodernism. International architecture exhibition the presence of the past. In 1975 the first steps towards an architecture exhibition were taken by la biennale di venezia an enlargement so significant that it entailed the appointment of a new director for the visual arts section vittorio gregotti during the four year presidency of carlo ripa di meana 1975 1978.

Mostra di architettura di venezia the architecture section of the venice biennale was established in 1980 although architecture had been a part of the art biennale since 1968. The 1980 venice architecture biennale venice. The history of the la biennale di venezia dates back from 1895 when the first international art exhibition was organized. Initiated in 1980 the aperto began as a fringe event for younger artists and artists of a national origin not represented by the permanent national pavilions.