Open for Maintenance / German Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2023

Open for Maintenance – Wegen Umbau geöffnet is the title of Germany's official contribution to the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Official description: “Our installation is dedicated to matters of care, repair, and maintenance. Made entirely using leftover material from the Biennale Arte 2022, which left behind hundreds of tons of trash, the pavilion will become a productive infrastructure, promoting principles of reuse and circular construction in tandem with architecture’s social responsibility. By squatting the German pavilion through a series of maintenance works, the contribution renders visible processes of spatial and social care work typically hidden from the public eye. The project demonstrates that ecological sustainability is inextricably linked to the social question.”

Open for Maintenance – Wegen Umbau geöffnet / German Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2023. Venice (Italy), May 25, 2023.