The Japan Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2018

The Japan Foundation is proud to organize Japan’s national participation at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia, held from May 26 through November 25, 2018. We are also delighted to announce that Momoyo Kaijima (Associate Professor at University of Tsukuba, Atelier Bow-Wow, ETHZ Professor of Architectural Behaviorology), has been selected as the curator of the Japan Pavilion.

Outline of the Biennale

The 16th International Architecture Exhibition

Theme	FREESPACE
Director	Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara
Venues	Giardini di Castello, Arsenale, etc.
Dates	Saturday, May 26 – Sunday, November 25, 2018
Official Website	http://www.labiennale.org

The Japanese Pavilion

Theme	Architectural Ethnography
Curator	Momoyo Kaijima (Atelier Bow-Wow, Associate Professor at University of Tsukuba, ETHZ Professor of Architectural Behaviorology)
Curator Team	ETHZ Studio Bow-Wow Laurent Stalder (ETHZ Professor of Theory of Architecture, Director of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture) Yu Iseki(Curator at Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)
Organizer/ Commissioner	The Japan Foundation
With special support of	Ishibashi Foundation
Supported by	YKK AP Inc. Window Research Institute Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba The Obayashi Foundation
In cooperation with	DAIKO ELECTRIC CO., LTD
Participants	Oswald Adande Akihito Aoi, NPONPO Fukushima Housing and Community Design Network, Team Fukushima Atlas ArchiAid Oshika Peninsula Supporting Seminar ASSEMBLE with Marie Jacotey Piotr Bujas, Łukasz Stanek, Alicja Gzowska, Aleksandra Kędziorek BUREAU A, Burø Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein / ETH Zurich Marie Combette, Thomas Batzenschlager, Clémence Pybaro Constructlab Crimson Architectural Historians with Hugo Corbett Drawing Architecture Studio Niklas Fanelsa, Marius Helten, Björn Martenson, Leonard Wertgen Adam Frampton, Jonathan D. Solomon, Clara Wong Fernando García-Huidobro, Diego Torres, Nicolás Tugas Gede Kresna Florian Goldmann GSA Unit 14 / University of Johannesburg Hajime Ishikawa Laboratory / Keio University SFC Ismael Sheikh Hassan / KU Leuven Dirk E. Hebel, Melakeselam Moges, Zara Gray, with Something Fantastic Interboro Partners Andrew L. Jenner with John Braben Éva Le Roi MAP Office Titus Matiyane Yukio Miyashita Joseph Myerscough with Sarah Mills / Leeds Beckett University Rekiseikai (Team Asphalt), NAKATANI Seminar Jan Rothuizen, Martijn van Tol, Dirk-Jan Visser, Aart Jan van der Linden Rural Urban Framework andSony Devabhaktuni / The University of Hong Kong Junko Sanada Dubravka Sekulić and Karl Nawrot Studio Tom Emerson / ETH Zurich Do Ho Suh Yukiko Suto Juan Carlos Tello Tomato architecture David Trottin, Jean-Christophe Masson, Franck Tallon Urban Risk Lab / MIT, Hiraoka Lab / Miyagi University, MISTI Japan / MIT, Reischauer Institute /Harvard University Lys Villalba Who Builds Your Architecture? YAMAGUCHI Akira
Japan Pavilion official website	https://2018.veneziabiennale-japanpavilion.jp/index.html

Press Release

• Japan Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibtion
  –La Biennale di Venezia
  Architectural Ethnography, the exhibition aims to develop the discussion about our society in the future
• The Japan Pavilion Exhibition at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia,
  “Architectural Ethnography from Tokyo: Guidebooks and Projects on Livelihood” – Momoyo Kaijima is chosen to be a curator