Pavilion of Slovenia
18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
20 May – 26 November 2023
+/– 1 °C : In Search of Well-Tempered Architecture
Over the past decade, ecology has had a significant impact on the development of the architectural discipline. In architecture, ecology is most often understood as “energy efficiency”, which typically addresses the issue of ecology with technology hidden between the walls. “Energy efficiency” is thus not the starting point of the architectural design process – nor integral to it – but an entirely separate, independent component of the building.
In search of an alternative to existing building systems, the authors of +/– 1 °C: In Search of Well-Tempered Architecture project, together with fifty European architects and creatives, researched and analysed examples of vernacular buildings from Europe that, unlike current contemporary practice, address the issue of ecology holistically, as an integral part of the architectural design. Vernacular architecture is thus understood as a living example of energy principles that are relevant for the present time and that can be used as a basis for a critical reinterpretation of contemporary architectural production.
Commissioner: Maja Vardjan, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana
Curators: Jure Grohar, Eva Gusel, Maša Mertelj, Anja Vidic, and Matic Vrabič
Participants:
Aidas Krutejavas (KSFA – Krutejavas Studio For Architecture)
Alicja Bielawska, Simone De Iacobis, Aleksandra Kędziorek, Małgorzata Kuciewicz
Ambra Fabi, Giovanni Piovene (Piovenefabi)
Ana Kreč (SVET VMES)
Ana Victoria Munteanu, Daniel Tudor Munteanu
Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach (Anna & Eugeni Bach)
Artem Kitaev (KOSMOS)
Benjamin Gallegos Gabilondo, Marco Provinciali (SUPERVOID)
Benjamin Lafore, Sébastien Martinez-Barat (MBL architectes)
Daniel Norell, Einar Rodhe (Norell/Rodhe)
Elena Schütz, Julian Schubert, Leonard Streich (SOMETHING FANTASTIC)
Eva Gusel, Maša Mertelj, Matic Vrabič (Mertelj Vrabič Arhitekti)
Gaétan Brunet, Chloé Valadié (UR)
Gordon Selbach
Hana Marisa Mohar, Frane Stančić (Studio Ploca)
Jakob Sellaoui (Studio Jakob Sellaoui)
Janja Šušnjar
Javier García-Germán (TAAs)
Jure Grohar, Anja Vidic (Vidic Grohar Arhitekti)
Laura Bonell, Daniel López-Dòriga (Bonell+Dòriga)
Laura Linsi, Roland Reemaa (LLRRLLRR)
Léone Drapeaud, Manuel León Fanjul, Johnny Leya (Traumnovelle)
Marcello Galiotto, Alessandra Rampazzo (AMAA)
Matteo Ghidoni (Salottobuono)
Mireia Luzárraga, Alejandro Muiño (TAKK)
Niklas Fanelsa (Atelier Fanelsa)
Pablo Canga, Ana Herreros (SOLAR)
Paul Mouchet, Radim Louda (CENTRAL ofaau)
Søren Pihlmann (Pihlmann Architects)
Susanne Brorson (Studio Susanne Brorson)
Urban Petranovič, Davorin Počivašek (Arhitekti Počivašek Petranovič)
Velika Ivkovska
Pavilion design: Mertelj Vrabič Arhitekti, Vidic Grohar Arhitekti
Graphic design: Žiga Testen icw Samson Ossedryver
Photography of the Pavilion: Maxime Delvaux, Klemen Ilovar
Thermal Camera Photography: Klemen Ilovar
Collaborators: Elvis Jerkič, Vanesa Maček, Josipa Regović
Assistant to the commissioner: Nikola Pongrac
Strategic consultant: Anja Zorko
Producer: Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), Ljubljana