Red three-line sign reading "PLACES FOR PEOPLE" on a white corrugated wall.
PLACES FOR PEOPLE
Italy
  • Exhibition
  • Built

Due to the refugee crisis, this contribution to the 2016 Architecture Biennale is not limited to the pavilion in Venice but also includes three ongoing projects in Vienna.

More concretely, three teams were commissioned to work together with NGOs not only to design the conversion of empty buildings into temporary accommodation for people whose asylum claims are being processed but also to accompany these buildings in the longer term.

The objectives of these interventions are to subject the social responsibility of architecture to a reality check, to provide humane places to live for those affected and to present the results in Venice to a broader public.

www.labiennale.at

For
Österreichischer Beitrag für die 15. Architekturbiennale Venedig 2016

Date
28. Mai – 27. November 2016

Place
Venedig, Vienna

Website
www.labiennale.at

Conception
Elke Delugan-Meissl (Kommissärin) und Liquid Frontiers (Ko-Kuratoren)

Architectural interventions
Caramel Architekten
Designstudio EOOS
the next ENTERprise - architects

Project team
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects

Caritas Österreich

Design
grafisches büro

Cooperation partner NGO
Caritas Österreich

Visual concept and graphic design
grafisches büro

Photographic essay
Paul Kranzler

Project coordination
section.a

PR and communication
art:phalanx

Austria’s Contribution to the
15th Architecture Biennale
in Venice, 2016

Speaker on a raised platform giving a talk to a large crowd outdoors beside a modern building.
Group of adults on a stage outside a modern building; a woman speaks into a microphone while others stand nearby.
Attendees sit along a long concrete table outdoors as a man unrolls posters beside a modern building.
Crowd of attendees mingling at an outdoor reception beside a long white table near a modern building.
Group of people chatting along a long concrete bench outside a modern beige building; wall sign reads 'PLACES FOR PEOPLE'.
Large photographic prints stacked on the gallery floor, white pillars framing a corridor to a greenery-filled outdoor space.
Gallery hallway with a central row of photographic panels on white platforms; track lighting and wall text PLACES FOR PEOPLE.
Gallery display of stacked photo prints on white platforms in front of a white wall, central red text PLACES FOR PEOPLE.
Person stands behind a large poster of a close-up smile showing teeth in a gallery; wall text reads PLACES FOR PEOPLE beside stacked portrait prints.
Museum visitors browse large photographic prints laid out on a long table in a contemporary art gallery.
Two stacks of folded newspapers on a brown table, bold red 'PLACES FOR' text visible; 'SOCIAL FURNITURE' also legible.
Several authors sign books at long tables in a crowded bookstore during a book signing event.
Two hardcover books on a bright yellow display table in an exhibit; an orange-covered book titled Modern Furniture.
White worktable displaying green-beige fabric swatch with black buttons, a potted plant, coiled power cord, and rolled PVC tubes.
Blonde-haired person sits at a long desk, reading a newspaper amid scattered papers and two black desk lamps, with white slatted blinds behind.
Child sitting at a cluttered studio desk, holding a phone to their ear, with a large monitor, posters, and bags scattered on the table.
Volunteer arranges stacks of newspapers bound with red-striped wrap against a pale green wall.
Contemporary gallery installation: stacked photographic prints on white blocks in the foreground; pale pink map mural on the wall.
Workbench by a window with two black desk lamps and assorted tools on a yellow mat; lush green garden visible outside.
Long wooden worktable with adjustable desk lamps in an indoor biophilic workspace, surrounded by lush green plants.

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