Architecture show of different cultures

摘要

This year's Biennale in Venice shows us just how "Western"-oriented our view of architecture has been so far. Instead of forms, materials or star architects, it presents architectural positions and strategies as subjects for discussion. Although Europe is still strongly represented by numerous architects, the focus is clearly more on projects and architects from beyond the borders of the "West" in the sense of Europe and North America. The architecture show by Chilean architect and Biennale director Alejandro Aravena is truly global, he consciously dispensed with well-known iconic buildings by an architectural elite that has become all too exclusive, focussing instead on worlds that lie outside the big cities.