Venice Biennale's magnificent seven

摘要

The title of 'Freespace', which Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects have chosen for this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, appeared at first a rather open one. But accompanied by its thoughtful manifesto, emphasising the generosity of spirit and sense of humanity at the heart of making architecture and making of spaces for people and exchange, it has elicited some rich responses from across the spectrum of exhibiting architects, pavilions and installations and events around the city. With the biennale install being the usual race to the finish for this Saturday's opening, we've selected seven must-see pavilions and installations from the biennale and beyond.