This year’s United States Pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon, will feature 12 offices from across the country. Entitled The Architectural Imagination, the exhibition explores designs for Detroit, Michigan as a space for architectural speculation.
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan was selected to organize the exhibition, which will be open from May 28th through November 27th in Venice Italy.
Curators Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon selected the 12 teams of architects from more than 250 submissions. They are:
A(n) Office, Detroit, Michigan
Marcelo López-Dinardi; V. Mitch McEwen
BairBalliet, Columbus, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois
Kelly Bair; Kristy Balliet
Greg Lynn FORM, Los Angeles, California
Greg Lynn
Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia
Mack Scogin; Merrill Elam
Marshall Brown Projects, Chicago, Illinois
Marshall Brown
MOS Architects, New York, New York
Hilary Sample; Michael Meredith
Pita & Bloom, Los Angeles, California
Florencia Pita; Jackilin Hah Bloom
Present Future, Houston, Texas
Albert Pope; Jesús Vassallo
Preston Scott Cohen Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Preston Scott Cohen
SAA/Stan Allen Architect, New York, New York
Stan Allen
T+E+A+M, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thom Moran; Ellie Abrons; Adam Fure; Meredith Miller
Zago Architecture, Los Angeles, California
Andrew Zago; Laura Bouwman
