biennale svizzera
del territorio

6-7-8.10.22

Exactly fifty years ago, in 1972, the Meadows Report spoke of the finitude of resources and the limits to growth.

Despite some attempts to theorize an “end of history” (which never happened), we can only helplessly verify that our pace continues to accelerate and our dependence on raw materials and energy is increasing, plunging us into a succession of (climatic, health, political and humanitarian) crisis. In this context, we can no longer expect to create and preserve immutable, perfect, “finite” objects and landscapes. The finitude of resources implies the non-finitude of processes: time is now the raw material of the project. How can we establish an open culture of the built environment that is continuous, collective and capable of constantly adapting forms and functions?

program

2022

participation upon registration
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open event / with registration

to participate in the specific events of the Biennale 2022, registration is required
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All speeches are in original language


thursday

06.10

Round table (non)finished

Teatro dell'architettura Mendrisio-USI

19:30

Greeting

Greeting

Walter Angonese, architect and director ARC-USI


Round table

Round table

Chaired by Muck Petzet, architect and professor at ARC-USI

. Leopold Banchini, architect and professor at ARC-USI

. Sarah Nichols, architect and professor at EPFL

. Jo Taillieu, architect and professor at EPFL

e

. Ludovica Molo, co-curator of the Biennale


friday

07.10

Promenade “LAC2LAC”

Cured by FAI Swiss, FSAP, OTIA

8:45

Lugano FLP Railway Station - Meeting point


Transfer to Cappella-Agnuzzo stop - Group ticket offered by FLP


9:00

Beginning of guided walk by

. Marco Del Fedele, architect, Lugano

. Federico De Molfetta e Hope Strode, landscape architects, Lugano

with the participation of

. Riccardo Bergossi, architect, architectural historian and researcher at Archivio del Moderno, ARC-USI


12:15

Guided visit

Guided visit

Chiesa degli Angioli
with Daphne Piras, art historian and cultural mediator, FAI Swiss


12:30

LAC Lugano

LAC Lugano

Picnic au bord de l'eau by Officina del Gusto


Opening Session 1

Italian Consulate, Lugano

14:00

Welcome

Welcome

Gabriele Meucci, General Consul of Italy

Filippo Lombardi, Head of Lugano's Spatial Development Department


Speech

Speech

Claudio Zali, Director of the Department of Territory of Canton Ticino


Opening

Opening

Marc Frochaux, co-curator of the Biennale


14:45

Lecture

Lecture

"Finitude de ressources, Infinitude de l'abandon"

Paul Landauer ,artist and philosopher, Paris


Lecture

Lecture

"Promote Human Resources to Save Natural Resources" 
Anupama Kundoo,architect, Anupama Kundoo architects, Berlin


Afternoon session

Italian Consulate, Lugano

16:15

Opening

Opening

Cyril Veillon, co-curator of the Biennale


Round table

Round table

"Redefining the housing question(s): four European perspectives"

Chaired by Isabel Concheiro, architect and lecturer at HEIA-FR

with

. Giacomo Borella, architect, Studio Albori, ARC-USI

. Claudio Meletta, architect, Stereo Architektur, Basel

. Flavien Menu, architect and member of the Accademia di Francia in Rome, Wald, Paris/London

. Elli Mosayebi, architect, Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin, ETH


Focus

Focus

"Respirer, conspirer" 

Marielle Macé, philosopher and writer, Paris


Evening session

Villa Saroli Park, Lugano

19:00

Greeting

Greeting

Roberto Badaracco, Deputy Mayor of Lugano and Head of the Culture, Sport and Events Department of the City of Lugano


Presentation of the Call for Action winners

Presentation of the Call for Action winners

Marc Frochaux, co-curator of the Biennale and Alessio De Gottardi, architect

Luigi Di Corato, Director of the Cultural Activities Division of the City of Lugano


Action

Action

. Comte/Meuwly, Arnaud Eubelen, David Moser  "Drift"
. Tommaso Delcò, Sacha Rezzonico, "Solar abundance"
. Truant School "Contentious sky"
. Kosmik Collective "Everybody wants to rule the world"
. Sujets Objets, Coralie Berchtold, Yann Junod "Il tavolo non finito"
. Tatiana Kulminska, Nelly Pilz, Matthew Phillips "Simulacrum"
. Bessire Winter, Stefan Wülser "Territorial Shifts”


Action

Action

Banquet "Il tavolo non finito" by Sujets Objets, Coralie Berchtold, Yann Junod and Officina del Gusto


20:30

Screening and debate

Screening and debate

Alterazioni Video “Incompiuto”

Presented by Ale Formenti, photographer

Photo exhibition by DVL


DJ set

DJ set

Aeed


saturday

08.10

Opening session 2

Italian Consulate, Lugano

9:30

Greeting

Greeting

Simona Genini, vice-president of the Foundation Council of the International Institute of Architecture


Lecture

Lecture

Luciana Mastrillo, Head of the Office for the Master Plan, Ticino Canton


Regards croisés

Regards croisés

Chaired by Ludovica Molo, co-curator of the Biennale

with

. Milica Topalovic, architect and urban planner, ETH

. Mirko Zardini, architect, Princeton


11:15

Round table

Round table

"Future Urbanity" chaired by Caspar Schärer, co-curator of the Biennale

with

. Andrea Felicioni, architect and spatial planner, Head of Planning Section City of Lugano, PDcom Lugano

. Regina Gilgen Thétaz, spatial planner, ARE Svizzera

. Pierre-Alain Pavillon, geographer, co-chairman FSU

. Alma Sartoris, geographer and spatial planner FSU, Territorio Raum Espace


Public event

Villa Saroli Park, Lugano

13:00

Lunch in the park by Officina del Gusto


13:30

Action

Action

Presentation of "Solar abundance", Tommaso Delcò, Sacha Rezzonico


Opening session 3

Italian Consulate, Lugano

14:00

Two Case Studies

Two Case Studies

"Landscapes in dialogue" chaired by Ariane Widmer, co-curator of the Biennale

with

. Roberto Mossi, Land Department Cantone Ticino, Ufficio Natura e Paesaggio

and Sophie Ambroise, landscape architect, Officina del Paesaggio, Lugano

. Julien Descombes and Marco Rampini, architects, Atelier Descombes Rampini, Geneva


Workshop for kids Uovo d'albero by Landscape First

from 3 to 5 p.m. at Villa Saroli


15:00

Presentation of the winners of the Call for Pecha Kucha

Presentation of the winners of the Call for Pecha Kucha

Chaired by Caspar Schärer, co-curator fo the Biennale

with

. Francesco Battaini “What we need”

. Gailing Rickling “Emergence·s What possible future for Rasude’s materials?”

. Giulio Galasso, Natalia Voroshilova “For an Open Building Culture: The urban regulations of 1953 and the unpredictable growth of Milan”

. Michel Kessler, Pierre Musy “Desert of the Real"

. Célia Küpfer  “Concrete – A Material to Reuse”

. Séréna Vanbutsele, Nicolas Grandjean “Recovering a derelict hall”


Action

Action

Presentation "Territorial Shifts"

Bessire Winter, Stefan Wülser


Round table

destination unknown

17:00

Promenade from Villa Saroli

Promenade from Villa Saroli

in collaboration with Bessire Winter, Stefan Wülser


Round table

Round table

"House Keeping: From Architecture to the Planet, the Urgency of Care"

chaired by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, architect and urban planner, EPFL, ENAC, RIOT

with

. Kathrin Dörfler, architect and researcher in Digital Fabrication, TU Munich

. Anna MacIver-Ek, architect, MacIver-Ek Chevroulet, Zurich

. Monica Rhodes, historian, member of The LOEB fellowship Harvard University and fellow of the American Academy in Rome, Philadelphia


Closure

Closure

Ariane Widmer, co-curator of the Biennale


Temple of Neomaterials

Villa Saroli Park, Lugano

19:00

Opening

Opening

Cristina Zanini Barzaghi, head of the Real Estate Department of the City of Lugano


Grand opening

Grand opening

"Temple of Neomaterials" ISAAC, SUPSI

with Leidy Guante Henriquez, ingeneer, Milano/Mendrisio

and

Carlo Gambato, ingeneer, Mendrisio


Closing of the Biennale

Villa Saroli Park, Lugano

19:30

Action

Action

Banquet "Il tavolo non finito" by Sujets Objets, Coralie Berchtold, Yann Junod and Officina del Gusto


20:00

Motion picture

Motion picture

by Bessire Winter, Stefan Wülser


20:45

Concert

Concert

by Francesco Giudici


the swiss biennial of territory

the swiss biennial of territory

A regional and national event with international appeal. It is a high-level event that opens the doors of Villa Saroli to territorial experts and architects, as well as to the general public. The event addresses the many different stakeholders involved in the Baukultur process - including media and political actors. With this open approach, the Biennale contributes to the discussion on the social, economic and spatial changes taking place within today’s society.

past editions
istituto internazionale di architettura

istituto internazionale di architettura

a centre for urban culture dedicated to exploring issues related to the territory and sustainability. A place of openness and debate, it believes in architecture as a tool for interpreting and understanding the great transformations of the contemporary world. It encourages the participation of civil society, professionals and institutions in the formulation of a design vision for the future of the territory we live in. It involves citizens of all age groups through different languages and formats, with a programme that includes conferences, meetings, exhibitions, summer schools and workshops. Founded in 1983 in Vico Morcote as the European headquarters of SCI-Arc - Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, since 2015 the Institute has been based in Villa Saroli, in the centre of Lugano.

curators’ biographies

curators’ biographies

Ludovica Molo
Is an architect and director of the Istituto Internazionale di Architettura in Lugano.

Caspar Schärer
Is an architect and journalist, secretary general of the Federation of Swiss Architects (BSA-FAS).

Marc Frochaux
Is an art historian, architect and editor-in-chief of Tracés.

Cyril Veillon
Is director of the Archizoom exhibition space at EPFL Lausanne.

Ariane Widmer Pham
Is an architect and urbanist, cantonal planner of Geneva.

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