Against the Tide: Chile’s Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale

Interior Architecture and Design

Curated by Juan Román and José Luis Uribe, Chile’s pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale will present 15 architecture projects that aim to transform the daily life of people living in rural areas of the country.

Titled “Against the Tide,” the exhibition will feature the work of a new generation of architects – students from the School of Architecture of Talca. The projects were envisioned, designed and built by the students as part of their university graduation requirements.

The projects examine “the realities of rural and decentralized Chile” and were built using local material and “leftover resources from agricultural processes.”

"The proposal focuses on the problem of the transformation of rural areas, associated with processes of agribusiness exploitation, and poses a critical look through the construction of a series of projects that relate to this new landscape,” stated the jury that selected Juan Roman as the curator.