Imagine Venice in 1980: gondolas bobbing, post‑modernism in full color, and Italian architect Paolo Portoghesi commandeering the Arsenale to launch the first‑ever Venice Architecture Biennale.
Titled “The Presence of the Past,” his show stitched palazzos to playful columns and proved buildings could strut the catwalk just like paintings next door at the Art Biennale.
Forty‑five years later, the Architecture Biennale is a biennial rite where curators forecast how we’ll live, work, and maybe survive rising seas. Ready for a time‑travel tour?
Buckle your life‑vest; we’re cruising the lagoon of ideas.