Articles by Ole Bouman

Last week, the Venice Architecture Biennale announced that it would postpone its opening to August 29 while still maintaining the original closure date of November 29, shortening the Biennale to be only three months long. This sudden change follows the continued world-wide outbreak of the COVID-19 virus which has been shuttering events around the world to prevent its further spread. Since Italy is one of the countries currently fighting more than ten thousand cases of the virus, the Biennale stated that the decision comes from the overall threat to public health and the inability to prepare for the set up and installation of events in Venice.

Last week, the Venice Architecture Biennale announced that it would postpone its opening to August 29 while still maintaining the original closure date of November 29, shortening the Biennale to be only three months long. This sudden change follows the continued world-wide outbreak of the COVID-19 virus which has been shuttering events around the world to prevent its further spread. Since Italy is one of the countries currently fighting more than ten thousand cases of the virus, the Biennale stated that the decision comes from the overall threat to public health and the inability to prepare for the set up and installation of events in Venice.

What happens when the sensor-imbued city acquires the ability to see – almost as if it had eyes? Ahead of the 2019 Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB), titled “Urban Interactions,” Archdaily is working with the curators of the “Eyes of the City” section at the Biennial to stimulate a discussion on how new technologies – and Artificial Intelligence in particular – might impact architecture and urban life. Here you can read the “Eyes of the City” curatorial statement by Carlo Ratti, the Politecnico di Torino and SCUT.