“The Biennale Architettura 2025 aims to be more than an Exhibition; it is an experiment in uniting different voices and forms of intelligence. Some will resonate louder than others; some might clash and produce jarring sounds. Nonetheless, we hope that this choral effort will offer new insights into one of the defining challenges of our time: adapting to an altered world.”
With this final paragraph at his introductory text Carlo Ratti, the curator of the 19th Biennale of Architecture, highlights the goals and his aspirations of this years’ ambitious exhibition under the title Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective. The 19th International Architecture Exhibition will be held from Saturday 10 May to Sunday 23 November 2025
While having its main focus on architecture and its roots- human need for shelter and survival, driven by optimism – Ratti acknowledges that in today’s world threatened by climate crisis, architecture alone can no longer provide adequate solutions. Moreover the time has come for architecture to go beyond today’s limited focus on AI and digital technologies and embrace adaptation inviting different types of intelligence -natural, artificial, collective- to work together to rethink the built environment.
Vessel is a collective studio based on the island of Aegina, Greece. It was founded by artists Navine G. Dossos and James Bridle. It’s members work collectively on public projects.
Vessel was invited by Carlo Ratti’s team of curators to work on a project linked to their community and bio-region on Aegina. James Bridle’s book Ways of Being – Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence has many interwoven themes with this year’s Biennale.
Navine g. Dossos talked to Ex_posure about Vessel and their fascinating project for Venice Biennale of Architecture: The Only Flowering Plant in the Ocean.