Pavilion co-commissioners Peter MacKeith, Susan Chin, and Rod Bigelow will be joined by a curatorial design team comprising Marlon Blackwell, Julie Bargmann, Stephen Burks, and Maura Rockcastle.
Per Israeli Culture Ministry officials, the decision is attributed to renovation needs of the Israeli pavilion and to a lack of affordable alternative exhibition space elsewhere in the city.
Focused on generating transdisciplinary solutions to the climate crisis, the exhibition is organized around a trio of intelligences: natural, artificial, and collective.
The coveted commissioning role comes with a $375,000 grant and is open to educational institutions and nonprofit architecture, art, and cultural organizations.
Recent visits to some of this year's most significant architecture events resulted in more questions about the profession and its role in society than it did tangible solutions.
RECORD Editor in Chief Josephine Minutillo was on hand at the multinational initiative's kickoff gathering to lead a panel discussion on how to create a building culture that will achieve quality, affordability, and sustainability goals.
