Are world exhibitions
still meaningful platforms for presenting ideas, identities, and visions of the
future? What role do they play in shaping architectural discourse and
responding to global challenges? And how do countries and cities position
themselves within these formats today? We will explore these questions with
leading experts and participants from the world’s most significant exhibitions.
With
the Biennale Arte 2026 in Venice currently underway and celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the Czechoslovak Pavilion in Venice, we invite you to an evening
exploring the role of world exhibitions today. Organized by the National
Gallery Prague and co-curated by Centre of Architecture and Metropolitan
Planning (CAMP), FUTURESEARCH STUDIO in partnership with Italian Cultural
Institute in Prague, the event brings together leading figures from
architecture and research to reflect on the continued relevance of Biennales
and EXPOs in the 21st century.
The
program will feature Carlo Ratti, curator of Biennale
Architettura 2025, co-author of the French Pavilion at EXPO 2025, director of
the Senseable City Lab at MIT and professor at Politecnico di Milano. His
lecture will be complemented by presentations of selected projects from
Biennale Architettura 2025, including Biotopia by Winy Maas and Federico
Diaz and X-UTOPIA: Vision of the Future by Jozef Olsavsky
from FUTURESEARCH STUDIO. The program will also feature CHYBIK + KRISTOF
studio, the authors of the Czech pavilion at EXPO 2015, offering insight into
the national contribution to the exhibition. Radka Neumannova from the National
Gallery Prague will reflect on the legacy of the Czechoslovak Pavilion in
Venice.
The evening
will conclude with a panel discussion addressing the future of world
exhibitions and their potential as platforms for critical reflection, national
representation, and international exchange.
The
program will be hosted by Jiří Jaroš from CAMP.
Program
Welcome
- Radka Neumannová, Director of Strategy and Planning, National Gallery Prague
- Marialuisa Pappalardo, Director of Instituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga)
Case
Studies, National Pavilions & Visions
- Pavilon Cecoslovacchia 100. National pavilions at Venice Biennale: Radka Neumannová, National gallery Prague
- The Czech Contribution at EXPO 2015: Chybík Kryštof Architects
- X-UTOPIA: Vision of the Future at Biennale Architettura 2025: Jozef Olšavský, FUTURESEARCH STUDIO
- Biotopia at Biennale Architettura 2025: Winy Maas, MVRDV and Federico Diaz
Keynote: Carlo Ratti, Curator of Biennale Architettura
2025, MIT Senseable City Lab and professor at Politecnico di Milano
- Short Panel Discussion: Critical reflection on national representation and international exchange.
- Closing Remarks and Q&A
Admission: free of charge / Duration: ca 90 minutes / Meeting
point: at the Small Hall of the Trade Fair Palace / Reservation at
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