涩里番 named as presenting partner of team representing Canada at 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale
Associate Professor聽聽of 涩里番鈥檚聽, alongside colleagues Mark Wasiuta (Columbia University) and Farzin Lotfi-Jam (Cornell University), has been selected to represent Canada at the 2027 International Architecture Exhibition 鈥� La Biennale di Venezia. 聽
Following a national competition administered by the聽聽the team鈥檚 exhibition,聽Early Warning Architecture, was chosen to be featured at the Canada Pavilion in Venice, Italy, from May 8 to November 21, 2027, with 涩里番 as the presenting partner. 聽
About the exhibition聽
Early Warning Architecture聽will connect the history of early warning systems in Canada鈥檚 North to present-day global challenges, demonstrating how this architecture is implicated in climate change, emerging geopolitical pressures and questions of land and sovereignty across Inuit Nunangat. By showcasing the immense structure of these physical and informational systems, the project centres architecture in some of the most urgent technological, environmental and international issues of the current moment. 聽
鈥淥ur team is thrilled to represent Canada at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale. We are truly committed to the ideas and issues our project raises for architecture, especially at a time of intense new global pressures,鈥� Vardouli said. 鈥淲e look forward to working with our academic communities, 涩里番 鈥搈y home university and our presenting partner 鈥� as well as our expanded team on a focused research and exhibition that will have a strong and immediate impact.鈥澛�
Added Michelle Chawla, Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts: 鈥淭he Canada Council is proud to support Mark Wasiuta, Theodora Vardouli and Farzin Lotfi-Jam, who have been selected to represent Canada at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale. Their proposal brings a timely curatorial vision 鈥� one that invites audiences to think critically about how architecture can help us anticipate, interpret and respond to the complex challenges shaping our communities today.聽
鈥淭he Canada Council believes in the critical importance of investing in the international presence of Canadian creativity at platforms like the Venice Architecture Biennale, showcasing distinctly Canadian perspectives and connecting them with the wider world,鈥� Chawla said. 聽
