Other Awards at the Venice Biennale
In addition to the Gold and Silver Lion awards for National Participation, the jury of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition has awarded a Silver Lion best Monditalia research project and special mentions in all categories.
As part of the Monditalia component of the Biennale, the jury* awarded the Silver Lion for best research project to "Sales Oddity. Milano 2 and the Politics of Direct-to-home TV Urbanism" by Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation. The multimedia piece examines the overlap of media in social spaces, both physically and politically, through surveys and interviews with planners and residents of Milano 2, a 1970s residential area outside Milan that was designed and marketed to entice affluent residents away from the city.
The jury's three special mentions for Monditalia research projects:
Beatriz Colomina, Britt Eversole, Ignacio G. Galán, Evangelos Kotsioris, Anna-Maria Meister, Federica Vannucchi, Amunátegui Valdés Architects, Smog.tv
"Intermundia"
Ana Dana Beroš
"Italian Limes"
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And the jury's three special mentions for National Participations**:
"Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15"
Curators: Lola Sheppard, Matthew Spremulli, Mason White (Lateral Office)
France
"Modernity: promise or menace?"
Curator: Jean Louis Cohen
Russia
"Fair Enough: Russia’s past our Present"
Curators: Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design (Anton Kalgaev, Brendan McGetrick, Daria Paramonova)
*The Jury, selected by Director Rem Koolhaas, is composed of Francesco Bandarin (President, Italy), Kunlé Adeyemi (Nigeria), Bregtje van der Haak (The Netherlands), Hou Hanru (China), and Mitra Khoubrou (United Arab Emirates).
**To see Korea's Golden Lion award for National Participation click here, and to see Chile's Silver Lion award for National Participation click here.