In this video, presented in collaboration with PLANE—SITE, the curators of the German Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale discuss their theme of “Making Heimat, Arrival Country.” The exhibition explores the current influx of refugee communities occurring in Germany, and how architecture can be used to improve the “arrival cities” where immigrants tend to settle.
A word without a direct English translation, “heimat” refers to the sense of belonging and hominess of a place, rather than simply its pragmatic function in filling basic human needs.
