"We are Not the Protagonists, Architecture is Just the Background": In Conversation with Alejandro Aravena

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The 17th Venice Architecture Biennale invited architects to ponder the question “How will we live together”, eliciting a variety of answers, readings and interpretations. The International Exhibition unfolding in Giardini, the Arsenale and Forte Maghera presents 112 participants in the competition, coming from 46 countries, whose contributions are organized into five scales: Among Diverse Beings, As New Households, As Emerging Communities, Across Borders, and As One Planet. Answering “How will we live together as a community? “ is Chilean office ELEMENTAL and Archdaily met in Venice with Alejandro Aravena to discuss the idea behind the project KOYAÜWE, which creates a space that recovers the tradition of parleys, as a means to address the historical Chilean-Mapuche conflict.

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Cite: Andreea Cutieru. ""We are Not the Protagonists, Architecture is Just the Background": In Conversation with Alejandro Aravena" 09 Jun 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/963054/we-are-not-the-protagonists-architecture-is-just-the-background-in-conversation-with-alejandro-aravena> ISSN 0719-8884

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