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Business News Wales
13-06-2025
- General
- Business News Wales
Public Map Platform Project Exhibits at International Architecture Exhibition
A Wrexham University Arts Professor is exhibiting in Italy this summer as part of a project aimed at creating a mapping tool for communities. Alec Shepley, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Art and Society, is co-leading the Public Map Platform (PMP) project, which is being led by Professor Flora Samuel from the University of Cambridge's Department of Architecture and Professor Scott Orford of Cardiff University. The PMP is piloting an online map to help local authorities and their communities picture what is happening in a place, as a basis for informed decision making. It has been developed in response to the Welsh Government's need to operationalise the Future Generations Wales Act (FGA), as well as the Isle of Anglesey County Council's need to align its activities and performance with the FGA. The project aims to help Anglesey achieve and evidence its progress towards its wellbeing objectives surrounding children and young people, net zero carbon and poverty. To showcase the progress made through the project so far the project team's work is being exhibited in the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia until November. The exhibit has been put together by Professor Shepley; Professor Samuel; Dr Irit Catz, Dr Caitlin Shepherd from Cambridge University; and Piers Taylor, from Invisible Studio. Professor Shepley said: 'It's a huge honour that the PMP project is now showing in Italy, as part of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, which is centred around architecture being a response to the climate and how human design has been led by the need for shelter and survival. 'Our PMP exhibit features photographic panels, which demonstrate what we have achieved as a collective so far, which has mostly been a creative journey around the isle of Anglesey with Gillian Brownson, Lisa Hudson and Rhys Trimble – three multitalented bards, who have worked with children and young people, with the aim of co-creating narratives about a sense of place, imagining their ideal future on the island through poetry, visual arts and creative writing. 'The research has been live and applied, and has seen us collect rich cultural and environmental data from the island's children and young people themselves to help us inform the map. 'This project embodies what Wrexham research is all about – it's about bringing about positive changes, co-created with the community, with the aim of making things better for them. 'Although this project has been taking place in Anglesey, it's a model that can be carried out for any local authority across the UK.' The International Architecture Exhibition is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world and held in Venice biennially. This year's exhibition is titled, 'Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.' and will be open to the public until November 23.
Daily Tribune
02-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Tribune
Bahrain Crown Prince Congratulates BACA Team on Global Architecture Win at Biennale Architettura 2025
SK His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received His Excellency Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), along with the team behind the Kingdom's acclaimed participation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2025 (Biennale Architettura 2025), at Gudaibiya Palace. The meeting followed Bahrain's recognition at the prestigious event, where the national pavilion earned the award for Best National Participation, marking a milestone in the Kingdom's cultural and architectural representation on the global stage. During the meeting, His Royal Highness underscored the critical role of Bahrain's talented national workforce in achieving international excellence. 'Bahrain's achievements across sectors are built on the ambition and dedication of its people,' HRH stated, adding that their contributions continue to support the Kingdom's comprehensive development journey led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister praised the team's creative and meaningful work at the Biennale, which showcased Bahrain's architectural identity and tackled global environmental issues with visionary insight. He emphasized the importance of integrating innovative approaches to reinforce Bahrain's leadership in international cultural arenas. 'This award is not only a win for Bahrain but also recognition of our proactive engagement in sustainable urban development and environmental discourse,' HRH noted. His Royal Highness expressed pride in the national pavilion's success and conveyed appreciation to everyone involved in its development, describing it as a testament to Bahrain's rich architectural legacy and its future-focused vision. HE Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed expressed his gratitude for the unwavering support from HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He noted that the international recognition is a direct result of the continued guidance and patronage from His Majesty the King and the strategic directives issued by HRH to amplify Bahrain's cultural presence worldwide. Also in attendance at the meeting were His Excellency General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Minister of Interior, and His Excellency Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance and National Economy.
Express Tribune
24-05-2025
- General
- Express Tribune
Pakistan's highlights climate change at Venice architecture exhibit
At the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the Pakistan Pavilion is presenting its installation (Fr)Agile Systems, which seeks to explore the drastic impact of climate change. As per a press release, Pakistan continues to occupy a paradoxical and precarious position along with many other countries of the Global South. Despite contributing less than one percent to global carbon emissions, the South Asian country bears the disproportionate weight of climate-induced disasters ranging from rising temperatures to melting glaciers, intense downpours to savage floods, unusually low precipitation to severe droughts, heatwaves to wildfires. The 2022 floods alone affected over 30 million people across the country, resulting in a dramatic loss of human life, livestock, crops, infrastructure, and land, while further straining an already strained economy. (Fr)Agile Systems not only highlights the severity of Pakistan's vulnerability to climate-induced disasters, but also serves as a reminder of the stark inequity of the climate crisis—one that keeps weighing down hardest on regions that have historically had the least to do with causing it. In the presence of such severity and inequity, it also reiterates the imperative to rethink climate resilience as an adaptation process attuned to the asymmetries and imbalances of an interconnected world. At the heart of the Pavilion is rock salt — a material deeply rooted in Pakistan's geological and cultural heritage. Concentrated in large quantities in the Northern Punjab region of the country, Pakistani rock salt embodies a temporal depth formed over hundreds of millions of years. With its rather distinct pink hue and unmatched purity, it also embodies aesthetic and spiritual values besides lending itself to other uses. Here in the ambient humidity of Venice, however, it serves a different purpose. By constantly dissolving, rehardening, and reshaping itself, it becomes a powerful metaphor, reflecting on the one hand the adaptive and enduring qualities inherent in natural elements and processes, and on the other the vulnerability of natural systems and cycles under the strain of profit-driven human activities. In other words, it reflects both agility and fragility. This phenomenon, where an indigenous material is brought into an unfamiliar environment and subjected to conditions that alter its very nature, also suggests that climate resilience does not rest in universal solutions dictated by regions primarily responsible for the climate crisis, but in localised and nature-based acts of adaptation that resist colonial and capitalist structures of extraction and exploitation. Inside the Pavilion, a suspended structure, both fragile and agile, dominates and articulates the front space, holding the rock salt in a rather complex system that through its asymmetry and imbalance recalls the paradoxes, precarities, and inequities of the climate crisis, while urging a more proactive, equitable, and locally-led response. This central installation is lined by a series of maps that explore Pakistan's climate crisis through the interplay of geology, resilience, and vulnerability. Titled Mapping Pakistan's Fragility and comprising 12 copper-etched plates with colour overlays, the series presents the profound impacts of climate change on Pakistan's diverse landscapes. At once a reflection and a call to action, the Pavilion also envisions a future in which architecture takes a radical turn and becomes deeply re-rooted in cultural heritage and critically re-engaged with ecological realities. It is here that we invite visitors to a place we imagine — a place embedded in a mountain range that extends from a plateau to a river in Pakistan's Punjab province, a quiet place that speaks loudly for change in how we design and build as architects. In addition, the Pavilion presents a pamphlet titled Climate Inequity: A Closer Look that offers a more detailed study of global climate inequity by tallying the historical carbon footprints of the Global North and the Global South. The Pavilion also presents a framework titled Decolonsing Design: Toward Mutualist Practice that calls on architects to conscientiously value and support diversity, locality, and interdependence in architecture. Organised by Coalesce Design Studio (Karachi) and MAS/Architects (Lahore), the Pavilion is curated by Anique Azhar (MAS/Architects), Sami Chohan (Studio 4Pai; Navigating Noplace; GCAS-Jehan), Salman Jawed (Coalesce Design Studio), Bilal Kapadia (Coalesce Design Studio), Mustafa Mehdi (Coalesce Design Studio), Madeeha Merchant (DOT; Urban Justice League; Columbia University), Arsalan Rafique (The Urban Research Frontier; Revolving Games), and Ayesha Sarfraz (MAS/Architects; Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture). The Pavilion is housed in Spazio 996/A, a gallery space managed by Exhibition Care and situated between the key entrances of the Biennale. Have something to add? Share it in the comments below.
Ottawa Citizen
14-05-2025
- Science
- Ottawa Citizen
Materials, Data, Landscapes, Space, and Wellbeing: Politecnico di Milano research supporting 7 Projects at the Biennale Architettura 2025
Article content MILAN, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, taking place 10 May-23 November 2025, Politecnico di Milano will support seven projects addressing the challenges of contemporary architecture through an interdisciplinary lens. This year's event, curated by Carlo Ratti, is entitled 'Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.' and invites reflection on the forms of intelligence emerging from the interplay between space, technology, and society. Article content Article content Article content In this context, the presence of the Politecnico di Milano is reflected in the installations that foster dialogue between architecture, science, and innovation, engaging with themes such as sustainability, sensory perception, wellbeing, and new materials. Applied research, a cross-disciplinary outlook, and an emphasis on social impact form the common thread linking these projects, designed to enrich the global discourse on the future of architecture. Article content Politecnico di Milano's Rector, Donatella Sciuto said: 'The presence of the Politecnico di Milano as a supporter of several projects participating in the Biennale Architettura 2025 is part of one of the most prestigious cultural events on the Italian and international scene. The Biennale di Venezia, with its long-standing heritage and unrivalled prestige, is a hub of creativity where artists, architects, thinkers, and innovators converge and work together. It reflects the social, cultural, and technological transformations of our time, and the university finds itself mirrored in this setting as a driver of change. The university is a place of knowledge, where intelligence is nurtured, developed, and evolves and where new areas of application and forms of expression are discovered. The theme chosen by Carlo Ratti is significant for us, as it is within this framework that architecture must imagine and bring to life new worlds.' Article content Article content Biennale Architettura 2025 curator and Politecnico di Milano professor Carlo Ratti said: 'The message of this Biennale is urgent – the built environment must adapt to a changing planet. Architecture is no longer a matter of form, but of survival. To address this challenge, it must evolve, drawing on all forms of natural, artificial, and collective intelligence at our disposal. This is why universities play such a crucial role in this year's Biennale, especially in a time when they are confronted by emerging forms of obscurantism. We are honoured to count Politecnico di Milano among our participants. I hope the Biennale can carry this message to Piazza Leonardo da Vinci and our current and future students. Architecture has the power to change the world, if we are brave enough to let it.' Article content The Politecnico di Milano supports the following projects participating in the Biennale Architettura 2025: Material Bank – Matters Make Sense is a project set up at the Corderie dell'Arsenale, presented by Ingrid Maria Paoletti and Stefano Capolongo (Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano), together with set designer Margherita Palli and Nobel Laureate Konstantin Novosëlov (National University of Singapore), awarded for his work on graphene. The project explores perception as a fundamental form of intelligence, linking innovative materials, sensory experience and the built environment. Inspired by the intertwined concepts of a labyrinth and a library, the installation, features interactive devices such as the Polimi_Sensing Core, which enables visitors to perceive their own heartbeat through reactive fabrics, prompting a reflection on the body as an environmental interface.
Daily Tribune
13-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Tribune
Cabinet Applauds Bahrain's Recognition at Venice Biennale, Reviews Regional Cooperation
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting held today at Gudaibiya Palace, where several national, regional, and international matters were discussed. The Cabinet began by acknowledging the Royal Order of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to conclude the third session of the sixth legislative term of the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives. The Cabinet praised the accomplishments achieved through constructive cooperation between the Executive and Legislative Authorities and reaffirmed the importance of this partnership in advancing the Kingdom's comprehensive development. Underscoring the government's ongoing commitment to citizens, the Cabinet emphasized the value of enhancing collaboration between both authorities to meet the aspirations of the Bahraini people. In regional affairs, the Cabinet welcomed His Majesty the King's recent meeting with His Excellency President Ahmad al-Sharaa of the Syrian Arab Republic. The meeting was seen as a testament to the strong ties between Bahrain and Syria, and the Cabinet expressed support for expanding cooperation across various sectors. It also extended its best wishes to President al-Sharaa in his efforts to fulfill the aspirations of the Syrian people. In recognition of International Nurses Day, the Cabinet conveyed heartfelt appreciation to all nurses working across the Kingdom, commending their crucial role in strengthening the healthcare system and providing quality, patient-centered care aligned with global standards. The Cabinet celebrated Bahrain's recognition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia – where the Kingdom's national pavilion received an award. This achievement, the Cabinet noted, reflects Bahrain's commitment to environmentally conscious architectural innovation and its role in addressing climate change. Continuing on healthcare advancements, the Cabinet highlighted the opening of the Muharraq Special Health Care Center. Developed in partnership with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), the center represents a significant step in expanding access to specialized medical services within the Kingdom. In international diplomacy, the Cabinet welcomed the upcoming Gulf-US summit in Riyadh, expressing hopes for successful dialogue aimed at bolstering regional security and deepening strategic partnerships with the United States. The Cabinet also commended the U.S. announcement of a ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan and praised Saudi Arabia's diplomatic efforts in facilitating the agreement. During the session, the Cabinet reviewed and approved a number of key memorandums: Approval of regulations exempting industrial materials from customs duties, submitted by the Ministerial Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs and Fiscal Balance. A draft decree amending the law establishing the National Archives. A draft resolution regulating shared communication services. A bilateral agreement with Morocco on visa exemptions for holders of special and service passports. Government responses to five proposals from the Council of Representatives and a draft law from the Shura Council. Additionally, the Cabinet reviewed reports on recent high-level international visits and their outcomes, including:
