Pro Helvetia, the Swiss arts council that has been responsible for the country's contributions to the Venice Biennale since 2012, announced the other day that Christian Kerez will create the exhibition for next year's Biennale. (via Archinect)

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Swiss architect Christian Kerez, born 1962 in Maracaibo (Venezuela) ... Kerez studied at ETH Zürich and has been teaching there as Professor of Architecture and Design since 2009. Internationally acclaimed for his commercial tower building in Zhengzhou, China, and a large-scale social housing development project in Brazil, he ha also made a name for himself in Switzerland with the construction of a new school in Leutschenbach. The compact building is characterised by huge steel lattice formwork and a top-floor gym offering a panoramic view. The load-bearing structure, material and spatial concept form a unity thatis both clear and complex.

The conceptual stringency of Kerez’ designs also becomes apparent in his «house with one wall», a two-family home in Zurich-Witikon formed from a single slab of concrete. Kerez seeks to enable a new spatial experience that can only be brought about by architecture. Within the design process, he combines fundamental considerations with the question of how a specific architectural concept can make a worthwhile contribution to the everyday. 1

  • 1. https://biennials.ch/download/PagePartFiles/fmc_0_media%20release%20swiss%20arts%20council%20pro%20helvetia_e.pdf