HOLY SEE
VATICAN CHAPELS
2018 VENICE ARCHITECTURAL BIENNALE, ISOLA DI SAN GIORGIA MAGGIORE
VATICAN CHAPELS
2018 VENICE ARCHITECTURAL BIENNALE, ISOLA DI SAN GIORGIA MAGGIORE
The Vatican City’s first ever exhibition for the Venice Architecture Biennale titled Holy See Vatican Chapels showcases a series of 10 chapels designed by architects from around the world. The experimental chapels are found on the wooded island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Each reinterprets a geometric structure designed by the Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund’s Woodland Chapel in the early 20th century.
Commissioner: Cardinale Gianfranco Ravasi
Curators: Francesco Dal Co, Micol Forti
Exhibitors: Andrew Berman, Francesco Cellini, Javier Corvalàn, Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores, Norman Foster, Teronobu Fujimori, Sean Godsell, Carla Juacaba, Smiljan Radic, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel