Venice Biennale :: Australian Pavilion

The Venice Biennale is held every 2 years in Venice, Italy. In 2008 a competition was sponsored to replace the original Australian Pavilion. This is a record of the entry from Santa Barbara Architect Steven Alden. In his entry Steve writes "...to properly display art, and to allow the most flexibility in the presentation of a wide variety of venues, the gallery became a more conventional enclosed space. A second floor plaza was added for a sculpture garden or to function as a cafe or other mixed uses. A translucent fabric roof was proposed, then replaced with a more substantial metal roof. This upper roof was always seen as an expression of a lightweight organic treeline."