THDP at Biennale Architettura Venezia 2021

Manuela Mannino has been invited to take part to Detoxing architecture from inequalities: a plural act, a project designed by the association RebeleArchitette for the Italian Pavilion RESILIENT COMMUNITIES  curated by Alessandro Melis for BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2021 Venezia, Italy (22 May > 31 November 2021).

The project #architetteitaliane is part of the section of the Pavillion titled DECOLONIZING THE BUILT.

The installation is a hymn to respect, justice and the need for diversification in the landscape of the interpreters of architecture, both female and male, in Italy and all over the world.
A choral project of research and representation, it does not put forward exclusive selection formulas, it instead privileges new interpretations of the profession, which are still invisible to the wider public.

On display are 137 Italian female role models to be discovered: architects, designers, visionaries, bricklayers, influencers supported by a sincere archi-sisterhood and, yes, also archi-brotherhood.
An occasion to create new alliances and break through the gender exclusion still so evidently in place.

The exhibition set up is designed on three interchangeable supports to allow access to an augmented experience in potential evolution. 

• A web platform showcasing a multitude of italian female architects to be discovered. 

• A digital version of the installation with interactive features to explore new design worlds.

• A short video including 137 portraits and projects bound to become indispensable.