The first pandemic of the Anthropocene hardly left a stone unturned. Where decades of promoting the concept of sustainability failed, the spreading virus succeeded in the wink of an eye. The collective experience of being catapulted into a way of living within a limited radius, minimal contacts, and reduced consumption provoked a dramatic shakeup of mindsets. It set a spotlight on the relationship between architecture and land, urban and rural, interior and exterior, home and work/study, built environment and nature.

Referring to the official motto of this year’s Biennale, How will we live together?, the Luxembourg contribution to the 17th Architecture Biennale comes with an exhibition that reflects on these dualities. The modular installation in the Sale d’Armi and several contributions to the architecture magazine Accattone explore ways of reversible living, offering a vision for a model of repurposing land as new urban commons, providing new forms of togetherness. The contributors to this exhibition come from diverse disciplines, and include architects, artists, authors, urban planners, photographers, ecologists, developers, lawyers...

The pavilion hosts working spaces for the participants of Luxembourg’s first ever curatorial residency programme at the Biennale di Venezia. Emerging curators, mediators, scenographers, authors, bloggers, and activists in the field of architecture have the possibility to explore this year’s Architecture Biennale, get a first-hand overview of the current state of international discourse, gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities of contributing to the world’s most important architecture exhibition, enhance their professional abilities, and establish important contacts and develop ideas for own projects.