JUNG LOVES 2038
The opening of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in May 2021 was marked by strict Covid requirements. The usual networking events – tours, conferences and parties – all had to be cancelled. Some of these were finally able to take place on September 23 and 24 during the Pavilion Days. On the evening of September 24, JUNG, together with the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), the German exhibition curators of Team 2038 and the Association of German Architects (BDA), invited guests to the opening party of the German pavilion on the Lido di Venezia.
Numerous events that usually accompany the opening of the Architecture Biennale in early summer had to be cancelled this year due to the Covid19 pandemic. However, thanks to rising vaccination rates and moderate incidence numbers over the summer, the so-called Pavilion Days were able to take place at the end of September. More than 35 countries took part in the two-day event, which was planned as a small-scale replacement for the cancelled national opening ceremonies, including that of Germany's.
The Blue Moon beach bar served as the location
The belated opening party of the German Pavilion took place on the evening of September 24 on the Lido di Venezia. The venue was the Stabilimento Blue Moon, designed in the late 1990s by Italian architectural icon Giancarlo De Carlo (1919-2005). The atmospheric beach architecture provided the ideal backdrop for the German opening party, which JUNG hosted together with the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI).
More than 150 German architects, architectural journalists and representatives of all the important national architectural institutions accepted the invitation to the party, the motto of which was JUNG LOVES 2038, and experienced a different kind of networking event. Mirror Flags, shimmering silver semi-transparent flags by Berlin artist Stefan Heinrich Ebner, flew over the venue and a glowing balloon lit up the night sky, while Venetian DjAgi kept the dance floor busy with his summery beats.
The evening started with Faith Love Hope
What ended as a lively beach party well after midnight had begun in the late afternoon – initially as the Glaube Liebe Hoffnung (Faith Love Hope) symposium, held at the invitation of the BDA (Association of German Architects) and supported by JUNG. The invited speakers asked themselves in an extremely self-critical manner whether and how architecture can succeed in meeting the challenges of climate change in the coming decades. The evening event subsequently began with German curator Christopher Roth from Team 2038, Anne Katrin Bohle, State Secretary at the BMI and responsible for the construction, housing and urban development sectors, as well as Jürgen Kitz, Managing Director of JUNG, and Wiebke Becker from the JUNG Architecture Team welcoming the guests.
Photos: © UGO CARMENI STUDIO, Venedig
