{"id":151401,"date":"2025-09-17T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/151401\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T23:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:12:16","slug":"carlo-ratti-and-howeler-yoon-launch-floating-plaza-in-venice-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/151401\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlo Ratti and H\u00f6weler + Yoon launch floating plaza in Venice | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Carlo Ratti Associati<\/a> and H\u00f6weler + Yoon<\/a> have created a floating cultural plaza<\/a> as part of Italy\u2019s contribution to COP30. AquaPra\u00e7a opened to the public at the Arsenale to coincide with the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale<\/a>, and will remain in Venice before traveling to Bel\u00e9m, Brazil, where it will be inaugurated in November as part of the Italian Pavilion at the climate conference.<\/p>\n

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Conceived as a space for public engagement, AquaPra\u00e7a is designed to accommodate up to 150 people for exhibitions, workshops, and cultural events. The design team describes the installation as a civic catalyst, aiming to facilitate dialogue around climate change and the relationship between built and natural environments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Spanning over 4000 square feet, the floating structure<\/a> holds and releases water to constantly calibrate and maintain a minimal freeboard with the surrounding water level. As a result, users experience dynamic fluctuations of sea level rise at eye level, creating new perspectives on natural and urban systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn 1979, Aldo Rossi launched the Teatro del Mondo at the first Biennale Architettura, positing that architecture could engage with the past,\u201d said Carlo Ratti<\/a>. \u201cToday, AquaPra\u00e7a shows how architecture can engage with the future \u2014 by responding to climate and engaging with nature rather than resisting it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Following its presentation at the Biennale, AquaPra\u00e7a will embark on a transatlantic journey to Bel\u00e9m, Brazil<\/a>. There, it will host events as part of COP30 and later remain as a permanent cultural infrastructure in the Amazon Basin. The team believes that the platform\u2019s legacy will be to provide an enduring venue for climate dialogue and social engagement.<\/p>\n

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