(by Federico Pucci)
After a 20-year pause, the
Triennale di Milano design exhibition will be returning in 2016.
The 21st edition of the International Exhibition of Design
and Architecture, titled '21st Century: Design After Design', is
slated to run from April 2 to September 12, said Triennale chief
Claudio De Albertis in presenting the project to 80 foreign
consulates and foreign institutions.
"The decision to begin holding the exhibition again
originated from the establishment of the foundation," De
Albertis said.
"Then, however, it was thought that biennales and
triennales were in decline. We now know that this is not true".
The project for the 21st Triennale got underway a year ago
with the support of the former Italian government of Enrico
Letta, which submitted the request to the Bureau International
des Expositions.
"The new government maintained the commitment," said the
Triennale director, who announced the participation of the Milan
town council, the Lombardy regional government and the chambers
of commerce of Milan, Monza and Brianza.
Making use of the Palazzo dell'Arte, which was built in
1933 to hold the exhibition, the 2016 Triennale will get the
entire city involved.
"We will not build new pavilions, but we will leave our
mark in the city with an urban landscape design involving both
architecture and the environment".
The pavilions of the guest nations will be in key locations
of Milan's cultural scene including the Fabbrica del Vapore,
Hangar Bicocca, IULM, the Polytechnic, the Museum of Cultures
and Monza's Ville Reale. The central theme will be the
relationship between design and the economy, with a focus on
Southeast Asia.
The 2016 Triennale aims to surpass the 36 participant
nations in the last official edition in 1996.
According to De Albertis, large-scale participation by
countries and Italian and foreign cultural institutes is the key
to making the exhibition an event held every three years once
again.
"The revolutions in design all began here, and we want to
leave our mark with the 8th and the 13th," editions, he said.
The dates were carefully chosen: April 2 is also the
opening of the Salone del Mobile 2016 ("our main interlocutor"),
while April 12 will see the Formula One Grand Prix in Monza.
The year, 2016, will also be the one after the Expo, useful
to "keep up the momentum. Milan will not be abandoned," he said.
The budget currently stands at 12 million euros: five
million euros of direct financing for the Triennale, five
million euros as fees from the nations taking part and two
million euros from ticket sales.
Expenditure is expected to include three million euros for
the Italian pavilion, welcoming spaces and shows connected with
the foreign exhibits; 6.5 million for the external sites; and
2.5 million euros for communication and promotion.
The 21st International Exhibition will be curated by a
scientific committee under De Albertis and will include BIE
Secretary General Vicente Gonzales Loscertales, Arturo
Dell'Acqua Bellavitis and Silvana Annichiarico (Museo del
Design), Andrea Cancellato (Triennale director) and well-known
figures from the worlds of architecture, design and economy,
such as Andrea Branzi, Luisa Collina, Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo
Scofidio, Kenya Hara, Stefano Micelli, Pierluigi Nicolin,
Richard Sennett and Cino Zucchi.
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