Breaking news: United Arab Emirates’ Wetand pavilion curated by Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.
The UAE pavilion, which investigates using salt as an alternative to Portland cement, was named the winner of the Golden Lion today.
Named Wetland, the pavilion won the award for its focus on the construction possibilities of waste materials.
“[It] encourages us to think about the relationship between waste and production at both the local and global scales, and opens to new construction possibilities between craft and high technology,” said the judges.
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