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For the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, People meet in architecture (August 29th – November 21st 2010), directed by Kazuyo Sejima, the Biennale di Venezia intends to broaden the platform it offers Universities and learning Institutions, by providing a special opportunity for them to programme and organize a visit to the Exhibition, that can constitute an important educational experience.

This project by the Biennale foresees the possibility of setting up specific agreements with the Universities  for accrediting groups of at least 50 students, and to transform the experience of visiting the Exhibition into university credits. The Faculties that choose to participate will be required to organize the project for their visit to the Exhibition, to be developed and discussed in a seminar (or other educational form), in a space equipped with the required technical facilities, assigned by the Biennale. More…

Professor Jeffery S. Poss FAIA is the first in an internationally-known line-up of plenary speakers for the Constructed Environment Conference, held alongside the 12th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

Jeffery S. Poss FAIA is a Professor in the University of Illinois School of Architecture. He creates places of commemoration, introspection, and meaning that evoke the human spirit–public places that bring people together, or conversely, private spaces that allow people to find refuge in quiet contemplation. Through his design work Professor Poss strives to articulate values and symbols that express the highest aspirations of our society: projects that act as inspirational models of design and practice both to the students under his tutelage and the people who use them. More…