Aldo Cibic is one of 43 partecipants (3 italians architects) invited by director Kazuyo Sejima to 12nd Mostra Internazionale di Architettura of La Biennale di Venezia.

The presented project name is Rethinking Happiness, and it’s a research project on new possible communities.
It’s developed in 4 different projects, focusing on different situations. 40 architects, agronomist, designers, sociologist, energy consultant, model makers toke part to the project.

Rethinking happiness.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
New realities for changing lifestyles.

The historical period in which we live faces us with conditions and challenges that could generate substantial changes in our way of thinking and a different, more contemporary approach to design activity. The economic crisis has revealed the limitations of a development model and, at the same time, the environmental emergency is forcing us to radically rethink our way of confronting the future.
On their own, these two problematic areas suffice to make us understand that many things will no longer be as they were before; but if we decide to try to do something, to get a glimpse of hope, we realize we are faced with an incredible opportunity to redesign life, to trigger a process of mutation.
We have to prepare ourselves to see with new eyes, to think about a tabula rasa situation in which to redefine needs, habits, activities, dreams in relation to new conditions of existence, to think about a more up-to-date idea of contemporary life.

for further informations on the project: www.rethinkinghappiness.info

Introduction to the project by Aldo Cibic (italian only):