ANNOUNCING
MPAVILION 2021 ARCHITECTS
MAP STUDIO (VENICE)

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    • Did you hear the announcement on Wednesday? The architect for MPavilion 2021 is MAP studio (Venice)! And we couldn’t be more excited. A work more than two years in the making, MAP studio’s upcoming MPavilion was originally slated for construction in 2020, with progress being postponed as the world responded to the COVID-19 crisis. But now, after wrapping our logistically flexible 2020 season, MPavilion can recommence work with MAP studio to bring its pavilion to fruition. MAP studio is led by Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel, two architects who have led their team in a number of significant projects, including the refurbishment of greenhouses in Querini Park, Vincenza, the outfitting of the National Museum of Musical Instruments, Rome, and the restoration of Carlo Scarpa’s Balboni House, Venice. MAP studio's award-winning works include the renovation of the Porta Nuova Tower in the Venice Arsenale, its restoration of a Ferrara Farmhouse, and its development of the Tramway Terminal in Piazzale Roma, Venice. The practice has also exhibited work at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and was celebrated for its Asplund Pavilion at Vatican Chapels—the first pavilion of the Holy See at the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture. Design and build details of MAP studio's MPavilion will be revealed in July 2021, but for now, you can read more about MAP studio on our website. Link in bio. 1) Porta Nuova Tower, Venice Arsenale (2006-11), photo by Alessandra Chemollo\ORCH 2)Greenhouses, Querini Park Vicenza photo by MAP Studio 3) Asplund Pavilion, Venezia, S. Giorgio Island (2017-18), photo by Federico Cedrone 4) Asplund Pavilion, Venezia, S. Giorgio Island (2017-18), photo by Federico Cedrone 5) Tramway Terminal, Venice (2014-15), photo by Alessandra Bello 6) Principessa Pio, Ferrara (2006-08), photo by Alessandra Bello 7) ANNEX office building, Bologna, photo by Claudia Rossini @mapstudio__magnani_pelzel #MAPstudio #MPavilion2021
    • MPAVILION 2021 ARCHITECT ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢📢📢 We are delighted to reveal that the architect for our upcoming 2021 season is MAP studio (Venice). MAP studio—an architecture, urbanism and design practice based in Venice, Italy—is renowned for responding to existing sites in a way that is both sensitive and celebratory. It's an approach that will be especially poignant as MPavilion 2021 returns to its original home on Boon Wurrung land in the Queen Victoria Gardens in November. Design and build details of MAP studio’s MPavilion will be revealed in July 2021, so stay tuned! ✨ Link in bio to read more about MAP studio Image by Claudia Rossini @mapstudio__magnani_pelzel #MAPstudio #MPavilion2021
    • Work with the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, & MPavilion! . We’re seeking a marketing strategy & social media powerhouse to be our new Digital Marketing & Communications Coordinator. Sound like this could be you? . 👉 Link in bio to read the full position description and submit your application @nmf_au
    • That's a wrap! MPavilion 2020/21 is now finished—and what a season it has been. From beaming to you in your homes online during lockdown, to reanimating the pavilions of past seasons when we could come back together, to turning the seventh floor of Parkade car park into a rollerdisco, a cinema, a performance space and so much more, this season's program has proven that beyond being any one physical space, MPavilion is a living, breathing cultural laboratory. One that lives because all of you bring it to life with your presence and your ideas. Of course, absolutely none of it would have been possible without the imagination and support of every collaborator who helped to make each event happen. So to all who took part, Team MPavilion thank you! Being able to make this season a reality in the midst of a pandemic is a testament to your vision and determination. But just because we're saying goodbye for now—until our next season begins in November 2021—doesn't mean you have to go MPavilion-less before then! Our online MPavilion Library is a treasure trove of recorded events that will brighten your mind, feed your spirit and stoke your idea-fires until we return. So for now, take care of yourselves and each other, and dive into a podcast (or two hundred) on the MPavilion Library 📚 📺 🎧 From all of us at MPavilion ✨ Link in bio for MPavilion Library 🔗 #MPavilion