kingdom of bahrain's heatwave pavilion wins venice architecture biennale 2025 golden lion
The Kingdom of Bahrain has been awarded Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale for its pavilion, Heatwave. Curated by Andrea Faraguna and commissioned by Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, the exhibition offers a grounded and urgent response to one of today's most pressing climate challenges: extreme heat. Celebrated for its environmental intelligence and social consideration, Heatwave was praised by this year's International Jury, comprised of Hans Ulrich Obrist (President, Switzerland), Paola Antonelli (Italy), and Mpho Matsipa (South Africa), for its presentation of 'viable proposals for extreme heat conditions,' combining tradition with innovative design.
With works by Wafa Al Ghatam, Eman Ali, Alexander Puzrin, and Mario Monotti, Heatwave stands out for its thoughtful integration of traditional Bahraini cooling systems, including wind towers and shaded courtyards, with contemporary material research. The pavilion functions as a full-scale, inhabitable prototype, defined by a raised platform, suspended ceiling, and central supporting column that together depict how passive cooling techniques can be reimagined to address global warming in real-time conditions. Its spatial framework doubles as a climatic device, shaping microclimates through materiality and form.
all images by Andrea Avezzù heatwave addresses extreme heat in the nation
Designed to be modular and scalable, the Kingdom of Bahrain Pavilion imagines how such systems could be implemented across diverse contexts, particularly in public outdoor spaces where exposure to extreme heat is highest. As the designers explain, 'Architecture must address the dual challenges of environmental resilience and sustainability. The ingenious solution can be deployed in public spaces and in locations where people must live and work outdoors in conditions of extreme heat. The pavilion uses traditional methods of passive cooling typical of the region and reminiscence of wind towers and shaded courtyards.' Read More Budapest Festival Orchestra website design
Heatwave also centers the lived experiences of vulnerable outdoor workers, especially those in construction, who work in tough and often extreme climatic conditions, and reframes thermal comfort as a question of equity and public well-being. In doing so, the project introduces the concept of the 'thermal commons' — a shared environmental resource — and advocates for architectural approaches that are porous, adaptive, and communal. Scenarios explored in the pavilion include schoolyards, urban intersections, and other high-heat environments, positioning Heatwave as both a practical proposal and a provocation for rethinking the civic role of architecture in the face of climate emergency.
Kingdom of Bahrain awarded Golden Lion for Best National Participation additional accolades at the venice architecture biennale 2025
The International Jury also awarded Special Mentions to the Holy See and Great Britain. The Holy See's Opera aperta, curated by Marina Otero Verzier and Giovanna Zabotti, features work by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio and MAIO Architects, and was recognized for its thoughtful engagement with spatial openness and spiritual reflection. The British Pavilion's Geology of Britannic Repair, curated by Owen Hopkins, Kathryn Yusoff, Kabage Karanja, and Stella Mutegi, brings together collaborators such as cave_bureau and the Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), and was commended for its critical take on colonial and ecological legacies embedded in the British landscape.
titled heatwave, the exhibition offers a grounded and urgent response to the challenge of extreme heat.
Heatwave stands out for its integration of traditional Bahraini cooling systems with contemporary material research
functioning as a full-scale prototype with a raised platform, suspended ceiling, and central supporting column Read More Core77 Weekly Roundup (6-5-23 to 6-9-23)
Heatwave centers the lived experiences of vulnerable outdoor workers
project info:
name: Heatwave
curator: Andrea Faraguna
exhibitors: Andrea Faraguna, Wafa Al Ghatam, Eman Ali, Alexander Puzrin, Mario Monotti
commissioner: S haikh Khalifa bin Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, President of Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities
program: Venice Architecture Biennale
location: Kingdom of Bahrain Pavilion, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
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