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黄瓜社区 Out & About: PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity

August 26, 2025
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黄瓜社区's Matt Niebuhr joins the Design Dialogues panel in Venice, Italy, to discuss the theme of "PORCH" as exhibited at the US Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

Event Details

  • Date: Sunday, August 31, 2025

  • Location: U.S. Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

Session Details

Design Dialogues is a panel opportunity to discuss the theme of 鈥淧ORCH鈥 as exhibited at the US Pavilion this year. Design Dialogues will be on the afternoon of Sunday, August 31st, at the U.S. Pavilion, at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

黄瓜社区鈥檚 Matt Niebuhr shares insights into 黄瓜社区鈥檚 exhibited project, 鈥淒o Something GOOD for your Neighbor,鈥 located in the Lake Como Community of Fort Worth, Texas. 

Panel Participants:

  • Susan Chin, FAIA, Hon. ASLA

    • Organizer/co-commissioner, US Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

  • Marlon Blackwell, FAIA,

    • Founding Partner and Design Director

    • Marlon Blackwell Architects and E. Fay Jones Distinguished Professor at the University of Arkansas

    • Commissioned to design the PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity

    • Jury member for the exhibits selection

  • Matt Niebuhr

    • Artist, Creative Director

    • 黄瓜社区; Design

    • Selected exhibitor:听 Lake Como Park Pavilion

  • Matteo Milani

    • Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

    • Moody Nolan

    • Hood Design Studio

    • Selected exhibitor:听 International African American Museum

  • Katherine Hogan

    • Katherine Hogan Architects

    • Selected exhibitor: Art as Shelter

As part of the U.S. Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, . This year鈥檚 U.S. exhibition theme, 鈥淧ORCH: An Architecture of Generosity,鈥 developed by the commissioning design team, sets the stage for a way of thinking about a 鈥減orch ethos鈥 in design that creates 鈥榖etween鈥 moments of social space and fosters renewed connections between individuals and community.

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