{"id":57995,"date":"2025-09-10T11:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=57995"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:52:28","slug":"aquapraca-venice-biennale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/aquapraca-venice-biennale\/","title":{"rendered":"Alums&#8217; Installation at the Venice Biennale Evokes Rising Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Take a photographic tour of <em>AquaPra\u00e7a<\/em>, an ambitious project by two AAP grads that aims to spur discourse around climate change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c0649e86f33246e5c73e6fa8b8a083cb\"><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This story was adapted from <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aap.cornell.edu\/news-events\/stories\/en-route-brazil-aquapra-floats-new-responses-rising-seas-venice\">a feature<\/a> on the AAP website. A previous <\/em>Cornellians<em> roundup of alumni, faculty, and students participating in the Biennale <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/architecture-biennale-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong><em>Cornellians<\/em> staff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.labiennale.org\/en\/architecture\/2025\/19th-exhibition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Venice Architecture Biennale<\/a> opened in mid-May, one of its most notable installations made a dramatic entrance in early September. Titled <em>AquaPra\u00e7a<\/em> (&#8220;water square&#8221; in Portuguese), the work comprises a floating public plaza that was transported to its site via waterway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The installation, at the Biennale&#8217;s Italian Pavilion, was created by J. Meejin Yoon, BArch \u201995, and Eric H\u00f6weler, BArch \u201994, MArch \u201996, in collaboration with CRA\u2013Carlo Ratti Associati. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Meejin Yoon and Eric H\u00f6weler stand near a pool on the AquaPra\u00e7a exhibit.\" class=\"wp-image-57994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/IMG_3882-crop-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">provided<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">H\u00f6weler (left) and Yoon on <em>AquaPra\u00e7a<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(The two Cornellians cofounded the design firm <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howeleryoon.com\/\">H\u00f6weler + Yoon<\/a>; CRA&#8217;s founding partner and namesake, Italian architect and educator Carlo Ratti, is also the 2025 Biennale&#8217;s curator.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>AquaPra\u00e7a<\/em> is designed as a platform, both literal and figurative, for deepening our collective understanding and experience of sea level rise and the impacts of climate change on global cities and communities,&#8221; says Yoon, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aap.cornell.edu\/people\/j-meejin-yoon\">dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning<\/a>. &#8220;It is an immersive civic space for advancing public discourse, fostering international cooperation, and seeking collective solutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>AquaPra\u00e7a<\/em> is designed as a platform, both literal and figurative, for deepening our collective understanding and experience of sea level rise and the impacts of climate change on global cities and communities.<\/p>\n<cite>AAP Dean <strong>J. Meejin Yoon, BArch \u201995<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Constantly retaining and releasing water, the submersible structure uses principles of displacement and buoyancy to maintain a minimal freeboard\u2014the space between a ship&#8217;s waterline and its deck\u2014that rises and falls in response to both occupancy and ecological changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Venice, <em>AquaPra\u00e7a<\/em> will take a transatlantic journey to Bel\u00e9m, Brazil, where it will be featured at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in November 2025, before becoming a permanent part of the city&#8217;s infrastructure. (Known as COP30, it&#8217;s the world&#8217;s largest international climate conference.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spanning more than 400 square meters, the structure\u2014which debuted as a scale model during the Biennale&#8217;s opening in May\u2014can hold up to 150 people for exhibitions, workshops, symposia, and cultural events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The AquaPra\u00e7a exhibit is towed into a Venice canal\" class=\"wp-image-57988 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-1264x1264.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-632x632.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-316x316.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-en-route-credit-provided-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">provided<\/figcaption><figcaption>The installation nears its mooring at Venice&#8217;s Arsenale.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Carefully calibrated to its environmental context, <em>AquaPra\u00e7a<\/em> adjusts to water levels and occupancy in real time, allowing visitors to meet the sea at eye level,&#8221; says H\u00f6weler. &#8220;Its sloping surfaces and shifting levels embody a delicate equilibrium.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Water World:<em> AquaPra\u00e7a<\/em> in Photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-credit-courtesy-of-Cimolai-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The AquaPra\u00e7a exhibit is towed by two boats through a canal\" class=\"wp-image-57991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-credit-courtesy-of-Cimolai-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-credit-courtesy-of-Cimolai-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/AquaPraca-credit-courtesy-of-Cimolai-A-768x432.jpg 768w, 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