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Public Map Platform invited to exhibit at the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice

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Dr. Rachel Gwenllian Hughes
31/03/2025

We’re extremely delighted to have been invited to exhibit the Public Map project at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, which has been curated by Carlo Ratti and organised by La Biennale di Venezia. The International Architecture Exhibition is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world and held in Venice biennially. This year’s exhibition is titled, Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective. and will be open to the public from 10th May to 23rd November 2025.

Our exhibit has been put together by Flora Samuel, Irit Catz, Caitlin Shepherd (Cambridge University), Alec Shepley (Wrexham University) and Piers Taylor (Invisible Studio). Lle Llais – our rural roaming room structure designed by Piers and constructed by Owen Pearce of Pearce+ and his team will play a starring role.

It is a great honour to be exhibited in this global celebration of architectural talent. Public Map Platform is one of four flagship ‘design research’ Green Transition Ecosystem projects funded through the Arts and Humanities Research Council, based in the Future Observatory in the Design Museum in London.

Our aim is to build a community made and open-source digital map platform to be used as a basis for decision making in planning. This is 21st century ‘architecture’ in its widest sense; the interdisciplinary solving of problems through spatial design, building on the past to design for the future. It’s a privilege to be able to share our work with an international audience and be part of this prestigious exhibition.

Working towards a future that prioritises the wellbeing of people and planet.
Public Map Platform is being led by Cambridge, Cardiff and Wrexham Universities and is part of the Future Observatory - the Design Museum’s national research programme for the green transition. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.