Before the Future marks the return of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 2023 Architecture Biennale after a nine-year hiatus. The eponymous catalog contains texts and images from the curators and collectives, as well as additional articles and essays that expand the discussions initiated by the project.
The grass-covered earthen fortifications in the Giardina and the dark, enclosed shelter in the Arsenal became spaces for interaction, where Ukrainian architects, together with practitioners from other fields, present joint statements about how to tell stories during war, about the value of collective actions before in the face of the threat, about various topics that unite architects in Ukraine today, about questions that need to be asked today, before the future.
For four months, five temporary collectives present a program of changing exhibitions in both locations of the Pavilion – about reconstruction, ecology, care, commemoration and the future. These exhibitions emerged from the Ukrainian context and attract a wide range of participants in order to create spaces and dialogues that promote mutual understanding.
