AA alum Marianna Karapetyan will curate The Armenian Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.

The pavilion presents Microarchitecture Through AI: Making New Memories with Ancient Monuments. This project explores the fallibility of cultural memory and offers a critique of architectural preservation in the face of loss of heritage due to climate change – through environmental stress, climate-induced conflict and societal neglect driven by adaptation struggles. Hosted at Tesa 41, Arsenale di Venezia, Fondamenta Case Nuove 2738/C, the exhibition questions how emerging technologies can expand our understanding of architectural memory, pushing beyond mere preservation to create new, living forms of cultural expression.

At the heart of the pavilion is a generative AI model trained on the extensive digital archive developed by TUMO’s Armenian Heritage Scanning Project, which has digitised hundreds of ancient Armenian sites using 3D scanning technology.

Venue: Tesa 41, Arsenale di Venezia, Fondamenta Case Nuove 2738/C.

Image: Courtesy of MoNumEd_ By Sipana Tchakerian and Chahan Vidal-Gorène.