Australian Pavilion
The Australian pavilion houses Australia's national pavilion, national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. Background Organization and building The Australian pavilion was designed in 1987 by the Australia Council for the Arts, Australia Council's Design Arts Board and constructed by 1988. The two-level single exhibition space includes a veranda-style entrance with a courtyard constructed around a pre-existing tree. This connection between internal space and landscape was designed to relate to architectural themes in Australia. The curvature of the pavilion's sheet metal roof is meant to invoke a wave. The original Australian Pavilion, designed by Philip Cox to be a temporary structure of fiber cement and steel, was opened in 1988 at the western edge of the Giardini.Martino, Enzo Di. ''The History of the Venice Biennale''. Venezia: Papiro Arte, 2007. Italian-born Australian industrialist Franco Belgiorno-Nettis had previously lobbied so successfully ...
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