If one thing is certain, this Biennial will not come off as a 'trade show'. Wigley (New Zealand) and Colomina (Spain)—both Professors of Architecture at US institutions (Columbia and Princeton, respectively), theorists, writers, and critics—have exerted a profound influence on architectural discourse and pedagogy over the course of their careers. This Biennial, on the other hand, serves as their first formal foray into the world of 'design' – a field which few architects actively engage with.
AC/E supports the participation of the Spanish curators Beatriz Colomina, Chus Martínez and Iván López Munuera, and the designers Andrés Jaque Architects, Urtzi Grau, Christina Goberna, Juan Herreros and Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe.