Common Ground Participants The selection of participants for this year’s Biennale evolved in response to the Common Ground theme. We began with a desire to emphasise shared ideas over individual authorship, and realised that this required us to initiate dialogues rather simply make a selection of individuals. We began by asking a limited group of architects to develop ideas that might lead to further invitations: everyone was asked to propose a project along with a dialogue that reacted to the theme and showed architecture in its context of influence and affinity, history and language, city and culture. The final list of contributors demonstrates a rich culture of difference rather than a selection of edited and promoted positions. We want to emphasise the common ground that the profession shares, notwithstanding the apparent diversity of today’s architectural production. The sharing of differences is critical to the idea of an architectural culture. (David Chipperfield) 1. Group: 4. Adam Caruso 13178 Moran Street Peter St. John CARUSO ST. JOHN ARCHITECTS Ellie Abrons/Adam Fure London, Great Britain Ann Arbor, USA hosting: Meredith Miller BIQ Ann Arbor, USA Rotterdam, The Netherlands Thom Moran MÄRKLI ARCHITEKT Ann Arbor, USA Zurich, Switzerland Catie Newell KNAPKIEWICZ FICKERT Ann Arbor, USA Zurich, Switzerland Rosalyne Shieh and Troy Schaum HILD UND K. SCHAUM/SHIEH Munich, Germany Ann Arbor and Houston, USA Hermann Czech 2. Francisco Aires Mateus Vienna, Austria Manuel Aires Mateus BOVENBOUW AIRES MATEUS Antwerp, Belgium Lisbon, Portugal 5. Alison Crawshaw 3. Shiraz Allibhai London, Great Britain AGA KHAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Geneva, Switzerland 6. Wouter Vanstiphout 12. Luis Fernandez-Galiano Michelle Provoost Madrid, Spain CRIMSON ARCHITECTURAL hosting: HISTORIANS Francisco Mangado Rotterdam, The Netherlands Pamplona, Spain 7. Thomas Demand Emilio Tuñón Berlin,Germany MANSILLA + TUÑÓN Los Angeles, USA Madrid, Spain With work by Martin Boyce Nieto Sobejano NIETO SOBEJANO ARQUITECTOS 8. Roger Diener Madrid, Spain Marcus Diener DIENER & DIENER ACHITEKTEN Angela Garcia de Paredes Basel, Switzerland Ignacio Pedrosa Berlin, Germany PAREDES PEDROSA ARQUITECTOS With work by Gabriele Basilico Madrid, Spain 9. Alejandro Aravena 13. Peter Fischli ELEMENTAL David Weiss Santiago, Chile FISCHLI WEISS Zurich, Switzerland 10. Peter Eisenman EISENMAN ARCHITECTS 14. Norman Foster New York, USA FOSTER + PARTNERS London, Great Britain hosting: With work by Marisa Gonzales and Yale University School of Architecture Andreas Gursky New Haven, USA Jeff Kipnis and Ohio State University 15. Kenneth Frampton Columbus, USA New York, USA hosting: 11. Sean Griffiths Steven Holl Charles Holland STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS Sam Jacob New York, USA FAT London, Great Britain Rick Joy RICK JOY ARCHITECTS hosting: Tucson, USA Ines Weizman London, United Kingdom John Patkau Patricia Patkau San Rocco PATKAU ARCHITECTS Milan, Italy Vancouver, Canada Factum Arte Stanley Saitowitz Madrid, Spain San Francisco, USA Architectural Association Research Brigitte Shim Cluster Howard Sutcliffe London, Great Britain SHIM-SUTCLIFFE ARCHITECTS Toronto, Canada 16. Group: 22. Group: Jeanne Gang Rafael Iglesia STUDIO GANG RAFAEL IGLESIA ARQUITECTO Chicago, USA Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina Alexander Eisenschmidt Solano Benitez Chicago, USA GABINETE DE ARQUITECTURA Asuncion, Paraguay David Brown Chicago, USA 23. Fulvio Irace Sarah Dunn Milan, Italy Martin Felsen URBANLAB 24. Hans Kollhoff Chicago, USA PROF. HANS KOLLHOFF ARCHITEKTEN Stanley Tigerman Berlin, Germany Margaret McCurry 25. Elke Krasny TIGERMAN MCCURRY ARCHITECTS Chicago, USA Vienna, Austria 17. Annette Gigon 26. Johannes Kuehn Mike Guyer Wilfried Kuehn Simona Malvezzi GIGON/GUYER ARCHITEKTEN Zurich, Switzerland KUEHN MALVEZZI Berlin, Germany 18. Fiona Scott Jay Gort 27. Anupama Kundoo Brisbane, Australia GORT SCOTT London, Great Britain Auroville, India With work by Renzo Piano Building Workshop 28. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani STUDIO DI ARCHITETTURA 19. Group: Milan, Italy Shelley McNamara Yvonne Farrell 29. Peter Märkli MÄRKLI ARCHITEKT GRAFTON ARCHITECTS Dublin, Ireland Zurich, Switzerland Paulo Mendes da Rocha 30. Justin McGuirk São Paulo, Brazil London, Great Britain 20. Zaha Hadid hosting: Alfredo Brillembourg ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS London, Great Britain Hubert Klumpner URBAN THINK TANK 21. Jacques Herzog São Paulo, Brazil Pierre de Meuron 31. José Rafael Moneo HERZOG & DE MEURON Basel, Switzerland Madrid, Spain 32. David Knight 42. Philipp Oswalt Cristina Monteiro Berlin, Germany DK-CM London, Great Britain 43. Piet Oudolf Hummelo, The Netherlands 33. Toshiko Mori TOSHIKO MORI ARCHITECT 44. Steve Parnell New York, USA Sheffield, Great Britain 34. Farshid Moussavi 45. Group: FARSHID MOUSSAVI ARCHITECTURE Eric Parry London, Great Britain ERIC PARRY ARCHITECTS London, Great Britain 35. Katherine Clarke Graham Haworth Liza Fior Steve Tompkins MUF ARCHITECTURE/ART HAWORTH TOMPKINS London, Great Britain London, Great Britain 36. Winy Maas Patrick Lynch Jacob van Rijs Claudia Lynch Nathalie de Vries LYNCH ARCHITECTS MVRDV London, Great Britain Rotterdam, The Netherlands 46. Group: 37. Jo Noero Paul Robbrecht Heinrich Wolff Hilde Daem NOERO WOLFF ARCHITECTS ROBBRECHT EN DAEM ARCHITECTEN Cape Town, South Africa Ghent, Belgium Marie José van Hee 38. Sheila O’Donnell MARIE-JOSÉ VAN HEE ARCHITECTEN John Tuomey Ghent, Belgium O'DONNELL + TUOMEY ARCHITECTS With work by Cristina Iglesias and Dublin, Ireland Maarten Vandan Abeele 39. Valerio Olgiati 47. Group: Flins, Switzerland Ruta del Peregrino 40. Rem Koolhaas Ai Weiwei Reinier de Graaf AI WEIWEI / FAKE DESIGN OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN Beijing, China ARCHITECTURE Emanuel Christ Rotterdam, The Netherlands Christoph Gantenbein CHRIST & GANTENBEIN 41. Laurids Ortner Basel, Switzerland Manfred Ortner ORTNER & ORTNER Derek Dellekamp Berlin, Germany; Vienna, Austria DELLEKAMP ARQUITECTOS Cologne, Germany; Rostov, Russia Mexico City, Mexico Eduardo Souto de Moura Alejandro Aravena SOUTO MOURA ARQUITECTOS ELEMENTAL Porto, Portugal Santiago del Chile, Chile 52. Luigi Snozzi Emiliano Godoy Locarno, Switzerland GODOYLAB Roma Sur, México 53. Thomas Struth Berlin, Germany Simon Hartmann Tilo Herlach 54. Günther Vogt Simon Frommenwiler VOGT LANDSCHAFTSARCHITEKTEN AG HHF ARCHITECTS Zurich, Switzerland Basel, Switzerland Luis Aldrete 55. Tod Williams LUIS ALDRETE ARQUITECTOS Billie Tsien Guadalajara, Mexico TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE TSIEN AND Rozana Montiel ASSOCIATES New York, USA PERIFERICA Mexico City, Mexico 56. Wolfgang Wolters Tatiana Bilbao Berlin, Germany TATIANA BILBAO S.C. With work by Mario Piana Mexico City, Mexico With work by Cristian Manzutto 57. Cino Zucchi CINO ZUCCHI ARCHITETTI 48. San Rocco Milan, Italy Milan, Italy 58. Peter Zumthor 49. Kazuyo Sejima ATELIER ZUMTHOR Ryue Nishizawa Haldenstein, Switzerland KAZUYO SEJIMA + RYUE NISHIZAWA / SANAA Tokyo, Japan 50. Jonathan Sergison Stephen Bates SERGISON BATES ARCHITECTS London, Great Britain; Zurich, Switzerland 51. Group: Álvaro Siza Vieira Porto, Portugal .