NON-Belief: Taiwan Intelligens of Precarity

Evento Collaterale Biennale Architettura di Venezia.

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Aligned with the theme “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.” of the 2025 Biennale Architettura, Taiwan presents NON-Belief: Taiwan Intelligens of Precarity, exploring the “precarious intelligens” born from Taiwan’s experience of natural disasters, geopolitical tensions, and global upheaval. Curated by Cheng-Lun Hsueh with co-curators Ping-Sheng Wu, Meng-Tsun Su, and Sung-Chang Leo Chiang, the exhibition reinterprets precarity as a positive response to future architectural challenges and global issues.

Seventeen teams from National Cheng Kung University and professional architects present multi-scalar research and operable architectural prototypes. The exhibition is framed around four key curatorial themes—Tactical Interdependence, Infrastructural Flux, Embodied Resilience, and Adaptive Assemblage—addressing deep responses to belief, control, and change within architecture.

Highlights include Border Elasticity, which uses incense-like acrylic sticks as a participatory urban planning tool; Climate Justice, which highlights environmental inequality; and Tāi-uân and Venice, a cultural reimagining of street life between Tainan and Venice. The core installation, “TECH island”, combines E Ink technology with island imagery, and the Votive Lamp Wall blends traditional deities with circuit boards. The Oscar-nominated short film Island in Between will also be screened regularly.

The exhibition features six international forums and a summer workshop, fostering academic and industry collaboration to showcase Taiwan’s resilience and innovation in the global architectural scene.