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Norwegian architecture studio Helen & Hard has built a 1:1 cross-section of a co-housing project made from spruce wood in the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Commissioned by the National Museum of Norway, the exhibition is named What We Share and demonstrates how architects can design and build communities "based on participation and sharing". Helen & Hard hopes it will also demonstrate how co-living can be used to help tackle various environmental issues, increase resident...

Copy The Nordic Pavilion at the 17th International ArchitectureExhibition of the Venice Biennale will be transformed into an experimental cohousing project by architects Helen & Hard, supported by a curatorial team from the National Museum of Norway. Responding to the theme of How will we live together? the intervention “ will present a framework for designing and building communities based on participation and sharing”. The Nordic Pavilion in Venice, co‑owned by Sweden, Finland, and Nor...