Exhibition

What We Share. A model for cohousing

Woman in colourful jacket standing on shelf system
Photo: Nasjonalmuseet / Chiara Masiero Sgrinzatto, Luca Nicolò Vascon

What are you willing to share with others? This question is the starting point for the exhibition What We Share: A Model for Co-living with the architectural firm Helen & Hard. The exhibition is curated by the National Museum, which in 2021 is responsible for the Nordic pavilion during the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

This main theme of this year's biennale is How will we live together? and deals with how architects can create new communities. 

In Venice the National Museum and Helen & Hard address the biennale's main theme with a completely new project designed especially for the Nordic pavilion. Helen & Hard invited a group of people to work with the architects to develop a cohousing project with a number of shared functions. All the residents were asked how much they were willing to share with their neighbours. The installation shows how collaboration and spatial design can create both a community and a sustainable living environment.