Japanese Pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale

When the Venice Biennale was first established, works from both Italy and overseas were presented together in a sole exhibition hall built n the Giardini, yet starting with Belgium in 1907, each country began to construct their own national pavilion. While Japan also submitted an architectural design proposal for the Japan Pavilion to the Biennale authorities in 1932, plans had once been discarded due to the effects of the war. The much-anticipated Japan Pavilion was finally completed in 1956with the donation go Shojiro Ishibashi, founder of Bridgestone Tyre Company, Ltd. The Japan Pavilion, designed by Architect Takamasa Yoshizaka who studied under Le Corbusier, is an innovative building that combines international style with Japanese features. Despite the limited space of the exhibition room with a floor area of 256 square-meters, on each occasion Japan’s leading artists and architects have showcased their diverse and fascinating works to the world in this place that attracts great international attention.