在第十九届威尼斯国际建筑双年展上，IE大学呈现了展览项目《另一个天空》（Alternative Skies）。该项目由IE建筑与设计学院教授兼研究者Wesam Al Asali发起，联合普林斯顿大学“形态生成实验室”与“凯勒工程教育创新中心”主任 Sigrid Adriaenssens，IE大学d-Lab负责人Romina Canna，以及巴黎综合理工学院教授Robin Oval共同参与。展览由 Carlo Ratti策展。过去几个月中，IE建筑与设计学院的学生们积极参与了装置的制作过程，以丰富其学习体验。

IE University presents  “Alternative Skies” at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Wesam Al Asali, professor and researcher at IE School of Architecture and Design, together with Sigrid Adriaenssens, director of both the Form Finding Lab and the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education at Princeton University; Romina Canna, director of d-Lab at IE University; and Robin Oval, professor at Institut Polytéchnique de Paris, exhibit at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Carlo Ratti. Students from the IE School of Architecture and Design have had the opportunity to work over the past months and engage in the production process of the installation to enrich their learning experience.

▼展览概览，overview of the exhibition ©Luis Diaz Diaz

该项目以建筑中的水平构件——屋顶——为切入点，既作为象征性空间，也作为建造元素，重新思考设计、工艺与自然材料之间的界限。《另一个天空》呼吁人们关注那些被忽视的地域建造方法，并强调集体智慧在打造具有环境适应性与文化意义的建筑中的潜力。

The project, “Alternative Skies“, focuses on horizontal elements in architecture—the roof as both a symbolic space and an architectural construct—to reconsider the boundaries between design, craftsmanship, and natural materials. It draws attention to overlooked vernacular construction methods and highlights the potential of collective intelligence in shaping architecture that is both environmentally and culturally attuned.

▼以屋顶为切入点，focus on the roof element ©Luis Diaz Diaz

IE 建筑与设计学院院长David Goodman表示：“我们的目标是通过创新的教育与研究，建设一个更可持续、更公正、更美好的世界。《另一个天空》正体现了这一愿景，展现了建筑如何通过有意识的设计回应当下紧迫的环境挑战。”他还强调该项目的可持续生命周期：“这件装置在构思之初就考虑了未来的再利用。我们计划在2025年建筑双年展结束后，将大部分构件融入我们即将落成的创意校园。”

David Goodman, Dean of the IE School of Architecture and Design at IE University, expressed pride in the project’s inclusion: “Our goal is to build a more sustainable, just, and beautiful world through innovative education and research. “Alternative Skies“ reflects this vision, showcasing how architecture can address pressing environmental challenges through conscious design”. Goodman also highlighted the project’s sustainable lifecycle: “The installation was conceived with future reuse in mind. We plan to integrate most of it into our forthcoming Creative Campus after the Biennale Architettura 2025 concludes.”

▼以屋顶为切入点，focus on the roof element ©Luis Diaz Diaz

作为项目负责人，Wesam Al Asali表示：“《另一个天空》邀请我们抬头仰望，重新思考建造实践。”他解释称，该装置在本地传统知识与新兴技术之间建立起对话，项目中邀请了多位西班牙传统建造技艺大师参与——包括砖拱专家Salvador Gomis、几何测绘与传统木作专家Ángel María Martín，以及藤编艺术家Carlos Fontales。“该项目体现了我们希望探索设计与制造技术如何借助手工技艺、文化与自然智慧开展工作的兴趣。”Al Asali 补充道。

Wesam Al Asali, the project’s lead, commented: “Alternative Skies“ invites us to look upward and rethink our building practices.” He explained that the installation opens a dialogue between vernacular knowledge and emerging technologies, involving masters of traditional construction in Spain—Salvador Gomis, a tile vaulting specialist; Ángel María Martín, a geometrist and master of traditional Spanish carpentry; and Carlos Fontales, a basketry expert. “The project reflects our interest in exploring how design and fabrication technologies can draw on the many intelligences of craft, culture, and nature,” added Al Asali.

▼在本地传统知识与新兴技术之间建立起对话，

opens a dialogue between vernacular knowledge and emerging technologies ©Luis Diaz Diaz

Sigrid Adriaenssens指出：“在传统工艺中，图案往往通过动手实验与默会知识逐步生成——优雅而高效地回应人类的需求。如今，我们通过物理学、数学与工程设计来重新构想这些技艺的未来尺度与应用可能。”

Sigrid Adriaenssens noted: “Patterns in craft emerged through hands-on experimentation and tacit knowledge—shaping materials to meet human needs with elegance and efficiency. Today, we use physics, mathematics, and engineered design to reimagine and scale these crafted artifacts for future-oriented large structures.”

▼重新构想传统技艺的未来尺度，

reimagine and scale these crafted artifacts for future ©Luis Diaz Diaz

整个展览由两个部分组成：一是“拱廊”（Arcade）——一座长达7.5米的拱形结构，由三种不同的屋顶与地面构造技术建成；二是“另一个天空档案馆”（Alternative Skies Archive），通过传统工艺探索自然材料与集体建造智慧之间的关系。

The installation is composed of the “Arcade“ —a 7.5-meter-long vaulted structure made with three distinct roof and floor systems techniques—and the “Alternative Skies Archive“ below, which explores the relationship between natural materials and collective building knowledge through traditional crafts.

▼拱形屋顶结构下的档案馆，the archive under the vaulted roof structure ©Luis Diaz Diaz

“拱廊”由Sigrid Adriaenssens与Wesam Al Asali在合作项目“结构工艺”（Structural Crafts）中共同开发，包含三种实尺度拱顶系统：模块化预制拼装的瓷砖拱顶；融合结构性能与装饰几何的传统交织木壳结构；以及借助增强现实工具组装完成的柳条编织屋顶。这一悬挂式拱廊不仅是结构元素，更作为空间表达，展示设计与制造技术如何将隐性知识转化为建筑形式：图案、力学与材料智慧交织其中。

▼砖砌拱顶，vault boards in tile ©IE School of Architecture and Design and d-Lab

▼木制拱顶，vault boards in timber ©IE School of Architecture and Design and d-Lab

▼柳条拱顶，vault boards in willow ©IE School of Architecture and Design and d-Lab

The “Arcade“, developed through the collaborative project “Structural Crafts“ by Sigrid Adriaenssens and Wesam Al Asali, features three full-scale vaulted systems. These include a segmented tile vault, designed as a prefabricated modular system using panelized construction techniques; a traditional interlaced timber shell, merging structural performance with ornamental geometry; and a woven willow roof, assembled with the support of Augmented Reality tools. The suspended Arcade is more than a structural element—it becomes a spatial expression of how design and fabrication technologies translate tacit knowledge into architectural form: patterns, forces, and material intelligence.

▼悬挂式拱廊，the suspended Arcade  ©Luis Diaz Diaz

在拱廊下方的“另一个天空档案馆”由两组平行展示柜组成，鼓励参观者观察与学习。该空间由 IE 建筑与设计学院的设计实验室（d-Lab）主导，由Romina Canna负责开发，建筑学本科学程的学生与由Al Asali共同创立的IWLab实践团队一同参与。展览呈现了来自多个地区的传统屋顶建造智慧——从埃及的夯土鸽舍到叙利亚的叠涩穹顶，彰显了地域技艺的独创性与适应性。“档案馆”为本地知识与当代表达的融合提供了一个参考视角，展示如何共同构建脚踏实地、面向未来的可持续建筑。

Beneath the Arcade, the “Alternative Skies Archive“ is framed by two parallel cabinets that invite observation and learning. Developed with the design laboratory (d-Lab) at IE School of Architecture and Design, led by Romina Canna, this educational space involved students from the Bachelor in Architectural Studies program working alongside IWLab, the practice co-founded by Al Asali. The exploratory space presents a range of vernacular roofing traditions—from Egypt’s earthen dovecotes to Syria’s corbelled domes—highlighting the ingenuity and resourcefulness of place-based techniques. The “Archive“ offers a reference for how local knowledge and contemporary innovation can meet to shape grounded, sustainable architecture.

▼屋顶档案馆，roof archive  ©Luis Diaz Diaz

Romina Canna强调了项目与d-Lab的使命之间的契合：“在我们的设计实验室中，设计是连接专业知识与更广阔意义与生产方式的媒介。在《另一个天空》中，我们构建了一个叙事框架，展现传统知识与技艺、材料智慧与设计创新之间已存与潜在的连接。”

Romina Canna highlighted the alignment between the project and the IE School of Architecture and Design d-Lab’s mission: “At our design laboratory, we explore design as a means of connecting disciplinary knowledge with other realms of meaning and production. In “Alternative Skies“, we developed a narrative that reveals both existing and potential links between traditional knowledge and techniques, material intelligence, and design innovation.”

▼展现传统知识与技艺、材料智慧与创新之间的连接，

links between traditional knowledge and techniques, material intelligence, and innovation ©Luis Diaz Diaz

第十九届威尼斯国际建筑双年展于5月10日至11月23日举行，由Carlo Ratti策展，主题为“智能：自然，人工，集体”（Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.）。本届展览围绕四大子主题展开：跨学科、生活实验室、思想空间与循环协议，旨在打通自然、技术与协作之间的边界。Ratti强调，当代建筑的发展依赖于实验、跨界合作与包容多元的智慧。本届展览探索建筑如何在快速变化的世界中汲取多样的智慧路径予以演化。《另一个天空》正是对这一议题的重要回应，展示自然智慧与集体手工艺如何在当代表达中交汇融合。

The 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, taking place from May 10 to November 23, is curated by Carlo Ratti under the theme “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.” Structured around four sub-themes—Transdisciplinarity, Living Lab, Space for Ideas, and Circularity Protocol—the exhibition seeks to bridge nature, technology, and collaboration. Ratti emphasizes that advancing architecture today demands experimentation, cross-disciplinary engagement, and inclusivity. This edition explores how architecture can evolve in response to a rapidly changing world by drawing on diverse forms of intelligence. “Alternative Skies“ makes a meaningful contribution to this conversation by demonstrating the possibilities of integrating natural intelligence and collective craftsmanship into contemporary architectural thinking.

▼展览概览，overview of the exhibition ©Luis Diaz Diaz

《另一个天空》项目的参展得到了普林斯顿国际与地区研究所、IE建筑与设计学院、IE大学研究办公室以及IE基金会的大力支持。

The participation of “Alternative Skies” in the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia is made possible thanks to the support of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, IE School of Architecture and Design, Research Office IE University, and IE Foundation.

▼平面图&剖面图，plan & section ©IE School of Architecture and Design and d-Lab

CONCEPT: Wesam Al Asali

DESIGN TEAM: Wesam Al Asali, Sigrid Adriaenssens, Romina Canna, Robin Oval

AUTHORIAL COLLABORATORS: IWLab: Marah Sharabati, Joelle Deeb, Sadek Jooriah d-Lab (IE School of Architecture and Design): Marta Garcia Salamanca, Malena Gronda Garrigues, Michaela Zavacká, Alaa Belal, Hayk Areg Khachikyan

SUPPORTED BY: Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, IE School of Architecture and Design, Research Office IE University, IE Foundation

TECHNICAL COLLABORATORS: Salvador Gomis Aviñó (CERCAA) Angel Maria Martín López (La Escuela de Carpintería de lo Blanco de Narros del Castillo) Carlos Fontales Ortíz ETSAMadera

AKNOWLEDGMENTS TO: Alejandro García Hermida, Kinda Ghannoum, Alessandro Dell’Endice, IE University Fab Lab, Maintenance Team IE University

PHOTOGRAPHS: Luis Díaz Díaz