DCC-CR, DCO Connecting People and Ocean & CMCC at Venice Biennale Architettura 2025

The Decade Collaborative Centre for Coastal Resilience, together with the Decade Coordination Office “Connecting People and Ocean” and the CMCC Foundation, is pleased to announce a two-day event scheduled for 28–29 October 2025 in Venice, within the frame of the Biennale Architettura 2025.

The workshop, titled Resilient Shores: Coastal Futures Through Natural, Artificial, and Collective Intelligence, will address how coastlines can serve as living laboratories for adaptation in the face of rising seas and accelerating climate extremes. It will explore how nature-based solutions (natural intelligence), AI and digital technologies (artificial intelligence), and community knowledge and creativity (collective intelligence) can converge to reimagine resilient coastal habitats.

This collaboration brings together three institutions whose mission and expertise complement each other. The DCC-CR is dedicated to bridging new science and technology developed under the UN Ocean Decade with coastal stakeholders via co-design and innovation in coastal resilience. The CMCC Foundation (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change) is a leading research institution in climate, ocean, and Earth system science, contributing to scientific knowledge, modeling, policy advice, and applied climate adaptation solutions. The DCO “Connecting People and Ocean”, coordinates the implementation of Challenge 10 of the UN Ocean Decade, aiming to strengthen the relationships between people and the ocean through education, outreach, and multi-stakeholder engagement.

The overarching theme of the Biennale Architettura 2025 is Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective., curated by Carlo Ratti, which examines how architecture and design can respond to the climate crisis through the interplay of natural, artificial, and collective intelligence.

Over the two days, the workshop will bring together keynote contributions, case studies, and open discussions, addressing topics such as coastal resilience, climate projections, citizen science, and innovative governance frameworks. The event will conclude with a forward-looking concept note and a manifesto to be endorsed within the UN Ocean Decade framework.

Further details on the program, speakers, and sessions will be published shortly. We look forward to welcoming participants, strengthening networks, and contributing to the dialogue at the interface of ocean, climate, and architecture.