In 2012, the Common Ground theme of the Venice Architecture Biennale became the starting point for a learning exchange involving young architects from Kosovo. ONUP Magazine’s December 2012 report records a competition that selected sixteen participants through essays on the theme.

The workshop ran from 16 to 22 November at the Arsenale and Giardini. The report credits coordination to the Architects Association of Kosova, Ideal Vejsa of MadenGroup and Leart Mullaademi of ONUP, with accompanying lectures by Ayhan Baymak and Sezgin Boynik.

For ONUP’s story, this is a documented example of participation in a shared educational effort. It brought writing, architectural observation and discussion into the same experience.

Revisiting the exchange places collaboration alongside publication in the platform’s history. The original report is the source for these details; this article does not claim that ONUP independently organized the Biennale or the entire workshop.

Source: Young architects in Biennale reportage, 3 December 2012, in the ONUP Magazine archive