Simon Twose and Andrew Barrie have been invited to present an installation of their architectural design work at the Palazzo Bembo in Venice, as part of the 13th International Architecture Biennale, 2012.

Their installation will form one section of the Palazzo Bembo’s group show of international architects, including such globally celebrated figures as Arata Isozaki and Steven Holl.

David Chipperfield, commissioner of this year’s Biennale, has set the theme as ‘Common Ground’, stating “I am interested in the things that architects share in common, from the conditions of the practice of architecture to the influences, collaborations, histories and affinities that frame and contextualise our work”.

In an installation entitled ‘Familial Clouds’, Twose and Barrie will each present two projects through specially prepared models and drawings. These four projects will be situated within three-dimensionally modelled ‘family trees’ that address both the genealogy of New Zealand architecture and the evolution of ideas within and across projects. Sarah Treadwell, Bill McKay and Julia Gatley are also supporting the project with texts, fabrication research and scholarly input.