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Therrien, Curator of Architecture and Digital Initiatives,
at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,in collaboration
with Rem Koolhaas and Samir BantaI, Anne Schneider,
COUNTRYSIDE, Alexandr Zinoviev, Sebastian Bernardy, Rita Varjabedian,
THE FUTURE Yotam Ben Hur, Valentin Bansac, with Ashley Mendelsohn,
Assistant Curator, Architecture and Digital Initiatives, at
New York - The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
the Guggenheim. In June of 2014, the UN released World
Urbanization Prospects, a report that announced that half of
all humankind now lived in cities, and stated that ”managing
Rem Koolhaas and AMO Explore Radical Change in
urban areas has become one of the most important
the World’s Nonurban Territories in the Guggenheim
development challenges of the twenty-first century.” This
Exhibition Countryside, The Future.
heralded a global focus on sustainable urbanization that
ignored the other half of the world’s population living in
From February 20 through August 14,2020, the Solomon
rural conditions neglecting not just their challenges but also
R. Guggenheim Museum presents the exhibition
exciting and innovative solutions to modernity.
Countryside, The Future, organized in collaboration
This exhibition is an attempt at rectification, and its
with architect Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, director
content is drawn from a large consortium of collaborators
of AMO, the think tank of the Office for Metropolitan
representing diverse global geographies and a broad range
Architecture. To coincide with the opening of the
of expertise. A unique exhibition for the Guggenheim
exhibition, the book Countryside, A Report (Guggenheim
Museum, Countryside, The Future contests the assumption
Museum and Taschen, 2020) has been published.
that ever increasing urbanization is inevitable, exploring
Countryside, The Future is organized by Troy Conrad
radical changes in the rural, remote, and wild territories
Installation View: Countryside, The Future
Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
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