At the Venice Biennale, architecture wants to save the world

We were warned: to approach this ^19th Venice Architecture Biennale, which is dedicated to intelligence, we would have to use our neurons at full capacity! A very broad theme - too broad, given the density and multiplicity of projects presented over hundreds of meters in the Arsenale - chosen by its curator, Carlo Ratti , the 57-year-old Italian architect and engineer, with the profile of an avant-garde researcher, sparkling eyes behind small oval glasses and a carefully studied look in jeans and sneakers. A fascinating subject too - with the downside of being highly intellectual and not demonstrative enough, despite the abundance of spectacular installations - placed at the heart of a discipline in total upheaval.

In Venice, the new approach to architectural theories and methods, the way of building and inhabiting the city, and the rapidly changing lifestyles propel the visitor into the world of the fourth dimension. Robots make their appearance...