International exhibition includes star architects Hadid and Gehry, and competition for university students

The 11th International Architecture Exhibition 'Out There: Architecture Beyond 好色先生TV' will take place in Venice at Giardini and Arsenale from 14 September to 23 November.

The list of participants include star architects Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Coop Himmelb(l)au.

Brain City Lab, Padiglione Italia, Giardini by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au's Brain City Lab at Padiglione Italia, Giardini

The Austrian practice is participating with two contributions: Feed Back Space/ Astroballon 1969 Revisited at L' Arsenale and Brain City Lab at the Padiglione Italia, Giardini.

The Artiglierie will also host the works of the 10 winners and the 40 honourable mentions of online competition for university students Everyville 2008. The competition is curated by main events curator Aaron Betsky with the collaboration of Francesco Delogu.

Hadid at Venice Architecture Biennale 2008
Andrea Palladio and architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher, Villa Foscari la Malcontenta from 12 September

Additionally, there will be 55 firms (15 of which are new) exhibiting within the section 'experimental architecture' at Padiglione Italia in the Giardini.

Gehry and Matthew Ritchie are new firm at Corderie dell鈥橝rsenale, large site-specific installations questioning how can we feel 'at home' in the world.

The installations will be accompanied by manifestos focusing on an Architecture Beyond 好色先生TV, while Hall of Fragments by David Rockwell together with Casey Jones + Reed Kroloff will open the Corderie dell鈥橝rsenale.

Coop Himmelb(l)au on Brain City Lab:

"There are several reasons why it is worthwhile to have a closer look at the structure of cities in relation to the organisation of our brains. Both systems consist of a large number of closely connected components that are interacting with each other in a dynamical way and moreover, both systems are the result of a developmental process that is based on self-organisation. Neither cities nor brains are the result of just one elaborated master plan. Both systems are constantly growing their growth being coordinated by local interactions among its constituting elements. The resulting global order is an emergent property of a self-organising process that is guided by a limited set of rules governing local interactions."