VENICE, Italy (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Venice Architecture Biennale is usually a showcase of prestigious architecture projects from around the world, but Germany's entry this year has taken a different angle, focusing instead on simple shelters used to house asylum seekers.
The structures, designed and developed to deal with the influx of migrants into Europe from Africa and the Middle East, provide a direct contrast to Germany's 2014 submission – a scale replica of the former German Chancellor's residence.