One Year Closer to the Qatar Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

As Biennale Arte 2026 opened last Saturday, we are one year closer to the completion of the new Qatar Pavilion, a landmark cultural project set to debut in 2027.

Commissioned by Qatar Museums and designed by Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture, the Pavilion will become only the third permanent national pavilion established in the Giardini of the Venice Biennale in the past 50 years.

We are proud to contribute to this initiative as part of the multidisciplinary team supporting the project’s development. Our work focuses on the crowd management strategy, combining visitors’ flow patterns and crowd control measures with spatial analysis and benchmarking to define optimal density. The goal is ensuring a safe, seamless visitor experience for all.

More than a building, the Pavilion is conceived as a civic space for exchange, where perspectives shift and the traditions of Venice and Qatar converge in a poetic architectural dialogue between past and present.

As work progresses toward the Pavilion’s opening next year, we look forward to seeing this important cultural venue come to life and wish all visitors an inspiring experience at this year’s Biennale.

Image courtesy of Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture