RDG Out & About: PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity
RDG's Matt Niebuhr joins the Design Dialogues panel in Venice, Italy, to discuss the theme of "PORCH" as exhibited at the US Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, August 31, 2025
Location: U.S. Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Session Details
Design Dialogues is a panel opportunity to discuss the theme of “PORCH” as exhibited at the US Pavilion this year. Design Dialogues will be on the afternoon of Sunday, August 31st, at the U.S. Pavilion, at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
RDG’s Matt Niebhur shares insights into RDG’s exhibited project, “Do Something GOOD for your Neighbor,” located in the Lake Como Community of Fort Worth, Texas.
Panel Participants:
Susan Chin, FAIA, Hon. ASLA
Organizer/co-commissioner, US Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Marlon Blackwell, FAIA,
Founding Partner and Design Director
Marlon Blackwell Architects and E. Fay Jones Distinguished Professor at the University of Arkansas
Commissioned to design the PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity
Jury member for the exhibits selection
Matt Niebuhr
Artist, Creative Director
RDG Planning & Design
Selected exhibitor: Lake Como Park Pavilion
RDG Planning & Design — Porch: An Architecture of Generosity
Matteo Milani
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Moody Nolan
Hood Design Studio
Selected exhibitor: International African American Museum
Pei Cobb Freed/Moody Nolan/Hood Design Studio — Porch: An Architecture of Generosity
Katherine Hogan
Katherine Hogan Architects
Selected exhibitor: Art as Shelter
Katherine Hogan Architects — Porch: An Architecture of Generosity
As part of the U.S. Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, The Art Studio at RDG Planning & Design was selected as an exhibitor participant. This year’s U.S. exhibition theme, “PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity,” developed by the commissioning design team, sets the stage for a way of thinking about a “porch ethos” in design that creates ‘between’ moments of social space and fosters renewed connections between individuals and community.