Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

The Creative Industries Fund is one of the 6 national cultural funds. It provides grants that contribute to promoting high-quality standards, development, and professionalisation of the contemporary creative industry in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The Creative Industries Fund NL is calling on designers to submit a proposal for participation in the 19th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale. With this open call the Fund aims to present the excellent quality of Dutch architecture and urban planning at an international manifestation.

Grants can be applied for projects delivering a contribution to one of the main venues, such as the Arsenale or the Giardini’s national pavilions, or fringe venues accredited by the biennale such as at Palazzos or other institutes. Projects should fit within the theme ‘Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.’. This theme explores the role of architecture within a broader range of disciplines, including art and science. Chief curator Carlo Ratti focusses on the built environment as a main contributor to climate change. The goal is to find intelligent and sustainable solutions, with architects in the role of ‘mutagens’ that stimulate new evolutionary processes.