Venice Forever | From reality to imagination

Presented at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice Forever is a project by Cibic Workshop and Andrea Rinaldo that reimagines the city’s future in light of urgent challenges: depopulation, mass tourism, and the environmental fragility of the lagoon. It poses bold questions - Who will live in Venice? Why can’t its canals be clean? - and proposes a vision of the city as a sustainable urban laboratory. By integrating a new generation of skilled young professionals into Venice’s social fabric, and drawing on research from Ca’ Foscari University and experts like Rinaldo, the project offers both practical and visionary paths to regeneration.Illustrations by Chuck Felton bring to life a futuristic Venice, reminding us that imagination is key to shaping new urban horizons.