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Catalyst

When Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley

McNamara shared their chosen theme of Freespace for the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale they explained: “Freespace describes a generosity of spirit and a sense of humanity at the core of architecture's agenda, focusing on the quality of space itself.”

When we visited the Biennale in June not long after its opening, a steady

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