The Venice Biennale is organised around a particular theme.?

Question

The Venice Biennale is organised around a particular theme. In 1980, the Venice Biennale was organized by Paolo Portogeshi, who wanted to concentrate the attention on the revival (by contemporary architects) of an interest in history and tradition. The theme, (in English) consisted of five phrase. What was it?

Answer 1

1980 - ‘The presence of the Past’, Paolo Portoghesi.

Answer 2

Paolo Portoghesi (you spelled his name incorrectly) is an early Post-modern architect; architectural historian and Borromini scholar who was born in Rome in 1913.

Portoghesi has described himself as having been born "in the shadow of Borromini's San Ivo" (Steinberg). He attended the University of Rome, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1957 and in the history of art in 1958. He was appointed professor of architecture at the University of Milan where he taught until 1980. That year he accepted a professorship in architectural history at the University of Rome. As an architect, Portoghesi created a neo-Baroque style, first exemplified in 1959 in the Casa Baldi (Via Flaminia, Rome). Making use of the traditional tufa material of ancient homes, he worked to relate his buildings to their contexts, both social and physical. In 1964 he went into partnership with Vittorio Gigliotti. His commissions of this era included the Casa Andreis (1964–7), Casa Papanice (1969–70), the mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre in Rome (1976). He engaged in a celebrated debate (along with Zevi, q.v.) countering the criticisms of Manfredo Tafuri (q.v.) on the purposes of architectural history.

A 1974 manifesto, "Le inibizioni dell’architettura moderna," outlined his practicing architectural theory as a "system of places". He was a founder of the first international exhibition of Post-modernist architecture (Venice Biennale,1980). Like many post-modern architects, he designs furnishings for his buildings.

Although I couldn't locate an actual "theme" for the 1980 Venice, I'm thinking it was probably the 1974 Manifesto -- "Le inibizioni dell’architettura moderna" which translates to "The inhibitions of modern architecture."