Spontaneous Interventions: design actions for the common good is the theme of the U.S. Pavilion at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale (08.29.12 – 11.25.12). This year’s event is organized by the Institute for Urban Design (@IfUD) of New York City, and many of the team members and participants are based in NYC.

Full list of participants and projects: http://spontaneousinterventions.com/projects/

Team members: http://spontaneousinterventions.com/team/

ArchDaily’s roundup of projects with images: http://www.archdaily.com/249209/u-s-pavilion-at-the-venice-architecture-biennale-announces-designers-and-participants/

ArtInfo’s Q&A with Cathy Lang Ho, the commissioner of the pavilion and New York-based architecture writer and editor and board member of the Institute for Urban Design: http://artinfo.com/news/story/817142/is-counterculture-getting-mainstream-curating-the-venice-architecture-biennales-guerrilla-us-pavilion