20 facades designed by 20 architects including Frank O. Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Hans Hollein, Franco Purini, Arata Isozaki, Robert Venturi, Osvald Mathias Ungers design the Strada Novissima , an exhibition curated by Paolo Portoghesi at the first 1980 Architecture Biennale Today at MAXXI a focus dedicated to that exhibition is an opportunity to reflect on a crucial moment in the history of twentieth century architecture.

On 27 July 1980 with the title La Presenza del Pastato he opened the first international architecture exhibition of the Venice Biennale curated by Paolo Portoghesi, in which he himself also proposed the exhibition La Strada Novissima in which 20 international architects were involved in the creation 20 life-size facades to activate a reflection on the theme of the street and create a concrete image of a different way of thinking about architecture.