Montréal studio TBA has wrapped the Canadian pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in a green screen so that it can be replaced digitally with other buildings.
Called Impostor Cities, the pavilion was designed to be a comment on architectural authenticity focusing on the way Canadian cities are often used to portray other places in films.
"The Pavilion celebrates the protean Canadian cities and buildings that pose as cinematic doubles," said the pavilion's design team.
"Challenging visitors to think about architectural authenticity, the onsite and the onscreen, at a moment when the blurring of fact and fiction takes on an important significance."
TBA wrapped the Canadian pavilion in green sheeting
TBA and curator David Theodore aimed to drastically alter the appearance of the Canadian pavilion, which was designed by Italian studio BBPR in 1958 and was recently renovated. It has been largely wrapped in green sheeting to give the building a dramatic impact.
The green mesh has a construction site aesthetic
"Dramatic is the right word, but also theatrical, mischievous, and cinematic," the design team told Dezeen.
"Wrapping the structure in a green mesh fabric highlights its quirky spiralling profile," they continued.
"The wrap changes the pavilion into an icon visible across the Giardini, in bold contrast to our neighbours, the staid British, German, and French pavilions. Even at a distance visitors will instantly identif...