THISS at Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021, South Korea Architecture Project, Building Images
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 News
19 Sep, 2021
‘Resilient Monument’
Architects: THISS
Location: Seoul, South Korea

THISS at Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
THISS at Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in 2021
THISS (https://thiss.works/) a young multidisciplinary architecture practice based in East London, with a focus on landscape, craftsmanship and collaboration. Working in close partnership with clients, who share the same sense of curious and explorative outlook, the design team at THISS place an emphasis on both dialogue and communication as a starting point for projects. Often finding that the success of a project is often as much the result of the collaboration as of the ideas which it has been informed by.
As part of Seoul Biennale, opening on 16 September 2021, they will exhibit Resilient Monument, in the Cities section of the exhibition.

Monuments traditionally aggrandize historical figures to anchor a particular view on history in our collective imagination. But THISS have been reminded that they no longer represent us.

Through the fabrication of the Resilient Monument, THISS explore ideas of materiality, choosing to define resilience as impermanent, incremental, organic, and optimistic. The new monument is not a new normal; it must remain visible and vigilant. It must rot and be cared for as an...