Seven of the best pavilions to see at the Bruges architecture triennale
Dezeen promotion: a floating timber school and a swan-inspired tower are among the pavilions to see at the Triennale Bruges 2018, in Belgium.
Triennale Bruges, which runs until 16 September 2018, invited architects and designers from across the globe to create temporary structures throughout the city's centre.
Now in its second edition, this year's triennale has the theme of Liquid City. It focuses on how urban locations are easily susceptible to change and makes literal reference to the network of canals that run throughout the city.
"The notion that everything is changing, everything is unstable, need not to be seen as negative. The artists of this triennale give us a lively image of how things could be," said Renaat Landuyt, mayor of Bruges, in a statement. Here are seven of the event's best pavilions:
MFS III Minne Floating School by Kunlé Adeyemi/NLÉ
Concerned with the threat of climate change, Nigerian architect and NLÉ founder Kunlé Adeyemi is presenting the latest iteration of his design for a floating school.
Designed to be "ready for a liquid future", the timber-framed structure provides classroom or exhibition space that can survive strong storms and floods.
Acheron 1 by Renato Nicolodi
Belgian artist Renato Nicolodi is showing a sombre concrete pavilion, flanked by two sets of steps that appear to lead visitors beneath the waters of a canal.
The structure takes its name from the Greek word achos, a mythological "river of s...
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