Promotion: prefabricated folding pods for housing displaced people are among the projects on display at the European Cultural Centre's (ECC) biennial architecture exhibition that opened in Venice this month.
Titled Time Space Existence, the group show presents work by architects, designers, artists, academics and photographers from 52 different countries that have been created in response to the climate emergency.
The group show presents work by architects, designers, artists, academics and photographers. Image: architectural project by Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Image by Federico Vespignani
The 217 projects presented explore a variety of areas of focus, from the environment and urban landscape to the unfolding conversations on innovation, reuse, community and inclusion. In response to climate change, exhibited projects investigate new technologies and construction methods that reduce energy consumption through circular design and develop innovative, organic and recycled building materials.
The images presented in the exhibition explore climate change. Image: Hipnerotópolis, The city of love dreams by Pedro Friedeberg. Image by Federico Vespignani
Participants also address social justice by presenting living solutions envisioned for displaced communities and minorities, while others examine the tensions between the built urban environment and the nature surrounding it, identifying opportunities for coexistence.
For example, the Norman Foster Foundation...