Front Sectional Elevation of The Evidence Room (Siobhan Allman, Anna Longrigg, Donald McKay, Michael Nugent, Nicole Ratajczak, Alexandru Vilcu)
In addition to the exhibition at the Canadian pavilion, another exhibition at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale will feature the work of Canadian architectural researchers. The Evidence Room will be presented at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition ? la Biennale di Venezia, called ?Reporting from the Front?, curated by Alejandro Aravena. The project, by Robert Jan van Pelt, Anne Bordeleau, Sascha Hastings, and Donald McKay of Cambridge (Ontario) and Toronto, will be shown in the Central Pavilion.
The Evidence Room Isometric with Ceiling (Siobhan Allman, Anna Longrigg, Donald McKay, Michael Nugent, Nicole Ratajczak, Alexandru Vilcu) In 2000, in a trial held in London, England, the notorious British Holocaust denier David Irving sued an American historian and her publisher for libel. At issue: did the Holocaust really happen, or was the planned and systematic murder of six million European Jews an elaborate hoax"
Gas Hatch from Auschwitz Gas Chamber (photo Omer Arbel)
The battle over the meaning of the architectural evidence took centre stage. Ultimately, forensic interpretation of the blueprints and architectural remains of Auschwitz became crucial in the defeat of Irving in what remains to date the most decisive victory against Holocaust denial.
Gasdoor Peephole Photograph Detail (photo by unknown Russian...