Thematic exhibition explored the "collective city" at the Seoul Biennale 2019
Dezeen promotion:Â this year's thematic exhibition at the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism looked at how a "collective" practice can challenge the way cities are developed.
Titled Collective City, the thematic exhibition was curated by Beth Hughes, current head of programme for architecture at London's Royal College of Art.
It ran as part of this year's Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, which took place from 7 September until 10 November 2019.
The thematic exhibition, which included a contribution by El Cielo, aimed to challenge ideas of how cities are grown
According to the co-directors Francisco Sanin and Jaeyong Lim, the theme Collective City was "an invitation to radically reimagine the structure of our cities". The thematic exhibition looked at the ways in which modes of collective practice and action can challenge how cities are currently being developed, in a bid to move away from capital gain through real-estate and the commodification of land, and towards viewing the city as a "shared investment".
Amid.cero9 created The Chapel of Collective Sleep at the biennale
The exhibition was reflective of the themes at the biennale as a whole, which included new models of co-existence, social practice, governance, research and speculation, alternative concepts of architecture, the city and the environment.
The biennale brought together examples of strategies and projects that aim to reclaim the city as a "colle...
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