After more than half a century in a profession famous for grinding deadlines, Jitendra still maintains a joyful twinkle in his eye when he talks about architecture. Equally comfortable weighing the relative merits of various flashing details as he is discussing abstract design concepts, Jitendra is an old-school, universal architect. When I started my life as an architecture intern in the late 90s, Jitendra was one of the most experienced technical designers I knew. I’m sitting in a busy suburban coffee-and-donut shop with the quiet, grandfatherly Indian architect, Jitendra Vaidya. This article was originally published by Common Edge as " The Genius, Heart and Humility of Indian Architect B.V. Simultaneously heavy and fragile, these objects are in turn symbolic fragments of another transmutation: one by which slum dwellers were transformed into property owners in an event at Chile’s National Stadium, and one by which a city that grew unplanned becomes visible and fixed in a plan, that of a building able to narrate its own history. The layering of the pavilion’s pieces is the footprint of an artisanal process of production by which a fragile, discrete material-soil, bare earth-is transformed into a stable, monolithic object. Layers of soil with slight variations in colour and texture recall that it is land what is at stake at the Chilean Pavilion. On closer examination, the sixty pieces that comprise the building’s oval shape appear less to be made of earth as carved in it. Below, the participants describe their contribution in their own words.Īt the centre of Sala dell’Isoloto stands a large-scale model of a building made of rammed earth. Image Courtesy of Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las ArtesĪs part of our 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale coverage we present the proposal for the Chilean Pavilion. Also, a practicing architect with works in Colombia, South Korea, and China. Currently, Sanin is an architecture professor at Syracuse University School of Architecture. He had a crucial role in Medellin's urban transformation, working alongside former governor of Antioquia Sergio Fajardo, and was co-commissioner of the Korean Pavilion at the 2008 Venice Biennale. The announcement is followed by an inaugural edition held in 2017 with 460,000 visitors in total.īorn in Medellin, Colombia, Sanin earned his degree at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. in Florence, ItalyĬolombian professor Francisco Sanin and South Korean architect Lim Jaeyong were appointed as co-directors for the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. © Tommaso Tanini -, CC BY 4.0, Link Francisco Sanin (left), Peter Wilson, Felicit Scott, Pier Vittorio Aureli during the Symposium (curated by Pietro Valle) "Architecture, visions and Power". The winners show that there are new ways for visitors to understand animals that are both ecologically friendly and sustainable.Ĭheck out the winning submissions after the break. To promote the well-being of the animals and nature, the winning teams designed imaginative alternatives to the traditional zoo methods of interaction, such as non-intrusive paths and even 3D virtual animals. The site for the proposal was the zoo in Barcelona, which has committed itself to prioritizing the welfare of its animals. The team of international jurors selected three winners from more than 40 countries that submitted ideas. The call for entries asked participants to redefine the traditional zoo and transform the space from something that is not only an exhibition of animals, but also an educational tool, and a place for research and conservation. Archstorming have announced the winning projects of " Coexist: Rethinking Zoos," their recent competition to design a concept for the zoo of the 21 st century.
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