13th Biennale of Venice 2012
TRACES OF CENTURIES AND FUTURE STEPS
location: Italy, Venice
This collection of pictures represent the experimental
project made in the office of “bozin szekely architects”
for the
international event of the Venice Biennale 2012,
organised at Palazzo Bembo. The colatereal event was
named Traces of
Centuries and Future Steps and it
was ment to show current developments and thoughts
in international architecture. An
international group of
architects with different cultural backgrounds and who
are in different stages of their careers,
established
architects next to architects whose works might be
less known. What they have in common is their
dedication
to architecture in the broadest sense of
their profession. The exhibition was organized by the
Global Art Affairs Foundation.
The expression of architecture, today, must be clear and
simple to understand. The presentation of a project must
adapt to the
current requirements. These requirements
are modelled and established by the society. By analysing
the experiences we had so far,
we realise a more
comprehensive architecture project is needed. So the
question is how can we adapt the way we present our work
to current requirements? To make it simple we named some
essential tools, architects use to transmit what they have in
mind:
plans, sections, facades, 3d. This should be enough
to present an idea. How can an architect show in the same
time all the plans,
sections, facades, 3d’s without confusing,
boring or scare the visitor?
In order to clarify this issue we took a simple example.
If we
visit a museum and we find ourselves in front of a torso, we
can explore it in seconds. First you see the general shape,
than you understand what it is and in the end you see all
the details. It captures you step by step. The equivalent of
the torso
in architecture is a 3d model. It helps you to
understand a project but we still need the help of the
drawings for additions.
What if we could summarise
everything in one sculptural object? The models that we
present are an experiment of how to create a
single object
that can explain an entire architectural project. It is a
sequence of 3d models placed on every side of a geometrical
shape (resulted from the abstract geometry of the project)
representing 3d plans, sections and facades. They are
placed in relation
to each other in order to have a better
perception of the interior spaces as well as of the exterior
volumes. The aim of this kind of
representation is to answer
all questions that may appear and give a better perception
of the project.
For such a complex desire we
had to use a material like
concrete. Not only because it is the only material that would
permit us to realize such complexity but also
because of the
lost image, we wanted to recreate for it. The discovery of
“opus caementitium” by the Romans and the successful use
in
spectacular architecture examples such as the Pantheon,
determined us to defend the image concrete used to have.
It is unbelievable
how by misusing a material can change
its image through the years.
The texture, stability and malleability offered to us can help
to
express the complexity of an architectural project by
modelling a unique shape. That shape has the power to
explain everything.
design: 2012
project status: built
type: exposition
photo: bozin szekely architects
images: bozin szekely architects
with: Lab Process
special thanks to: SIKA, Romania