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May 27 , Antarctic Pavilion – an installation by the member of the 1st Antarctic Biennale Hani Rashid and the Institute of Architecture,
University of Applied Arts Vienna being presented during the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture, 2016
Location: Antarctic Pavilion, Fondaco Marcello, San Marco 3415 (Calle dei Garzoni), Venice
Press Preview: Fondaco Marcello, May 26, 2016, 3pm, with an exhibition tour from Hani Rashid
Exhibition Opening: Fondaco Marcello, May 27, 2016, 6pm
Mankind’s continuous and relentless consumption and insatiable need for space is critical to the future of our planet. In particular,
taking a closer look at the future of Antarctica is more critical now than ever.
The negative effects and problems we are beginning to witness as a result of greenhouse gases and global warming are nowhere
more acute and apparent than in the delicate and untouched territories of both poles. By many accounts, the earth’s climate will
change so dramatically over the next 100 years that the weather systems and temperatures we consider “normal” today in places
like Alaska or the northern reaches of Scandinavia will become the weather systems that will envelop large swaths of Antarctica
instead, making it eventually, perhaps in this century, inhabitable. The notion that large parts of Antarctica will become inhabited
and will produce crops one day begs the question of how we as architects might consider such a future, taking into account two
important mitigating factors. The first aspect is the fate of the continent as the earth’s population increases exponentially, which
will invariably compel us to turn to this region for dwelling, tourism, mining, fishing, bioprospecting, energy production, and the
like. The second aspect is that, with climate change and the melting and warming of polar ice caps, a domino effect of catastrophic
proportions the world over will unimaginably alter coastline cities through rising sea levels.
With these two realities already at work, Studio Hani Rashid at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Deep Future Lab has
undertaken this research project as a part of the Antarctic Biennale agenda, positing what the future might hold for Antarctica. This
body of work and research filling the Antarctic Pavilion is in no way advocating that we inhabit and deface Antarctica, but rather,
the contrary: Can entirely new forms of architecture, planning, thinking, and making for new cities in Antarctica evolve from
questions that need to be asked regarding sustainable, renewable, and zero-impact solutions, while allowing for vast populations and
viable architectural solutions in the near and deep future?
made possible by:
Alexander Ponomarev / The Antarctic Biennale
& University of Applied Arts Vienna
The 1st international Antarctic Biennale, commissioned by artist and Global Thinker Alexander Ponomarev, is set to be one of the
most unusual projects in the history of art. The expedition will bring artists, explorers, and visionaries together enabling a collective
search for creative thinking and systems that provide a powerful cultural activity in an environment subjected to limited resources
and social constraints. Before the launch March 2017, a wide range of interdisciplinary events is planned in Moscow, New York,
Venice, Basel, Monaco, London, Miami, and Ushuaia.
more details: Ksenia Semenova [email protected] www.antarcticbiennale.com #antarcticbiennale
Antarctica Food
Production Andrej Strieženec, Angel Yonchev,
Johanna Jelinek
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Antarctica Bioprospecting Station
Lenka Petráková
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Antarctica Bioprospecting Station
Lenka Petráková
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Antarctica Energy
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Dennis Schiaroli
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Antarctica Servercity
Noemi Polo
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Antarctica Oceanic Research Center and Fish
Farm Mary Denman, Fady Haddad, Matthias
Juul Frost
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Antarctica Oceanic Research Center and Fish Farm Mary Denman, Fady Haddad, Matthias Juul Frost
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TEAM:
Sophie Grell Univ.-Ass. Mag.arch.
Eldine Heep Univ.-Ass. Mag.arch.
Joerg Hugo Univ.-Ass. Dipl.-Ing.
Sophie Luger Univ.-Ass. Mag.arch.
Andrea Tenpenny
Reiner Zettl AProf.
STUDENTS:
Mary
Denman
Fady Haddad
Johanna Jelinek
MathiasJuul Frost
Jong Hoon Kim
Angelica Lorenzi
Jalal Matraji
Alexander
Nanu
Mihai Potra
Dennis Schiaroli
Barbara Schickermüller
Adam Sebestyen
Andrej Strieženec
Colby Suter
Angel Yonchev
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