Venice correspondent HY William Chan gained night access to the ceiling lofts of the 900-year-old heritage Corderie at the Arsenale in Venice to bring us this slideshow of selected exhibits before the 2012 Vernissage opens.
HY William Chan is in Venice as part of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship. He was involved with the installation of Anupama Kundoo’s Wall House One to One international exhibition. Read his account of the project here.
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The ever-changing loop of digital projections called Gateway directed by Sir Norman Foster.
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Aluminum pieces were modelled and pre-fabricated by robots to create Zaha Hadid’s sculpture.
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Arum shell designed by Zaha Hadid pays tribute to German structural engineer Frei Otto.
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Elongated human sculptures by Peter Märkli of Märkli Architekt of Switzerland.
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Irish practice O’Donnell + Tuomey showcases their timber installation Vessel.
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Architectural studies and models by O’Donnell + Tuomey.
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Scaled plaster study as part of FAT’s response.
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Cino Zucchi Architetti designs multi-media installation with suspended woven screens.
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Presentation models of competition and completed Hans Kollhoff projects.
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Herzog & de Meuron’s exhibition space dedicated to the nearly-completed Elphilharmonie in Hamburg.
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Newspaper clippings of the controversial Herzog & de Meuron project fill the walls.
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Suspended models explore the Elphilharmonie theatre space by Herzog & de Meuron.
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British architect Kenneth Frampton’s documented videos of architecture.
Hexagonal viewing enclosures scattered inside the exhibition at the Corderie.
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Massing of Zaha Hadid built works formed by white polymer paint.
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Anupama Kundoo’s one to one scale model of her Wall House in Auroville, India.
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Pop-up restaurant constructed by Urban – Think Tank displaying Justin McGuirk’s urban photography.
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Collaborative display of Eric Parry Architects, Haworth Tompkins and Lynch Architects.
