The exhibition, titled Another Generosity and curated by Eero Lundén and Juulia Kauste in the Nordic Pavilion, has filled the room with giant cellular structures at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.

The author, Eero Lundén, has installed four big inflatable balloons, with sensors that monitor the surrounding carbon-dioxide levels, humidity and temperature, that slowly expand and contract responsing to changing environmental conditions, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between human being and natural environment. An immersive experience for visitors.
 

"With today’s mounting environmental challenges, we have the responsibility to restore the balance between the built and natural environment," said Eero Lundén, and adds "Architecture as our most fundamental technology needs to be reinvented and, as architects, we must consider who or what we are building for. What is the worldview behind the buildings we create?”

And he adds "This is the epoch of the Anthropocene. Though the Anthropocene may appear to mark the moment humans have come to overpower nature, it is also an opportunity to rethink the most basic relationship between our buildings and ecology. Architecture should be considered a tool for redefining the complete cycle of building, from its most basic components to its operating systems."


More about Nordic pavilion, designed by Sverre Fehn in 1962, exploring,  the relationship between nature and the built environment, here.

The installation, featuring multiple cellular balloons filled with air and water, responds to this year’s theme of Freespace, with Another Generosity, showing that how new approaches to architecture can help shape a world that supports the symbiotic coexistence of both. The Pavilion seeks to create a spatial experience which heightens our awareness of our surroundings.

Aiming to foster a dialogue, debate and criticism through these cellular structures, it helps reveal new ways that we can shape our world with another generosity.

The project is commissioned jointly by the directors of three museums: Juulia Kauste from the Museum of Finnish Architecture, who is taking the lead this year; Nina Berre from the Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Kieran Long from ArkDes, the Swedish National Centre for Architecture and Design.

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Eero Lundén y Juulia Kauste
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May 26th - November 25th, 2018
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Nordic Pavilion at the Venice International Architecture Biennale. Giardini. Venice. Italy
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Lundén Architecture Company. Eero Lundén was born in Turku, Finland in 1982. He founded Helsinki-based Lundén Architecture Company in 2008. The office’s approach is shaped by the experiences of over 60 projects to date. Their projects range from small 15m² experimental pavilions, buildings to 300.000m² master plans. They have a diverse base of clients ranging from public sector parties and institutions to companies and private clients. Their collaborative design approach involves leading experts, architectural offices and consultants from a range of professional fields in different parts of the world: public, private, academic and third sector organizations. The office has also been successful in competitions, most notably the new Tampere Travel and Service Centre and Pieksämäki Hiekanpää School Campus. Other strategic development projects include the new airport concept, AiRRport and the revitalization of Töölönlahti Bay. At Lundén Architecture Company, the internationally diverse team shares one vision – to produce high-quality and innovative solutions.

Eero Lundén earned a Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, New York after graduating as an architect from Oulu University. He has taught at several universities in Finland as well as abroad. Since 2015, he has been a teacher in the Urban Renewal Studio at Aalto University. In 2012, Eero, together with Toni Österlund, received the Reima Pietilä Award. Eero is a member of the Royal Society of Arts, UK.In his work as architect, Eero Lundén aims to imagine and create the future of built environments, from building technology to the relationship between cities, people, and society.
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Published on: May 29, 2018
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