‘autunite’ stones, a part of ‘building that never dies’ installation by R&Sie(n) at the venice architecture biennale 2010

francois roche has just informed designboom that a part of R&Sie(n)‘s installation at this year’s venice architecture biennale was removed for potential safety hazards. ‘thebuildingwhichneverdies‘, is a structure focused on researching various social, environmental and astronomical elements of light and darkness.

the installation featured a small pile of ‘autunite’ stone, a naturally radioactive rock that registered at a level of 0.88 micro sievert/hour. while the experts concluded that the radiation was not harmful and under the acceptable dosage, they were removed by venice firefighter’s police officials soon after the biennale opened to the public.

to read more about the ‘thebuildingwhichneverdies’, click here for our previous coverage of the installation.

part of R&Sie(n) installation at the venice biennale removed radioactive stones

part of R&Sie(n) installation at the venice biennale removed shots of the installation and the stone before they were removed images © designboom

part of R&Sie(n) installation at the venice biennale removed exhibition view images © designboom