venice architecture biennale 08: doriana and massimiliano fuksas

presented in the kensington gardens at the venice architecture biennale, massimiliano and doriana fuksas presented their project of a home, container, refuge, a space where life takes place. video screens are set-up in the container in which one can view a man and women meeting, looking, speaking and eating with one another other. they are both friends and lovers. they sit at a table, consuming a lot of food and drink, producing a lot of waste. there is a large screen which plays the news and a dog is rummaging in the garbage they are making. happenings occur, but don’t occur. things come and go without warning.

the houses can be moved to any other space, anywhere an emergency might occur. to the architects, the theme ‘out there: architecture beyond building’ means going beyond building and the human being, life and its contradictions.

image courtesy of doriana and massimiliano fuksas

on the screens located in the green containers, man and woman can be seen consuming food and making waste image courtesy of doriana and massimiliano fuksas

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the container’s cushion-like material creates a conflicts with its bulky form image © designboom

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people watch the happenings between the friends and lovers image © designboom

the installation runs between the large columns of the kensington gardens image courtesy of doriana and massimiliano fuksas

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