venice biennale 2012: russian pavilion
<p>i-city skolkovo - the surreal interactive space allow the user to discover information through technological means. skolkovo is one of the largest russian projects of today. international architects such as david chipperfield Architects, SANAA and herzog & de meuron are involved in the project.</p>
‘i-city’ curated by sergei tchoban for the russian pavilion at the 2012 architecture biennale in venice image © designboomvenice 2012 architecture biennale: day four – live!
curator and architect sergei tchoban (along with partner sergei kuznetsov) of SPEECH techoban / kuznetsov have designed the russian pavilion for the 2012 architecture biennale. divided into two parts, ‘i-city’ and ‘i-land‘ address russia’s past and future in a highly interactive experience.
‘i-city,’ in the upstairs level, consists of three rooms with a grid of QR codes wrapping the walls, floors and ceilings. shelves of tablet PC’s greet visitors which convert them into scientists and explorers, left free to roam the halls using their tool to take pictures of the codes and discover information about the skolkovo project, a new city which promotes architectural and technological innovations in russian urbanism. the tiled skin of the interior creates a texture, filling the spaces with varying levels of light in a surreal futuristic environment. the potential of information is present, but must be found by the individual and pieced together, where the big picture is not immediately obvious but rather uncovered.
visitors are given a tablet when they enter, which they can point at any particular code. they all translate into information on skolkovo – the future science city just outside moscow. skolkovo is one of the largest, most innovative russian projects of today and has been worked on by many international architects, including biennale director david chipperfield; AREP; SPEECH tchoban/kuznetsov; valode& pistre; mohsen mostafavi; OMA; SANAA; herzog& de meuron; stefano boeri architetti; project MEGANOM; MDP/michel desvigne paysagiste; BERNASKONI architecture bureau.
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welcome to the russian pavilion – scanning the codes reveals informationimage © designboom
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QR dome and skylight image © designboom
pritzker prize winner wang shu inside the russian pavilion image © designboom
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lit code panels create an ambiance as well as highlight certain information image © designboom
tablet docking station image © designboom
project info:
curator: sergei tchoban deputy curators: sergey kuznetsov, valeria kashirina exhibition design: SPEECH tchoban & kuznetsov (sergei tchoban, sergey kuznetsov, marina kuznetskaya, agniya sterligova, kirill zaev, elena petukhova) application developer: treelev LLC (konstantin chernozatonskiy, pavel shlyapnikov, andrey mishanin, maxim raykhrud, alexander bonel, ekaterina laretina) exhibition realization: velko2000 (igor chichikov), ST facade (irina yerokh, daria popova, mara peyrot, federico belletti, fabrizio ceresole), studio MEW (odine manfroni), flexlite (filippo lazzarini) commissioner: grigory revzin with the support of: skolkovov foundation exhibitors: AREP, SPEECH tchoban & kuznetsov, david chipperfield architects, valode & pistre, mohsen mostafavi, OMA, SANAA, herzog & de meuron, stefano boeri architetti, project MEGANOM, MDP / michel desvigne paysagiste, BERNASKONI architecture bureau
