Lower thirds:

0:03  Report by / Elisabetta Galla
0:20  Arnhildur Pálmadóttir / Architect
1:00  Carlo Ratti / Curator of the Architecture Biennale
1:46  Nicola Borgmann / Architect
2:24  Kateryna Lopatiuk / Architect

Script:

0:02
The destructive force of lava is here reimagined as a sustainable resource providing the raw material to construct entire cities. This is the visionary installation of the Iceland‘s national pavilion at the Venice Biennale

0:19
O-Ton
Arnhildur Pálmadóttir, Architect

“In Iceland now we have on and off going lava eruptions and we thought may be it is a good time to think about that, good to use as a build material. It has all the elements that we have in building materials today: like structure, glas like or insolation.”

0:38
This is what the building material of the future could look like: solidified lava, directly processed after an eruption. A practical proposal and a possible new direction for architecture. 

0:47

The challenge is to combine natural resources with human and artificial intelligence to rethink the built environment.

0:59
O-Ton
Carlo Ratti, Curator of the Architecture Biennale

“To me there is no doubt that the key issue today probably the main issue today is adaptation, adaptation to changing climate, but more generally, to changing environment and a changing planet and really this is the turf of architecture in that’s where all of us can help.”

1:13

'Fruits under Glass' explores architecture as protection for both people and environment as a whole. The aim of the biennale is to extend the role of architecture to deal with a world in crisis.

1:29
A concept shared by the curators of the German pavilion. 

01:36
In their immersive installation they demonstrate the impact of extreme heat.

01:45
O-Ton
Nicola Borgmann, Architect

“The job of the architects, landscapes architects and urbanists is to convince politics and society that we have to build better.”

1:57

Participants in the Biennale address the global warming crisis, caused not only by  ecological breakdown, but also by conflict.

02:08
The project ‘Circularity on the Edge’ looks at the role of AI in identifying and reusing materials from buildings damaged during the war in Russia.

02:23
O-Ton
Kateryna Lopatiuk, Architect

“As Ukrainians we are living devastating times and I think this project helps us to express our feelings.”

02:31

Feeling and constructive reaction. More than 750 participants are here with a common goal: to rethink how architecture can shape the world.

02:45 END