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DUBAI: The 17th Venice Architecture Biennale is set to feature a large-scale prototype structure by the UAE’s National Pavilion.
The salt-based prototype is created from an environmentally-friendly cement made of recycled industrial waste brine and it will be accompanied by commissioned photography by Emirati photographer Farah Al-Qasimi.
The structure is 2.7 meters tall and seven by five meters wide and features a walkable interior space. It is formed from up to 3,000 modules made of an MgO-based cement designed by the curators Wael Al-Awar and Kenichi Teramoto in a collaborative research process.
Taken in her trademark style, the scenic photographs capture the tension between urbanization and nature in the country’s sabkha. (Supplied)
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How will we live together? Lebanese architect Hashim Sarkis, Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and curator of the upcoming architecture edition of the Venice Biennale, posed this intriguing question before the Covid-19 pandemic even began. As the theme of the 2021 Biennale, the question calls for participating countries and curators to reflect on the future of collective living at one of the world’s most significant forums for architecture and the built environment.
Even before the crisis, global platforms like the Venice Biennale, the World Economic Forum and Expo 2020 Dubai had a vital role to play in convening ideas and creating discussions around sustainability, urban development and climate change. Now, after a year of profound change, this call for long-term solutions is more relevant than ever.
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The 2009 UAE Pavilion at the Venice Biennale featured works by Lamya Gargash. All images courtesy National Pavilion UAE
View of the Second Time Around exhibition, part of the UAE Pavilion for Venice Biennale 2011. National Pavilion UAE
The exhibition Walking on Water, featuring work by Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem, was presented at the Venice Biennale in 2013. National Pavilion UAE
Lest We Forget: Structures of Memory in the UAE marked the first exhibition from the UAE for the Venice Biennale for Architecture in 2014. National Pavilion UAE