The general consensus from art blog reports such as WMMNA is that the predominant conceptual motivation in the minds of innovative artchitects is the city as an organism that evolves and grows over time, and the architectural problems that arise as a result.
To take a quote from this year’s curator, Aaron Betsky: “Architecture is not building. Architecture must go beyond buildings because buildings are not enough. They are big and wasteful accumulations of natural resources that are difficult to adapt to the continually changing conditions of modern life.”
Even the Biennale’s title “Out There: Architecture Beyond Building” enforces the idea that the architectural structure as a singular and static unit is reaching it’s end.
Concepts for Future Apartment Living addresses this problem. An “Ersilia Tower” is never completed, so perhaps it is a building in the most literal and transient sense of the word, in that is never actually built but in a constant state of transformation. It is simply a modular form reminiscent of lego blocks in a child’s playroom: An apartment design that can be placed anywhere on the existing building as its need is called into existence.
MoMA - Linz, Austria: A building that uses screens as part of its design. As a result, it has the potential to change its appearance over time as its surroundings evolve.
