At the 2014 Venice Biennale, away from the concentrated activity of the Arsenale and Giardini, was Death in Venice: one of the few independent projects to take root that year. The exhibition was curated by Alison Killing and Ania Molenda, who worked alongside LUST graphic designers. It saw the hospitals, cemeteries, crematoria and hospices of London interactively mapped creating, as Gian Luca Amadei put it, an overview of the capital's "micro-networks of death." Yet it also revealed a larger message: that architecture related to death and dying appears to no longer be important to the development of architecture as a discipline.
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Satellite Records World’s Largest Urban Art GIF in Rio de Janeiro
The Flamengo landfill in Rio de Janeiro was recently host the world's largest urban art GIF. Created by anonymous artist INSA, the work consisted of a huge floor painting that underwent minor changes recorded by the satellite 430 miles above the earth.
Sponsored by Scotch whiskey brand Ballantine, the painting - 619,000-square-feet of yellow and pink hearts - was produced by a 20-person team over the course of four days. With each new picture, the team altered the illustration so that, by the end of the process, the recorded images created an animated GIF (as seen above).
VIDEO: Stunning Time-Lapse Captures Life in Rio de Janeiro
It’s no wonder that the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the southern hemisphere. From Copacabana’s Balneario Beach to the iconic Cristo Redentor atop Corcovado, Rio is a “cidade maravilhosa” (marvelous city) with one of the most spectacular urban settings in the world. Capturing its mystic, the pros of Scientifantastic have posted a stunning time-lapse that captures life in the coastal Brazilian megalopolis.
Another, revealing the favelas of Brazil and more, after the break.
Lumini Rio / studio mk27
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Architects: Diana Radomysler, Luciana Antunes, studio mk27 - marcio kogan
- Area: 312 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Lar Construtora
Brise House / Gisele Taranto Arquitetura
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Architects: Gisele Taranto Arquitetura
- Area: 1246 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Abilitá, Laer, Landscape, Maneco Quindere
In Progress: MIS Copacabana / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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Kotobuki Restaurant / Ivan Rezende Arquitetura
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Architects: Ivan Rezende Arquitetura
- Area: 265 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Novo Ambiente, La Lampe, Rio Flash Ar Condicionado
JMF Residence / Ivan Rezende Arquitetura
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Architects: Ivan Rezende Arquitetura
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Artemad Carpentry, J - Lyra, Novo Ambiente, LZ Studio and DWR, Vidroforte S. Martins Vidracaria
Galeria Babilônia 1500 / Rua Arquitetos
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Architects: RUA Arquitetos: Rua Arquitetos
- Area: 230 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Celso e equipe, Pirajá, DÂngeli Engenharia
Tempo House / Gisele Taranto Arquitetura
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Architects: Gisele Taranto Arquitetura
- Area: 1500 m²
- Year: 2010
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Professionals: CAP Marcenaria, Casual Interiores, Incasa, Maneco Quindere
Images Revealed of Zaha Hadid’s First Project in Brazil
Images of Zaha Hadid’s first project in Brazil – and in South America -- have been revealed. The “Casa Atlântica” residential tower will have eleven floors and a rooftop pool and be built in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, according to local paper O Globo.
Located on Atlântica Avenue, “Casa Atlântica” will be the only building on its lot, yet seeks to complement the surrounding environment and neighborhood.
The project was commissioned by businessman, Omar Peres, who acquired the land for R$ 23 million ($8.5 million).
TED Talk: How Painting Can Transform Communities / Haas&Hahn
First inspired with a grand vision to transform Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious slum into a community united by color, artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn of Haas&Hahn have found an ingenious and stunning way to empower some of the world’s most impoverished communities through art.
Six Teams Studying Uneven Growth to Exhibit Proposals for Expanding Megacities at MoMA
As the culmination of a 14-month initiative to examine new architectural possibilities for rapid growth in six megalopolises - Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lagos, Mumbai, New York, and Rio de Janeiro - the Museum of Modern Art is preparing to open Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities on November 22. The exhibition will present mappings of emergent modes of tactical urbanism from around the globe alongside proposals for a bottom-up approach to urban growth in the highlighted cities by six interdisciplinary teams made up of local practitioners and international architecture and urbanism experts.
Curator Pedro Gadanho, in collaboration with the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), states:
“The exhibition features design scenarios for future developments that simultaneously raise awareness of the prevailing inequalities in specific urban areas and confront the changing roles of architects vis-à-vis ever-increasing urbanization. Each team in the exhibition was asked to consider how emergent forms of tactical urbanism can respond to alterations in the nature of public space, housing, mobility, spatial justice, environmental conditions, and other major issues in near-future urban contexts.”
A synopsis of each team’s work, after the break.
From Bogotá to Bombay: How the World's 'Village-Cities' Facilitate Change
Perched behind the fog that conceals Bogotá’s mountains is William Oquendo’s house. It is a labyrinth of doors and windows, wherein a bedroom opens into the kitchen and a bathroom vents out into the living room.
Five thousand 5,000 kilometers away in Rio de Janeiro, Gilson Fumaça lives on the terrace level of a three-story house built by his grandfather, his father, and now himself. It’s sturdy; made out of brick and mortar on the ground floor, concrete on the second, and a haphazard combination of zinc roof tiles and loose bricks on the third. The last is Gilson’s contribution, which he will improve as his income level rises.
On the other side of the world in Bombay (Mumbai since 1995), houses encroach on the railway tracks, built and rebuilt after innumerable demolition efforts. “The physical landscape of the city is in perpetual motion,” Suketu Mehta observes in ‘Maximum City.’ Shacks are built out of bamboo sticks and plastic bags; families live on sidewalks and under flyovers in precarious homes constructed with their hands. And while Dharavi—reportedly the largest slum in Asia—has better quality housing, running water, electricity and secure land tenure, this is not the case for most of the new migrants into the city.
Saraiva Bookstore / Studio Arthur Casas
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Architects: Studio Arthur Casas
- Area: 2000 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Dpot, Futon Company, Carbono Design, Fort Corporstivo, Lumini, +8
Urca Apartment / Studio Arthur Casas
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Architects: Studio Arthur Casas
- Area: 667 m²
- Year: 2011
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Professionals: Franco e Fortes, Clima Engenharia, Equilibrium, Edatec, Ornare, +11
Uruguai Station / JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo
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Architects: JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo
- Area: 13774 m²
- Year: 2012
Rio de Janeiro selected to host UIA 2020 World Congress of Architects
Rio de Janeiro has been selected to host World Congress of Architects UIA 2020, one of the world's most important architecture forums. The news was announced yesterday by one of the UIA's former presidents and current Secretary of the Session, Vassils Sgoutas, during the General Assembly of this year’s congress in Durban, South Africa. Rio's application was spearheaded by Brazil's most important architecture institution - Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB). The South American city beat out two strong candidates: Melbourne and Paris.
After the presentations of the three candidate cities, two rounds of voting began. In the first round Rio got 85 votes, against Melbourne’s 73 votes and Paris’ 44 votes. In the second round Rio beat Melbourne with 107 votes against 95.