Carosello

Carosello is a revolving diorama, inspired by Bernard Rudofsky’s Architecture Without Architects (1964) and reimagined through the lens of contemporary rural China. Housed in a cylindrical structure, the installation unfolds across three tiers: The Pilot presents the first ever aerial views of underground villages in northwest China; Miss Zhu recounts the (almost) true story of a woman rebuilding her recently flooded childhood home; and Rudofsky’s Ghost traces the circular journey throughout rural China, tracing and connecting diverse, locally-rooted ways of building. Carosello presents the vernacular as a mode of building shaped by—and oriented toward—adaptation, resilience, and reinvention.