As the planet grows more crowded, and wilder spaces continue to disappear, architecture must adapt to form an urban habitat that accommodates both humans and non-humans. The Living Orders of Venice builds interest, wonder, and care for non-human city dwellers by hosting a crowdsourced ecological field study of the Biennale grounds using iNaturalist, a citizen-science app. It also playfully engages the classical orders of architecture by creating prototypes of three “Living Orders”: novel forms of shelter suited not to an idealised human body, but to Venice’s animal inhabitants.
Participants
STUDIO GANG
CHICAGO, NEW YORK, AND SAN FRANCISCO, USA; PARIS, FRANCE
Jeanne Gang, Belvidere, USA, 1964. Lives and works in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco, USA, and Paris, France.
Technical Collaborators
Andy Brayman, The Matter Factory (Ceramic Artist); Kendra Sollars and Lauren Strohacker (Video Artists); Rory McGowan, Connor McGrath, and Simon Clavelin, Arup (Structural Engineering); Sam Link, Laylo Studio (Fabrication); Collin Smith, Active Alloys (Fabrication); David Wegter and Jeff Snodgrass, Presentation Studios International (Fabrication); Exhibition Care and Target Due (Installation and AV support)
Team
Jeanne Gang, Alissa Anderson, Lydia Link, Mae Smith, and Schuyler Smith, with Diana Aguilar, Austin Chod, Tim Gersten, Hayley Gillette, Alex Girovich, Danny Graham, Brian Hartman, Jonathan Rabagliati, and Evan Wermers
Thanks
Andreas Theodoridis (Construction and Fabrication Lead); Vasilis Bilis (Materials and Model Objects); Youngbin Shin (Research and Architectural Drawings); Theodoros Rantos (Projection Mapping & Interactive Light Design); Niki Kourti (3D Models and Visualizations); Andrea Tivadar (Video Creative Direction) with Bigoli Studios: Edward J. Bentley and Dave Phillips (Cinematography & Video Production)
Supporters
Laura and Tony Davis and Linden Capital Partners; Ann M. Drake
