#hkszbiennale

Will the current ubiquitous environmentalism save our cities and the world? Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays it seems like it could. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays it appears rather unlikely. The development of the project for an Ultra-Light Pavilion in Shenzhen presents to us an opportunity to suspend relative disbelief and attempt an exemplary contribution. Obra Architects Beyond the quantifiable benefits of "lightness" in architecture as a strategy towards the preservation of scarce resources, the idea of the Ultra-Light Village appears as a providentially appropriate way to consider the nuances of an interdependence between architecture, the city and the environment. Obra Architects A work of architecture in the city is tr... More