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Loading ...The 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, directed by architect and town planner Richard Burdett*, focuses on the theme of Cities: migration, growth, mobility and sustainable development. As part of the exhibition at the Corderie dell’Arsenale, architect Aldo Cibic will be interpreting the concept of density. Here, illy is developing a project that links the Venice Biennale to Mantua’s Festivaletteratura, cities whose density will temporarily increase during these events. Further stimulation will be on offer to visitors with illymind, so they can recharge their intellectual batteries by enjoying a coffee. We asked Mr Cibic a few questions.
Personality is a big thing with Aldo Cibic. A type of design which is studied with a highly personal imprint, found in all of his works.
Not exactly an architect, not exactly a town planner. Is this an anti-conformist approach, a way of breaking free, or a way of creating differences between the many standardisations of this type of expression?
Actually, I consider myself to be a curious observer of the reality I find myself in, and that my job is to transform into planning what I believe to be pressing issues in terms of social relations and the places in which these relations are played out.
Biennale Architecture is an important event because it is visited not only by architects but also the public at large, and families who perhaps don’t stop to think about the shape of the objects or spaces they see in their everyday lives. The theme is large cities and everything that goes with them (density, mobility, living…). Is there an educational aspect that needs to be transmitted to the public at large?
And what is an architect’s normal role, culturally speaking?
The thing that I like most about the project we’re working on is the fascinating quantity of information we have access to, which, along with the curator, we try to give back in the exhibition, in a way that is understandable and stimulating for the public as well.
It’s about getting to know the world around us, and the world we want.
This is why I think it will give everyone a great deal to think about.
A literary, musical or film recommendation. What would you give us, on the theme of our magazine, “Food for the mind”?
At the moment, the food for the mind which I need has to do with all the literature that helps me to understand and see things I don’t know about future scenarios and innovative, alternative ways to produce new projects.
* Architect and town planner in London, Richard Burdett is a professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the London School of Economics (LSE) and an architectural consultant to the Mayor of London.
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