AUSTRALIAN PAVILION

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STATUS

Competition

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LOCATION

Venice, Italy

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This project proposes a new Australian pavilion for the Venice Bienalle. The project celebrates the isolation and disconnection of Australia by representing the exhibition space as a raised faceted black box disconnected from the Giardini which continues beneath. Apertures through the cantilevered exhibition space define smaller galleries , provide light to both the gallery and the covered piazza and explore the contrasting perceptions of the sky resultant of the Australian and Italian suburban morphologies.

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Structurally, the project is conceived as an optimised steel box truss – the form of which influences the articulation of the black façade. The façade acts performatively as a type of trombe wall; facilitating natural heating and cooling of the gallery space.