Climate Wunderkammer.

Aims to immerse ourselves in a multi-sensory experience of climate change impact while sharing practical solutions to address and adapt to it. It consists of an interactive installation building on a collaborative commitment of participants sharing their emotions and solutions.

Immediate Challenges

To find ways to address the immediate challenges of specific, predictable disasters

Proactive Adaptation

A more proactive adaptation of the built environment through measures such as diversity and adaptability to as yet unknown challenges

Rethink the Ordinary

A more profound challenge, is to transform our ways of being and doing so that we can create a better world from the ashes of the old

The Collective Archive is a repository that shares the narratives, experiences, and emotions of the students of the participating universities derived from the tangible impacts of climate change. The students are young and might have limited memories of the past. However, they apprehend how rapidly transformations are happening. Young generations can help us make the “invisible visible” by comparing before and after the climate event hit our regions, communities, and places. The exhibition also presents the tools and solutions implemented to address climate change.

Why La Biennale di Venezia?

The theme of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale is about imagining different futures. Climate change and the accompanying ecological degradation is creating a world unknown to current generations of humans which requires a mindset of resilience and hope if we are to navigate the challenges ahead. Designers are faced with three challenges. The projects are centered around these three themes.

Credits

The Climate Wunderkammer is a Collateral Event of the XVIII International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, organized by RWTH Aachen University with the support of Politecnico di Milano, Università Iuav di Venezia, Delft University of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Alexandria University, German Jordanian University, University of Pretoria, Singapore University of Technology and Design, and International Union of Architects.

Curators

Christa Reicher
Ceren Sezer
Eugenio Morello
Francesco Musco

Participants

Andy van den Dobbelsteen
Carlo Federico dall’Omo
Israa Mahmoud
Bige Tuncer
Cem Ataman
Chrisna du Plessis
Jan Hugo
Daniele Santucci
Liane Thuvander
Monica Billger
Vittorio Negretto
International Union of Architects
Mohamed Assem Hanafy
Maram Tawil

Graphic, Installation & Experience Design

PLAM Creative Studio

Motion Design

Francesco Ulian

Digital Archive Design

Bige Tuncer
Tan Zhi Sheng
Israa Mahmoud

Organisation & Support

RWTH Aachen University
Politecnico di Milano
IUAV University of Venice

Participating Institutions

RWTH Aachen University
Politecnico di Milano
IUAV University of Venice
Delft University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Singapore University of Technology and Design
University of Pretoria
German Jordanian University
Alexandria University
International Union of Architects