2024-05-06T16:43:34-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150197932/the-world-s-largest-greenhouse-due-to-take-shape-for-a-2020-venice-biennale-collateral-event Sean Joyner 2020-05-16T13:02:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/00/004c0b050fb99c2881f5470ff9ef9c7c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://www.zueccaprojects.org/" target="_blank">Zuecca Projects</a> and architecture firm <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/149971229/coldefy-associates-architects-urban-planners" target="_blank">Coldefy</a> have presented the exhibition entitled&nbsp;<em>DOMUS</em><em> - Architecture, Materials, Innovative Systems</em> as a "Collateral Event" of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale due to be held in Venice from August 29th to November 29th.&nbsp;</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/06/0695063b76a839a9c0e89e4efeee36a0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/06/0695063b76a839a9c0e89e4efeee36a0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Lower level plan</figcaption></figure></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/072211196ac3aad3180a5b0b63cc37dd.JPG?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/072211196ac3aad3180a5b0b63cc37dd.JPG?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>The exhibition is curated by Alessandro Possati, director of Zuecca Projects, and Arch. Thomas Coldefy, founder at Coldefy. The theme of&nbsp;<em>DOMUS</em> is dilineated with research and documentation of&nbsp;<em>Tropicalia,</em> which is expected to be the largest single-dome greenhouse on the planet.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/82/828ba8f0b4241c49d6d8db8b32897f39.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/82/828ba8f0b4241c49d6d8db8b32897f39.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Upper level plan</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/29/29c44527dda34db8ac2864074e6a15f4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/29/29c44527dda34db8ac2864074e6a15f4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>While the exhibition presents the vision for&nbsp;<em>Tropicalia</em> in the form of drawings, models, renderings, and diagrams, the structure is due to become a reality by 2023. The greenhouse proposes 20,000 square meters of tropical landscape covered by a massive dome rising 35 meters high.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/54/546b5b0a206516042d1a1e1979f4892a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/54/546b5b0a206516042d1a1e1979f4892a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure>