The living architecture of Philip Beesley

2013-08-19T19:55:00-04:00

Philip Beesley is a Canada-based architect who has spent years blurring the lines between nature and technology. In 2008, he began work on the Hyozolic series — a collection of immersive installations that react to, and evolve with, the movements of people who pass through them. The idea, according to Beesley, is to create a "metabolic architecture," whereby manmade structures are seen not as inanimate, fixed objects, but as living, breathing entities, capable of regeneration and growth.

The most recent addition to the Hyozolic series, Radiant Soil, debuted earlier this summer at the EDF Fondation in Paris, France.

Venice #11: 'Hylozoic Ground'

2010-09-04T10:59:00-04:00

The Canadian Pavilion offers an immersive, interactive installation, an exploration in responsive architecture, a breathing, intricate lattice of living web of tens of thousands of digital sensors, in Philip Beesley's 'Hylozoic Ground.'

The project stems from the concept of Hylozoism, the ancient philosophical belief that all matter contains life. A geotextile meshwork weave of digital components, feathers and whiskers, the artificial forest breathes and reacts as a living organism, giving a heightened sense of being part of an interconnected, responsive world.

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The living architecture of Philip Beesley

Venice #11: 'Hylozoic Ground'