A new exhibition titled Zero Gravity Urbanism—Principles for a New Livability will explore the conceptual underpinnings behind Saudi Arabia’s contentious NEOM megadevelopment parallel with the start of the 2023 Venice Biennale on May 20th.
Featuring contributions from Morphosis, Peter Cook, UNStudio, Studio Fuksas, Oyler Wu, and Adjaye Associates, the exhibition presents what organizers say are the $500 billion endeavor’s "seven key principles [...] defined and brought to life through the proposals of architects and urban thinkers, who are envisioning the foundations of a new livability in NEOM."
Other than the plan’s 110-mile main THE LINE segment, details on NEOM’s Oxagon, Trojena, and Sindalah regional developments will also be presented.
A series of lectures and public presentations will supplement the exhibition. Peter Cook will be on hand for a conversation to coincide with the opening of the exhibition at 5 PM, followed by another on May 21st with Jean Nouvel.
Further 1-on-1’s with Kent Larson (MIT Media Lab) and Eui-Sung Yi (Morphosis); Indy Johar (Dark Matter), Hanif Kara (Harvard GSD) and Willy Muller; Massimiliano and Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas; and Mark Lutter (Charter Cities Institute), Edward Glaeser (Harvard University), and theorist Benjamin Bratton will also follow, exploring topics such as the five-minute city and others that seek to underscore the core urbanist and environmental aspects that propel NEOM.
The exhibition takes place in the Abbazia di San Gregorio until September 24th. Tickets are offered free with registration. Additional information about the exhibition can be found here.
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List of all the crappy sycophants, just goes on to prove that where theres money, there's no ethics:
Morphosis, Peter Cook, UNStudio, Studio Fuksas, Oyler Wu, and Adjaye Associates,
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Kent Larson (MIT Media Lab) and Eui-Sung Yi (Morphosis); Indy Johar (Dark Matter), Hanif Kara (Harvard GSD) and Willy Muller; Massimiliano and Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas; and Mark Lutter (Charter Cities Institute), Edward Glaeser (Harvard University), and theorist Benjamin Bratton
I'm afraid its worse than money. Architects have always flocked to the powerful - patrons who can pay for the fantasies of architects. The other options are to finance their dreams themselves (Which requires a totally different skillset that very few possess) or to work as professional service providers. To have the ear of the powerful is the closest some designers have to realizing their biggest fantasies - be it carving skyscrapers across deserts or erecting palaces of a scale the world has never seen.
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