ESA at the 7th international exhibition of architecture
29 October 2000 - 29 October 2000
Visitors to Venice have the opportunity to visit the European Space Agency's (ESA) contribution to the 7th international exhibition of architecture, open this year until 29 October as part of the Biennale.
The theme of the exhibition is 'the city: less aesthetics, more ethics,' and will address lifestyles for the society of the third millennium.
The Director of the exhibition, architect Massimiliano Fuksas, has chosen the example of space to illustrate the theme of mega-cities and the contradictions of today's world.
ESA has contributed a selection of satellite images of 50 of the world's 'mega' cities, which have been integrated into a video production that will be shown on a 280-metre screen. The images include Calcutta, São Paulo, Rome, Las Vegas, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Manila, Moscow and may other cities where environmental changes linked to social conditions have created a range of problems.
The exhibition also takes in a scale model of the International Space Station, representing mankind's early efforts to set up home in space. Videos will show the preparations for completion of the station's assembly and astronauts being trained to live in it.
The project is set up in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency, ASI, and Alenia Spazio.
ESA predicts that astronauts and scientists will be working in laboratories on the International Space Station from 2004.
Visit the exhibition at:
Venezia, Giardini di Castello - Arsenale di Venezia
Corderie, Artiglierie, Gaggiandre
Italy
The theme of the exhibition is 'the city: less aesthetics, more ethics,' and will address lifestyles for the society of the third millennium.
The Director of the exhibition, architect Massimiliano Fuksas, has chosen the example of space to illustrate the theme of mega-cities and the contradictions of today's world.
ESA has contributed a selection of satellite images of 50 of the world's 'mega' cities, which have been integrated into a video production that will be shown on a 280-metre screen. The images include Calcutta, São Paulo, Rome, Las Vegas, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Manila, Moscow and may other cities where environmental changes linked to social conditions have created a range of problems.
The exhibition also takes in a scale model of the International Space Station, representing mankind's early efforts to set up home in space. Videos will show the preparations for completion of the station's assembly and astronauts being trained to live in it.
The project is set up in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency, ASI, and Alenia Spazio.
ESA predicts that astronauts and scientists will be working in laboratories on the International Space Station from 2004.
Visit the exhibition at:
Venezia, Giardini di Castello - Arsenale di Venezia
Corderie, Artiglierie, Gaggiandre
Italy