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Anupama Kundoo<br />
Building Knowledge:<br />
An Inventory of Strategies<br />
‘Reporting from the Front’<br />
Biennale Architettura di Venezia <strong>20</strong>16<br />
Arsenale
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We’re not just talking about affordability<br />
in terms of money here; we’re<br />
also talking about impact on the<br />
environment. We can’t afford to keep<br />
building the way we do. My work is<br />
to find alternative solutions to build<br />
using significantly less materials, and<br />
action them<br />
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“<br />
When the opposites in a duality work<br />
in union, there is enrichment and<br />
knowledge. If the quest for knowledge<br />
is ahead of the action, there is evolution.<br />
If the impulse of action is ahead of<br />
reflection there can be destruction (Mahabharata).<br />
Knowledge informs the act of building,<br />
and building widens knowledge” .<br />
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By helping communities to fabricate<br />
a set of simple building components,<br />
we can build knowledge and bring<br />
housing back to the people” .
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Under construction...<br />
Built with the support of<br />
Italcementi<br />
Universidad Camilo Jose Cela, Madrid<br />
Eco Clay<br />
LaminaM<br />
Perfialsa Portugal<br />
Grupo Modular<br />
Jordahl<br />
Thank you!
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Further research<br />
Continuing her research on ferrocement technology, Dr. Anupama<br />
Kundoo, organized a two-week student workshop at the Behrens<br />
Halle (AEG) in collaboration with the Chair of Conceptual and<br />
Structural design, Technische Universität Berlin including a team<br />
of Indian masons. Some of the elements built and tested in Berlin<br />
have travelled to Venice to be part of her installation at the Architecture<br />
Biennale <strong>20</strong>16. The rest have remained in TU Berlin for<br />
conducting strength tests for further research on this material.<br />
The ferrocement elements retained at the TU Berlin involved<br />
different types of cement matrix and reinforcements. They were<br />
produced for testing compressive, tensile and flexural strengths<br />
of each variation. Two months after the workshop the results<br />
of the experiments are still being analyzed. However a good<br />
structural behavior was already observed. In general, the ferrocement<br />
members delivered higher strength than expected, with<br />
a ductile behavior. Thus, this material comprises a high potential<br />
for the use of lightweight and economic structures.<br />
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Links<br />
Videos<br />
Building Knowledge. The Process (I) – YouTube<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm1hPsHPvmE&feature=youtu.be<br />
Hi-Lo: Exchanging Knowledge (II) – YouTube<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J13kxQLGlfg&feature=youtu.be<br />
Nothing Stays Forever: The Life on an Installation (III) – YouTube<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0neKGT26uU<br />
Urban Eco-community<br />
https://urbannext.net/?s=anupama+kundoo&x=-1271&y=-24<br />
Press<br />
Financial Times. Venice Biennale of Architecture, 3 June, <strong>20</strong>16<br />
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Designboom. Anupama Kundoo discusses full-scale modular home<br />
at Venice Architecture Biennale, 29 May, <strong>20</strong>16<br />
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/venice-architecture-biennaleanupama-kundoo-full-fill-home-installation-arsenale-05-29-<strong>20</strong>16/<br />
The Guardian. Venice architecture biennale <strong>20</strong>16 –<br />
ideas for real world problems, 29 May, <strong>20</strong>16<br />
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/<strong>20</strong>16/may/29/venice-architecturebiennale-<strong>20</strong>16-review-norman-foster<br />
Dezeen. Anupama Kundoo uses ferrocement to create pioneering<br />
“Lego-like” house, 14 June, <strong>20</strong>16<br />
http://www.dezeen.com/<strong>20</strong>16/06/07/anupama-kundoo-full-fill-homesferrocement-house-model-arsenale-venice-architecture-biennale-<strong>20</strong>16/<br />
ArcVision. Architecture biennale <strong>20</strong>16 – Anupama Kundoo, 19 July, <strong>20</strong>16<br />
http://www.arcvision.org/?p=28831&lang=en
© <strong>20</strong>16 Anupama Kundoo architects and the<br />
photographers Design Team: Alba Balmaseda<br />
Domínguez, Sonali Phadnis, Yashoda Joshi,<br />
Cristina Perez Sahagun, Azzurra Brugiotti<br />
Model building team: Students of IUAV<br />
Venice with Enrico Bergonzoni Structural<br />
engineers Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Mike Schlaich,<br />
Dr.-Ing. Arndt Goldack, Dr.-Ing. Alexander<br />
Hückler, Juan Pablo Osman Letelier Construction<br />
Team: Aryan Builders, Pondicherry, Sekar<br />
Sokkalingam, Munissamy Muthulingam,<br />
Krishnamurthy Janakiraman, Saminathan<br />
Kumar, Ponnuvel Samikkannu; Rebiennale,<br />
Venice Institutional Partners: Chair of<br />
Conceptual and Structural Design TU Berlin,<br />
School of Architecture and Technology UCJC<br />
Madrid, IAAC Barcelona, IUAV Venice Films<br />
Marta San Vicente, Harun Farocki, Vimal<br />
Bhojraj, Fundació Enric Miralles, Fundación<br />
ICO, CUSP, Akshid Rajendran Photography:<br />
Javier Callejas