Cycles
El invernadero rojo, 2021, Madrid © Patrick Hamilton
The architects who never threw anything away.
During its construction and once again when it is demolished, a building is a formless mountain of different sorts of accumulated materials. The architectural project must therefore extend beyond the organisation of these elements in a certain way and also design the distribution of these resources over time, acting on the cyclical flows of the materials themselves. Acknowledging the energy, water, human labour and carbon footprint embedded in the production of materials, Cycles addresses the role of architecture within the endless processes of transformation and redistribution of matter and showcases the possible encounter between architecture and sustainability, economy, heritage and memory.
Annotated tours
90 minutes, free, booking required: tours@trienaldelisboa.com
Sun. 02/10, 15h: André Tavares, programmer of Garagem Sul (Portuguese)
Sat. 15/10, 17h: Francisco Fonseca, Oficina Pedrêz (Portuguese)
Sat. 29/10, 15h: Pedro Ignacio Alonso, exhibition curator (English)
Sat. 19/11, 15h: Cristina Veríssimo and Diogo Burnay, chief curators of Terra (Portuguese)
Sun. 04/12, 15h: Rita Aguiar Rodrigues, rar.studio, exhibition design (Portuguese)
Sat. 17/12, 15h: City Tour of Ateliers da Penha by Colectivo Warehouse (Portuguese)
Sat. 14/01, 15h: City Tour starting at Casa das Galeotas in Belém by can-ran (Portuguese)
Sat. 11/02, 15h: Mariana Pestana, architect and curator (Portuguese)
Sun. 12/02, 15h: City Tour starting at Lisbon Wood by Paulina Faria, researcher (Portuguese)
The Book
This book is part of a collection of pocket-size books for the sixth edition of Lisbon Architecture Triennale, edited by the curators of this exhibition and published in partnership with Circo de Ideias.
Before architecture’s organising powers are triggered through the act of design, a building is no more than a formless accumulation of varying materials – the very same components that will eventually re-emerge with its demolition years later, when it becomes a bare mountain of formless matter. But architectural design can extend beyond a given form and start operating at the level of a redistribution of matter through design material cycles. This book brings together contemporary architectural practices and artists reflecting upon the art of designing cycles, addressing the past and present of construction, relationships to the geopolitics of extractivism, and possible futures for the building industry.
Colophon
Editorial Concept
Pamela Prado, Pedro Ignacio Alonso
Essays by
BC architects & studies & materials
Bellastock
David Barro
Ilya Kabakov
Joana Rosa
Lara Almarcegui
Lydia Kallipoliti
Pamela Prado, Pedro Ignacio Alonso
ReCreate: Erik Stenberg, Satu Huuhka
Featured Participants
Ateliermob / Trabalhar com os 99% + Colectivo Warehouse
Catarina Almada – CAN RAN
Chris D’Amico
CINARK – Center for Industrialised Architecture, Institute of Architecture and Technology, The Royal Danish Academy
École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Versailles (ENSA-Versailles) de l’Université Paris-Saclay, France
Elif Erez, Shira Grosman
Jorge Ambrosi, Gabriela Etchegaray
Kari Roynesdal
Marija Barovic, Elsa Mendoza Andres
Master’s programme: Transformation, École d’architecture de la ville et des territoires Paris-Est, Université Gustave Eiffel, France
Rotor / Diploma 18 – Architectural Association: Arne Vande Capelle James Westcott, Aude-Line Duliere, Amaya Hernandez, Nena Aru
Colectivo Ruinorama
Sebastián Contreras Rodríguez – Estación Espacial Arquitectos
Copy Editing and Proofreading
Will Jennings
Published by
Circo de Ideias: Magda Seifert, Pedro Baía – Editorial Coordination; Beatriz Takahashi, Catarina Matos, Patrícia Coelho – Editorial Assistants
Graphic Design
barbara says…: Cláudia Castelo, António Silveira Gomes – Project Lead; Luísa Tudela – Design Assistant
Curators
Pamela Prado, Pedro Ignacio Alonso
Participants
Lara Almarcegui
Jorge Ambrosi + Gabriela Etchegaray
ateliermob | trabalhar com os 99% + Colectivo Warehouse
Bellastock
Sebastián Contreras Rodríguez – Estación Espacial Arquitectos
BC architects & studies & materials
Patrick Hamilton
Ilya Kabakov
Lydia Kallipoliti
Youngbin Shin
Joana Rosa
Coletivo Ruinorama: Beatrice Perracini Padovan, Eleonora Aronis Rainha, Guilherme Paschoal Ribeiro, Lazana Guizzo, Laura Pappalardo, Nathalie Ventura, Rodrigo Quintella Messina, Thiago Benucci, Wellington Cançado
ReCreate: Erik Stenberg, Satu Huuhka
Rotor: Arne Vande Capelle, Aude-Line Duliere, Amaya Hernandez, James Westcott
Universities Represented
The Royal Danish Academy, Institute of Architecture and Technology, Center for Industrialised Architecture (CINARK)
Université Paris-Saclay, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Versailles (ENSA-Versailles)
Université Gustave Eiffel, École d’architecture de la ville et des territoires Paris-Est (EAVT)
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
barbara says…
Project Coordinator
Ricardo Batista
Production Assistant
Raquel Sá Pereira
Graphic Design for Kabakov’s Installation
Patricio Pozo
Translations and Proofreading
Pedro Morais, Justin Jaeckle
Assembling
Carpintauto, 1001Utilidades, Fátima Neto
Art Handler
Maria Torrada
Audiovisual
Smart Choice
Acknowledgements
For her support: Emilia Kabakov
For the research support: Inês Soares, Lorenzo Scodeller – Novonovo
For the support and loan of materials: Luis Moura, Rita Moura, Pedro Alves Marques – LISBONWOOD a brand by ZIRCOM; Carlos Flor Vicente, Alfredo Antunes Flor Lda / EmPedra; Paulo Moreira