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Together at the same time - Seedscape 5.0
Year: 2024
Location: Kochi, Kerala
Type: Exhibition
Status: Completed
Collaborator(s): APJ Abdul Kalam School of Environmental Design (seed)
Design Team:
Madhushitha CA, Lijo John Mathew, Reshma Mathew, Nandagopal M, Gopika Ramesh, C Kannan, Georgie Vaidyan
Photographs: Syam Sreesylam
Taking inspiration from The utopian visions of Andrea Branzi’s No-Stop City; a paradoxical response to modern architecture and its supposed inherent inequalities; the exhibition aims to express a new model of democratic, non-hierarchical space.
The existing geometry of Durbar Hall is modulated, manipulated and extended indefinitely into an illusive, infinite place with the addition of homogeneous elements adapted for various uses. Unconsciously, the visitor is offered a unique perception of the space, allowing them to view a familiar venue with a new lens. With the intention of making the space more legible, the deliberate subdivisions and interruptions introduced follow universal codes of grid geometries that further establish the simultaneity of the exhibition. It translates the immediacy and collective nature of the work done at seed and places it at the brink of time, abreast with what is happening in Kerala and the larger world. The palpable presence of the future.