{"id":953,"date":"2017-04-05T12:19:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T10:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labiennale.art.pl\/?post_type=wystawy&p=953\/"},"modified":"2017-04-05T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:30:25","slug":"fair-building","status":"publish","type":"wystawy","link":"https:\/\/labiennale.art.pl\/en\/wystawy\/fair-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Building"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2016 directly responds to this year\u2019s theme \u2013 Reporting from the Front<\/em> \u2013 by addressing the ethical issues facing one of the most underrepresented participants in architecture: the construction worker. Labour conditions, lack of respect and site accidents plague the industry worldwide but these difficulties often get overlooked in favour of deadlines, budgets and the public demand for new spaces. Curator Dominika Janicka, in cooperation with Martyna Janicka and Micha\u0142 Gdak, create a full-scale construction site inside the Polish Pavilion and ask the question \u2013 why don\u2019t buildings come with fair trade<\/em> marks?<\/p>\n

The curators behind the exhibition Fair Building<\/em> believe that construction sites represent the frontline in architecture; it is the physical manifestation of any live project and despite technological advancements is still led largely by manual labour. The contribution from these workers is missing from architectural discourse and construction processes remain unpredictable. In a consumer-driven culture we can be more concerned with the standards involved in making chocolate bars than the buildings and spaces that frame contemporary society. This exhibition will focus on the ethical issues surrounding the construction industry and the views of those directly involved.<\/p>\n

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The pavilion within the Giardini is divided up into two parts. The main section is made up of a module scaffolding installation that forms a direct physical connection to the building site. Documentary videos are screened simultaneously, featuring stories about construction workers, each focusing on a key angle to the industry’s work conditions and construction works characteristics. The other part of the exhibition, resembling an investor\u2019s showroom apartment, explores the industry in numbers with the use of info-graphics and an animated promotional video.<\/p>\n

Exhibition curator Dominika Janicka says: \u201cBy presenting the stories of persons directly involved in the building process, we ask whether \u2018fair trade\u2019 is achievable in the field. If so, what would it be? Is \u2018fair building\u2019 possible? We don\u2019t focus on looking for culprits responsible for the abuses occurring at the various stages of the construction process. Rather, we create a space to reflect on how to make this process not only effective but also fair.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n