CHILI

摘要

Not surprisingly, concrete featured strongly in this year's national pavilions, including in particular France, awarded a special mention by Biennale judges. Most strikingly, it informed the Chilean Pavilion, curated by Pedro Alonso (a teacher at London's Architectural Association) and Hugo Palmarola. It forms part of a clutch of national pavilions providing an alternative to the Italy-heavy main Corderie show. A small entrance space, a semi-kitsch interior of an ordinary Chilean home, gives scant clue to the drama of the main space, a large volume featuring a series of concrete panel system walls, modelled at small scale and wall-hung. They provide a neat encapsulation of the history of concrete development and construction over many decades.