* 인프라 : 도시가 작동하는데 필요한 기반시설 (상하수도, 가스, 통신,도로, 공항, 학교,하천 등 생활, 환경, 생산, 경제활동 등을 가능하게 하는 요소들을 통칭한다)
Thematic Exhibition
While they are essential to the functioning of metropolises, are the infrastructures the missing link to resilience? How can architecture transform infrastructure into an adaptable resource for the city? While leaders in the fields of engineering have often been pioneers in urban resilience, what role can architects play in these processes? Entitled “Architecture X Infrastructure”, the thematic exhibition of the Seoul Biennale 2021 intends to express the potential synergies between architecture and engineering. This unprecedented partnership opens up perspectives and feeds the possible directions of 21st century urbanization. It considers the management of obsolescence and vulnerability as an exciting opportunity for the regeneration. In this process, architects can play a key role, through their know-how in programming and spatial design, to transform infrastructure that is functional and silent to its environment into architecture that offers a far wider range of uses, is lively and open to the city: new forms of infrastructure that are evolving, adaptable and multifunctional. By questioning the apparent separation of two often distinct territories, the exhibition argues for merger them as a way to produce a resilient, responsible, aesthetic and sustainable response to today’s urban challenges.