Pavilhão Solo Comum - 14ᵃ Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo

Project development: Brazil

Soil
When addressing extremes, we begin by questioning how to live, adapt, and, above all, how to build in the extreme conditions we are heading toward. We therefore adopted the most common material, a hallmark of buildings and urban landscapes, both in the formal and informal city: brick. This experimental construction seeks to investigate ways to build better with brick, which, despite its small size, has a significant impact on a large scale. Eco-brick was chosen because it is made from soil, an element found throughout the territory, and because it requires no firing, only sand, cement, and water pressed together. These bricks are then assembled in the pavilion without mortar, using self-weight support devices and a tubular structural mesh. A dry, demountable, extreme structure.

Common
While demountable and adaptable to various configurations, the pavilion fits specifically into the site where it will be exhibited. Starting from the converging lines of the Oca ramp, it continues these invisible lines, completing the space's trajectory. The walls neither divide nor create enclosed spaces; they direct, inviting the gaze and the walk toward this open, suggested, communal space. The intervention also sparks discussions about temporary construction models in emergency situations, reinforcing that the new challenges we face increasingly require the practice of proposing new architectures.

Common Soil
Common Ground addresses what is inherent to our existence, our soil, while also addressing what is ordinary and everyday. It therefore reflects on what we share, how we live in community, how we share what is common to us.

Participate in the program of debates, workshops and associated activities!

TODAY (10.10)

2:30 pm – table Risk-Free Periphery in the Context of Climate Change

4pm – table Knowing to Transform: Community Climate Risk Reduction and Adaptation Plans

6:30 pm – table Inclusive Adaptation: Nature-Based Solutions in the Peripheries

9am – Drawing Workshop: Oscar Niemeyer's Architecture in Ibirapuera Park and the Climate Challenge

IN THE NEXT DAYS (11 to 14.10)

ATTENTION the table Palmas: For 36 years, the ecological capital of Tocantins which would be held on 10/11 | 7pm was canceled.

11.10 and 12.10 | 9am – workshop Inventa(rio) Fronteiras: Playing for Multispecies Cities

11.10 | 10am – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 11am – table Learning to inhabit the Anthropocene: the crisis of architecture

11.10 | 2pm – table Architecture for Learning and Civic Use

11.10 | 3pm – table Culture and Public Architecture

11.10 – 15h – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 4pm – table Reconnecting with Nature & Circular Design

11.10 | 5pm – table Architecture of Belonging: Interpreting Heritage Through Place

12.10 | 10am – table Experience: Climate Refuges and Naturalized Public Spaces, with Eco-Neighborhood

12.10 | 10:30 am – table Childhoods and Climate: Climate Justice in Vulnerable Territories

12.10 | 10:30 am – Windsock Workshop with the Floating Collective

12.10 | 3pm – table Doing a lot with a little: architectures for a planet in transition with Esteban Benavides from Al Borde office

12.10 | 4:30 pm – table Earth – building a sustainable and democratic future

12.10 | 5:45 pm – table French presence at the Biennale and screening of the film AJAP – Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Architects

13.10 – activity Pantanal Action at IABsp

10/14 | 10am – table Urgent Panorama! Space as an act of permanence

14.10 | 6pm – Launch of the “Nature-Based Education” Guide

JOIN! IT'S ALL FREE!

And there's much more until October 19th!

NOTE OF CONDOLENCE

With deep sorrow, the Brazilian Institute of Architects – São Paulo Department (IABsp) mourns the passing of architect and landscape architect Kongjian Yu, a global leader in ecological urbanism, and the members of his team who accompanied him, tragically killed during the filming of a documentary. The institute is honored to have had him as a participant in the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, where his transformative vision strengthened the dialogue between global challenges and local realities. IABsp emphasizes that Yu's contribution, which transcends borders, will remain an inspiration for generations and expresses its condolences to China, to the families of all the deceased, to his friends, and to all those impacted by his genius and dedication. Read the full note here.

Common Ground Pavilion

Architects Network and Lins Architects