Abundance Not Capital. Anupama Kundoo
What if architecture were not an instrument of capital? The exhibition Abundance Not Capital presents the work of Indian-born architect…
Location: Architekturzentrum Wien - Exhibition hall 2
The boudaries between inside and outside, private and public, are fluid.
Anupama Kundoo: Wall House, Auroville, 2000
© Photograph: Javier Callejas
After studying architecture in Mumbai, Indian architect Anupama Kundoo moved to the experimental city of Auroville in southern India, where she completed several buildings that are resource-efficient, beautiful, environmentally friendly and provide a high quality of life. In doing so, she invents new combinations of high- and low-tech, refines traditional building methods, uses innovative lightweight construction techniques and strengthens regional material cycles. In this workshop, students learn how architecture goes far beyond design and construction, and helps to shape our society, our environment and the future. We test static principles using folding in order to understand her experimental approach to materials and to create fascinating constructions.
