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Monuments to an energy paradigm we lack the courage to implement
Energy at MAXXI
TERROIR were invited by Senior Curator of Architecture at he MAXXI in Rome, Pippo Ciorra to take part in the exhibition Energy: Oil and Post Oil, in 2013,
The exhibition comprises three parts. Two of these relate to photographic documentation of gas stations past and present, while the third component features future visions from seven international architects. TERROIR is part of an illustrious group including Sou Fujimoto, Noero Architects, MODUS and Lifethings.
TERROIR’s project explores the uncertainty around the post-oil era and suggests a momumental architecture for an era of sustainable energy. Our proposal suggests that Australia’s highways are connected as one giant energy distribution system, resulting in a series of “fuel stations” inspired by Yugoslav war moments of the Soviet era and the Australian film, Mad Max.
- TYPE Public | Exhibitions
- LOCATION Rome | IT
- YEAR 2013
"George and I wrote the script (to Mad Max) based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late."
James McAuslandScriptwriter, Mad MaxAPPROACH
Geothermal Energy
Geothermal Energy
Solar Energy
Solar Energy
Wave Energy
Wave Energy
Wind Energy
Wind Energy
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Thinking of the abundant post-oil energy sources available on the Australian continent, we completed an analysis of what energy sources were available where. This led us to a series of sources that were not just sources of power (solar, wave, hydro) but that were specifically sited - in the desert, the mountains, the sea.
The design of the subsequent monuments was a meditation on the intersection between the technical requirements of each form of power generation and the potential to relate each poetically to its site. Against the backdrop of stasis in Australia regarding the transition to a post-carbon future, the projects became monuments to a future we may not have.
GALLERY
DRAWINGS
MODELS
