The Turkish Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale (Biennale Architettura 2023) is still a magnet for many spectators in October. It has hung a series of cloud-like fabrics that reflect the many abandoned buildings in Turkey and explore possible new ways of transformation in the face of the country’s catastrophic earthquakes. The exhibition entitled “Ghost Stories: The Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture” is curated by Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş. It seeks new ways of transformation through the use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The World Architecture plattform (worldarchitecture.org) writes: “Using AI as a tool, trained in their architectural vocabulary, Bayrak and Göktaş have realised new hopeful visions for each of the uninhabited buildings, showing how people can repopulate and repurpose these spaces for the benefit of the community.” (World Architecture, 9 June 2023) Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly important for architecture. With DALL-E 3 and other image generators, one can represent houses and design city views, in the form of photorealistic, colorful views or of white models that reduce complexity. The Venice Architecture Biennale will run until 26 November 2023. Further information is available at www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023.
BY OLIVER BENDEL
