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date and location: fro May 5 to August 29, barbican, London
Ma’dan floating villages in South Iraq (in the picture), also known as the “Mesopotamian Venice”, are an example of sustainable water-based civilization. With increased risk of flooding due to climate change, will men of the future consider living in floating houses?
Think about the living root bridges in Meghalaya, northeast India: the Khasi tribes have developed this ingenious way to traverse the waterways and link villages. Noone would guess that, unlike modern building materials like concrete and steel, these structures become more resilient with age and can survive centuries!
Designers and architects are more and more considering the Indigenous populations techniques from all over the world in order to create new sustainable homes models. The issue is widely tackled by London exhibition “Our Time On Earth”, on show at the Barbican from May 5 until August 29. 18 works in the exhibition bring together different global perspectives spanning design, art, technology to show you a future in which people, animals, plants and the planet can flourish together.
