Tonsley Main Assembly Building, MAB Adelaide, New South Australia Architecture
Tonsley Main Assembly Building (MAB), Adelaide
Australian Pavilion at 2018 Venice Biennale – South Australia Project – design by Woods Bagot / Tridente Architects
12 Apr 2018
Tonsley Main Assembly Building in Adelaide
Tonsley Main Assembly Building (MAB), Adelaide
Architect: Woods Bagot with Tridente Architects
Tonsley?s MAB among those to shine at Australia’s exhibition at Venice Biennale 2018
The globally recognised adaptive reuse project, Tonsley, is one of 14 to be showcased in the Australian Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale Architettura 2018, in an exhibit presenting architectural approaches to repairing the environment through design.
REPAIR is the theme of the Australian exhibition curated by creative directors Mauro Barraco and Louise Wright (Baracco+Wright Architects), in collaboration with artist Linda Tegg. The creative approach of the Australian exhibit is central to the Biennale’s overall theme, Freespace.

Louise Wright has said that while ideas of repair are internationally relevant, they are particularly applicable to Australian architects, who work cheek-by-jowl in one of the most diverse and ecologically sensitive landscapes in the world.

?We want to provoke and stimulate this discussion and position Australian architects at the cusp of international architectural consciousness around issues of repair,? Ms Wright said.
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