An installation by Niccolo Casas in collaboration with the Italian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale
Conceived and conceived with Niccolo Casas and in collaboration with Parley Ocean Plastic®, Plasticity is a 3.6-meter-high 3D-printed sculpture created from recycled plastic waste recovered from remote islands, waters, and coastlines by Parley's Global Cleanup Network.
Curated by architect and academic Alessandro Melis, the installation is part of the Venice Biennale's "Resilient Communities" program and responds to the annual event's mission, which this year invites reflection on climate change.
The term "Plasticity" comes from the combination of "plastic" and "sustainability" and is intended to highlight the notions of transformation and conversion. In architecture, as in art, the term refers to a work's ability to articulate itself freely in space, interpreting "Plasticity" as the capacity of a material to transform, acquiring new characteristics and dimensions.
Plasticity demonstrates that disposable plastics can be transformed into useful material. In this case, they give life to a lightweight and complex architectural sculpture, produced using digital technologies.
The installation responds as a declaration of the unlimited possibilities for generating new spatial articulations, as well as for instigating ecologically significant actions.