by Brianna Crandall — April 6, 2011—An Australian exhibition that opened on the Gold Coast March 25 reportedly features “spectacular” architectural visions of Australia’s urban future in 2050 and beyond, along with ground-breaking 3D stereoscopic aerial views of three Australian urban landscapes of the present.
Titled “NOW and WHEN: Australian Urbanism,” the exhibition launched in Australia at the Gold Coast City Gallery on March 25—its first showing outside Italy after attracting a record 93,000-plus visitors to the Australian Pavilion at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Organizers say the event answers such questions as: What would Australian cities look like if they grew up, not out? If they grew into their “heart” rather than periphery? If they were submerged, or floating, or in the nation’s center rather than coast?
The Australian Institute of Architects says audiences will enjoy a new form of 3D stereoscopic technology beyond the latest cinematic releases. The NOW component by pre-eminent photographer and Co-Creative Director John Gollings features a sequence of 3D aerial images of Melbourne, Sydney and Surfers Paradise, contrasted with the giant mining pits at Kalgoorlie and Newman.
The WHEN component, overseen by Co-Creative Director Ivan Rijavec and produced by FloodSlicer, features a nine-minute sequence of “ideas” from 17 architectural collaborations of possible future urban spaces—including floating cities, submerged cities, and new desert spaces.
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