Studio INI Creates Breathing Walls for London Design Biennale
The theme for the second London Design Biennale was Emotional States. Among the 40 countries and territories that participated was Greece, its pavilion by Studio INI spanning much of Somerset House’s central courtyard. Titled anyπakok (Disobedience), the work is derived from disobedience being a characteristic of the Greek temperament since ancient civilization, explains the studio's founder Nassia Inglessis, noting the mythological Prometheus, for example, felt a moral obligation to disobey the gods in order to create opportunities for human progress. “Architecture is typically static,” she says. “But creative disobedience has the ability to break barriers, open borders, and reconstruct a space for something better.” In this case, a 56-foot-long corridor that responded to viewer interaction.
