Rahul Mehrotra’s many-sided portrait at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
The HinduArchitect Rahul Mehrotra is no stranger to the Venice Architecture Biennale. The exhibition uses the feedback-loop as a leitmotif to re-examine various aspects of architecture, design, research, writing, advocacy, and pedagogy that form the basis of Mehrotra’s practice. “Mehrotra’s practice carries forward the tradition of responding to the city as a macro-organism animated by irregular cycles rather than a system of neatly interlocking mechanisms.”Ranjit Hoskote How do you unravel the complexities of a ‘multi-modal and multi-scalar’ work of an architect whose practice encompasses not only design but also advocacy, research, and pedagogy? ” Rahul Mehrotra How do you see Mehrotra’s practice as an extension of the genealogy of urban visionaries like Patrick Geddes and Claude Batley, both of whose work impacted the city? Mehrotra’s practice carries forward their tradition of responding to the city as a macro-organism animated by irregular cycles rather than a system of neatly interlocking mechanisms.
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