The Essential Homes Research Project – Holcim & Norman Foster Foundation

THE ESSENTIAL HOMES RESEARCH PROJECT

Trabajo realizado: dirección de fotografía

Design: Norman Foster
Engineering and Construction: Empty & BAU
Partners: Holcim, Norman Foster Foundation
Location: Time Space Existence Exhibition, 20 May 2023 to 26 November 2023, Venice, Italy Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia

Empty and BAU have successfully undertaken the engineering, prototyping, manufacturing, and assembly of THE ESSENTIAL HOMES RESEARCH PROJECT for the Venice Biennale. The ‘making of’ you see here has also been produced by Empty for Holcim.

The Essential Homes Research Project by Holcim and the Norman Foster Foundation was inaugurated in Venice on the occasion of 2023 Biennale of Architecture launch. In this partnership the Norman Foster Foundation designed the housing concept to meet essential human needs, providing safety, comfort and well-being for people in displacement, who can live in temporary settlements for decades. Holcim brought the project to life with a range of its sustainable building solutions, making it low-carbon, energy-efficient and circular, demonstrating how sustainable building can be possible for
all.