In collaboration with Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro
The curatorial team: Architect Bnaya Bauer, Architect Arielle Blonder, Architect Noy Lazarovich, scientist Dr. Ido Bachelet and curator Dr. Yael Eylat Van-Essen

BIO Smart City 3.0 is an interactive installation which applies the biological process of angiogenesis - through which new blood vessels form from pre-existing ones - in order to explore new methods of preventing urban over-densification. The installation consists of two 'towers' measuring four and seven feet high, constructed from acrylic sheet. Red liquid flows continually through a series of Polyurethane conduits that are intertwined within the two towers, demonstrating a healthy level of habitation. Simultaneously two other systems are working alternately: one showing the healing process of a diseases area in the structure, and the other emphasizing the collapse of an untreated area. The structures allude to the built and unbuilt urban fabric, the shade of the fluid is the identification and treatment of diseased areas due to unattended changes in population density.

Global trends of migration towards urban centers are increasing exponentially, overtaxing urban infrastructure to the point where it risks collapsing beyond repair. In order to assess the moment – where overcrowding in a city has reached ‘the point of no return’, This project examines if tackling urban sickness could be pioneered according to biological principles and methodologies which govern cancer research.

Dimensions: 180*300*250 cm