HENRIQUEZ PARTNERS ARCHITECTS

A climate crisis narrative, inspired by the last remaining Hexactinellida “Symplasma” sponge (glass sponges, the longest-lived animals on earth) off the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada. The exhibition includes a collaboration with Canaletto and his paintings, monumentally-scaled 3-D printed glass sea sponge sculptures, and a proposal for Vancouver’s first supertall towers. These sculptures and renderings form the backdrop to a story in which architecture draws inspiration from both the form and the symbiotic essence of nature.