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The U.S. pavilion at the XXII International Exhibition
of La Triennale di Milano showcases design's power
to heal the natural world.

Designing
for
Humanity

The link between humanity and the natural
environment is at the heart of the XXII International
Exhibition of La Triennale di Milano, whose theme
this year is Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human
Survival. The U.S. pavilion seeks to demonstrate
how sustainable design is equipped to respond
to the worsening global environmental crisis
through various media. With Arup at the helm,
the exhibit-entitled RECKONstruct-enlists the
creative clout of manufacturing professionals to
illustrate the urgency of embracing sustainability
in design and construction.
Russell Fortmeyer, Arup associate principal
and sustainability consulting leader and chief
curator of the exhibit, says, "When we heard

there was no American presence among the
country pavilions, we felt very strongly that given
the political circumstances in which we find
ourselves these days, it was important to make
a statement about our industry's commitments
to the environment and sharing knowledge with
a global audience."
Arup elected to document the life cycle
of the materials used to compose the pavilion
in an abstract film that immerses viewers through
material points of origin, from an active Kansas
rock quarry to the Humanscale manufacturing
facility in New Jersey. Humanscale collaborated
with the SHINE Program at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology to reinvent the simple stool
in three varying approaches: naturally grown
materials (bio-fabrication), harvesting unused
waste (circular economy), and mimicking nature's
engineering solutions (biomimicry).
Each stool is measured for its own unique
environmental footprint, and how it can help heal
our broken natural world in return.
"We wanted to step back from our first
inclination as engineers to present a lot of data
and instead provide an experience that connected
visitors to where stuff comes from, across
the life cycle, and tied to the story of these three
exceptional stool designs," Fortmeyer says.
RECKONstruct is open to the public until
Sept. 1, 2019. -WILL SPEROS

Overhead rendering view of
Humanscale's biomimicryinspired Venus Stool, which
can be 3-D printed to localize
production and minimize
supply chain logistics and
transportation.
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Editorial
Industry News
The List
Designer You Should Know: Meena Krenek
Product Trend: Healthy Glow
Product Focus
Product Briefs
Hybrid Spaces, Mash-ups, and Creative Collaborations
Aviron
Outdoor Office
Interior Detail: Capital One
Matrix: Corporatality
Designers Select: Surfaces
Exhibition: Broken Nature
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