Diller Scofidio + Renfro to present V&A East Storehouse preview in Venice
Starting with next month's opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) design for the new V&A East Storehouse will be presented in a preview installed inside the fair’s Applied Arts Pavilion.
The special project will be exhibited for the duration of the Biennale and places the soon-to-open design for an open art storage facility in dialogue with others in the storage typology, which supports our broader economy of things. DS+R is on track to inaugurate the new East London project in late May.
Internal render view of the central Collection Hall in V&A East Storehouse, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2021. Image: © Diller Scofidio + RenfroFor On Storage, the firm directed a six-channel video installation that will present a filmed depiction of a typical consumer product’s journey through the rigors of global storage and logistical stages at different scales (think of Bill Mason‘s 1966 film Paddle to the Sea). The exhibition will also present...