The Opposite Shore
Suburbs are arguably one of the most controversial legacies of the twentieth century. They embody a way of life driven by property and heteronormative family values. The most important feature of the suburbs was the strict separation of life and work and the full privatization of domestic labour as the housewife’s responsibility. Suburbs in Europe today are in steep decline as both social and environmental constructs. Opposite Shore is a research and project that challenges the status of suburbs and rethinks their future as cooperative settlements. Opposite Shore is composed of an historical critique of suburbanization in Belgium (walls) and a project for its future (models).

The Opposite Shore
Exhibition at 17th Biennale Architettura, Venice

The Opposite Shore
Exhibition at 17th Biennale Architettura, Venice

The Opposite Shore
Retrofitting Suburban Settlements from Property to Cooperation

The Opposite Shore
Model for communal housing

The Opposite Shore
Model for a ‘Longhouse’ with shared domestic facilities

The Opposite Shore
Model for a linear shed

The Opposite Shore
Model for assisted home
The Opposite Shore
Team
Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara with Celeste Tellarini, Mariapaola Michelotto, Theodor Reinhardt, Anna Panourgia, Antonio Paolillo, Yi Ming Wu, Perla Gísladóttir, and Rachel Rouzaud
Models
Made by Mistake (Rotterdam)
photo Frans Parthesius
Client
Departement Omgeving Vlaanderen
Participation to the 17th Venice Biennale 2021 has been supported by Kunsten en Cultureel Erfgoed, Departement Cultuur, Jeugd en Media Vlaanderen
2021