imagining the future history of sanitation
Pavilion of Finland at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
20.5. - 26.11.2023
The exhibition critically reassesses sanitation infrastructure in the context of global freshwater shortages which have become a reality in Europe. Sanitation infrastructure is also connected with the possibility of restoring the nutrient cycle in food production.
As a low-density solution, the exhibition presents a contemporary dry toilet – huussi, which is still a typical solution to sanitation in remote locations and summer cottages in Finland.
By questioning the so far indisputable position of the current water-based sanitation system, the exhibition aims to inspire architects to start looking for alternative solutions, also at the urban scale, to better serve the world we inhabit today.
Commissioner: Katarina Siltavuori, Archinfo
Curator: Arja Renell
Participants: The Dry Collective: Antero Jokinen, Emmi Keskisarja, Barbara Motta, Arja Renell, Eero Renell , Janne Teräsvirta