The 2025 Lisbon Architecture Triennale has opened, themed around the question: 'How Heavy is the City?'
'How Heavy is the City?' addresses issues of magnitude, spatial organisation, form, technology, materiality, and the multiple relations that human spaces have with other entities
Curators John Palmesino and Ann-Sofia Rönnskog of Territorial Agency note that the triennale's ambition covers the whole 'technosphere' that humanity has created – our impact on the planet, which weighs a mind-blowing 30 trillion tonnes.
Author's summary: Exploring city's impact.