Building on the concept of lavaforming – harnessing volcanic eruptions to shape new architecture – American-Icelandic designer-director duo Sukanya Mukherjee and Arnar Skarphéðinsson imagine a future Iceland built from molten lava for the short film Lavaforming – developed as part of a wider project initiated by Arnhildur Pálmadóttir and Arnar Skarphéðinsson of s.ap arkitektar. Recognizing the potential of a single effusive eruption to provide enough building material for an entire city, the experimental film travels 150 years into the future to the city of Eldborg, where volcanic brutalism has channelled nature’s force into a sustainable urban vision… read more at nowness.com
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