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Necto
Biennale Architettura 2025
19th International Architecture Exhibition

Created at Studio TheGreenEyl
Role: Design, Animation
Necto - A 3D-Knitted Anticlastic Media Architecture by SO-IL, Mariana Popescu and TheGreenEyl at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, 10 May – 23 November 2025

Architecture: So-Il
Textile Engineering team: Dr Mariana Popescu & Lab
Creative Direction: Richard The 
Design: Ardak Mukanova, Saralee Sittigaroon
Sound Design: Marian Mentrup
Software Lead: Ben Bojko
Hardware Lead: Noah Feehan
Creative technologist: Arden Schager
Photography: Iwan Baan
Video: Maco Film
Dance: Riley Watts

 Necto was designed collaboratively and globally, built locally, reusable, lightweight and biodegradable. The project explores the theme of Intelligens through an immersive, innovative, and both computationally derived yet intuitively driven membrane structure that speculates on the future of temporary structures—lightweight, flexible and efficient, and embedded with latent intelligence

Luminous threads seamlessly integrated within the textile follow selected stress pathways, forming a constellation of light and spatialized sound. Immersive animations dance across the membrane, transforming the structure temporarily into different environments, only to disappear entirely in the next moment again. The generative light and sound animations embrace lightness, exploring the expressive possibilities of a very minimal visual and sonic palette. Each atmosphere playfully speculates on the tensions between craft and algorithm, nature and technology, emergent process and design intent.





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