Domino 3.0 / Generated Living Structure 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
For the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition 2025, held under the overarching theme of AI, we presented Domino 3.0: a house to return to the forest.
The material was timber from trees uprooted and devastated by Storm Vaia in October 2018 — trees left to decay on the forest floor. Each fallen tree was fully 3D-scanned, then reassembled with the assistance of AI to integrate seamlessly into the natural environment while maintaining structural integrity. Soft joints — flexible, responsive to movement, and freely transformable — were created using 3D printing and embedded into the branches. These allowed the trees to be gently interconnected, forming a living, adaptive structure.
The project attempts to question society by using actual trees to propose that cutting-edge technology does not exist to keep humans away from nature but enables humans to return to nature.
AI: Prof. Yutaka Matsuo (The University of Tokyo)
Structure: Prof. Norihiro Ejiri (Japan Women’s University)
Reference:
video 1. Concept
video 2. Exhibition view
