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Domino 3.0: Generated Living Structure

A regenerative architecture born from the climate crisis – on display at the Venice Biennale 2025 (10 May – 23 November)
Domino 3.0: Generated Living Structure is a project exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2025, running from 10 May to 23 November. It emerges as an innovative and participatory response to extreme climate change, transforming the aftermath of storm Vaia (2018) into a new vision of living.
Domino 3.0 is a living structure, a dynamic and inclusive system that promotes a renewed relationship between the environment, construction, and society.
In the face of rapidly intensifying climate challenges, architecture must necessarily redefine itself. Domino 3.0: Generated Living Structure transforms the consequences of an ecological disaster into a regenerative design approach aimed at uniting nature, technology, and society. After storm Vaia swept through northern Italy in October 2018, vast quantities of trees lay uprooted and felled by the forces of nature. Domino 3.0: Generated Living Structure repurposes them as essential building elements, embodying both resilience and vulnerability.
The fallen trunks were 3D scanned, capturing every knot, deformation, and fracture shaped by the terrain; an artificial intelligence model then analyzed how to reuse these irregular forms within cohesive systems.
Whereas modernist ideals, exemplified by Le Corbusier’s Dom-Ino system, favored standardization, Generated Living Structure embraces complexity. Custom 3D-printed joints precisely align each piece in a union of sculptural dynamism and structural stability—a method that respects local knowledge, involves communities, and directly addresses the climate emergency.
By challenging architecture’s dependence on standardized materials, we aim for more sustainable practices. Domino 3.0: Generated Living Structure thus becomes a benchmark for community-driven action, seeking to create meaningful partnerships with those whose lives and landscapes are most directly affected.
Among the supporters is the CNR IBE – Institute of Bioeconomy, based in San Michele all’Adige, which contributed scientific expertise in defining the technological parameters of the different wood species used.