A diagram depicting an archaeological site with a perimeter of walls.
A diagram depicting an archaeological site with a perimeter of walls. An exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale exploring the concept of cities and urbanism through the lens of a 6,000-year-old Ukrainian archaeological site was developed by a UCL researcher with the Forensic Architecture group at Goldsmiths University. The exhibition, a multi-media video entitled The Nebelivka Hypothesis , uses 3D modelling, ground truth, photogrammetry, remote sensing and simulations to challenge our understanding of urban origins. Buried deep below the rich black soils of central Ukraine, archaeologists charted human settlements as large and ancient as the first Mesopotamian cities, yet conceived on radically different principles. One such place is Nebelivka. Its 6,000-year-old remains offer a lens through which to interrogate core assumptions about urban space, power, and ecology. The Nebelivka Hypothesis will premiere at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia, The Laboratory of the Future.
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