Hungary | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

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Pavilion of Hungary | 14th Architecture Biennale of Venice

The central space of the Hungarian pavilion at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale is occupied by an “in progress” architectural installation, which will reach completion only at the end of the Biennale, through the contribution of the public. The installation, made of a timber framework housing hundreds of clothespins that can be used to leave comments or simply a trace of a visitor’s passage, is a metaphor for the act of building as a collaborative process.

The pavilion is indeed dedicated to how much building should rely on the interaction between architects and users; a theme which is the natural continuation of research started two Biennales ago: in 2010 by reasoning on the design process and in 2012 by working on architectural scale models. The exhibition also includes a section illustrating the work of 21 schools dedicated to participatory building development, as well as a selection of photographs by László Kunkovács, featuring examples of spontaneous architecture.