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The Hungarian pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition showcases the unique modernist architecture of Central and Eastern Europe. It features twelve emerging architecture studios' efforts to revitalize twelve socialist modernist buildings in Budapest. The exhibit highlights the individual values and innovative design practices of these buildings and aims to provide new perspectives on this controversial heritage. The project represents a collaborative effort to rethink architectural heritage and build a more forward-thinking and experimental society.
Supermarket sweep… the Latvian pavilion which has been transformed into a minimart.
This contribution brings a little levity to the long trek through the halls of the Arsenale.
Choice as the basis of architectural process, the pop aesthetics emphasizing the languages of consumption as in Hamilton or Warhol: everything is structured by the dynamics of commerce.
Welcome to T/C Latvija, surely the most instagrammed installation of this edition of the Biennale
Latvia is reopening the archive boxes once again, reminding us (including the Biennial Presidency) of everything that has already been thought up and invented, and inviting us to place the most urgently needed products in the basket, to combine them with one another, and ultimately consume all the knowledge.
Fun, colourful and thought-provoking, it offers a tongue-in-cheek moment to the Arsenale sequence...