EXHIBITION

18th International Exhibition of Architecture – La Biennale di Venezia
Hungarian Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale, Venezia
20 May – 26 November, 2023

The focal point of our exhibition is the new building of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest as an architectural piece itself. The building – designed by Marcel Ferencz (Napur Architect) – was completed in 2022 after being selected in an international design competition as a part of the Liget Budapest Project, one of Europe’s grandest urban development programmes abundant with cultural content. Through Reziduum, through this sound, space, and light installation, we aim to create a representation of a cultural memory where the different ethnological layers become visible; from the historical artifacts, the new building, and its urban context to contemporary music.

CONCEPT

The two wings of the Museum of Ethnography’s new building in Budapest evoke an imaginary circle with a diameter of one kilometre, and the surface of the building expands into a rooftop garden of more than seven thousand square metres. What we see is not merely a perfect slice of a circle but also a gateway between the natural landscape of the renewed City Park and the pulsating city life. The architect emphasised this function of conveyance and transmission through the embellishment of the metal shading lattice which envelopes the façade of the building, adorning it with contemporary transcriptions of the ornamental patterns used by the various traditions and cultures displayed and preserved in the museum. Counting nearly half a million pixels, the façade ornamentation symbolises the unparalleled richness of the Museum of Ethnography’s collection as an interwoven tapestry of Hungarian and worldwide culture, welcoming visitors to the museum.
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TEAM

FERENCZ Marcel

Marcel Ferencz habil, DLA

Miklós Ybl Prize and Pro Architectura Prize-winning architect

Mária Kondor-Szilágyi PhD

art historian, curator

Péter Mátrai, DLA

Miklós Ybl and Pro Architectura Award-winning architect, composer

Judit Z. Halmágyi, DLA

Pro Architectura Award-winning architect, designer, and urban planner

Ferenc Haász

lighting designer

GALLERY

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