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An unofficial ranking of the best pavilions at the Venezia Biennale Architettura 2018:On Internet Archive
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1: Belgium. An abstract representation of unification of Europe. Ode to Joy played in this cavernous audience chamber. You had to take your shoes off. Perfect.Permalink On Internet Archive
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2. The Netherlands. A series of doors behind which were various exhibits and information on architectural projects, past and present.Permalink On Internet Archive
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3. Switzerland. House Tour: a representation of an empty apartment based on estate agent photos of empty apartments. Messed about with scale á la Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Permalink On Internet Archive
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4. Hungary. A deep-dive on the occupation of Liberty Bridge in Budapest in 2016 when young people occupied the bridge en masse and did yoga along the entire bridge. They also built a viewing platform.Permalink On Internet Archive
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5. Nordic countries (Finland, Norway, Sweden). It had these giant inflatable things.Permalink On Internet Archive
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6. Czechia and Slovakia. A reception lobby for the fictional company, Unes-Co. Offering jobs doing a full-time normal life.Permalink On Internet Archive
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7. Romania. A focus on the urban playgrounds of the bloc. That roundabout was cast-iron and was heavy as hell.Permalink On Internet Archive
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8. Australia. A refuge of plant-life.Permalink On Internet Archive
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9. Austria. A weird ASMR experience.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Non-honourable mentions to:Permalink On Internet Archive
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Great Britain. Literally an empty pavilion. The exhibition, Island, is allegedly about emptiness and the echo or sounds and memories. It also had a roof terrace.Permalink On Internet Archive
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United States of America. Pictured here right next to Israel. Their exhibition was about the nature of citizenship and the building of a border wall between USA and Mexico.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Canada. They did an exhibition on the building of their pavilion. Meh.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Israel. An exhibition about "the status quo" featuring a prominent model of an area of Jerusalem starkly divided into different areas. Nope.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Rolex. We didn't got into the Rolex Pavilion. Rolex isn't a country.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Some honourable mentions:Permalink On Internet Archive
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Finland. It was all about the public library as the "ultimate 'freespace'" and the idea of the commons.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Russia. It was all about train stations in Russia which, considering Russia, was not the worst thing the pavilion could have covered.Permalink On Internet Archive
