Hungary opens national pavilion at Venice Biennale

Hungary's pavilion at Venice Biennale   MTI photo:Tibor Illyes

Hungary’s pavilion at Venice Biennale MTI photo:Tibor Illyes

The project featured in the pavilion “is a celebration of community architecture,” Zoltan Balog, Hungary’s human resources minister, told the opening ceremony on Friday.

Carrying the slogan “aectivators – locally active architecture,” it presents the “rebirth” of an abandoned and dilapidated office building carrying a new function as a result of collective efforts of various groups of society.

It has been implemented in the city of Eger, in northern Hungary, in the garden of the museum of fin-de-siecle author Geza Gardonyi.

The opening was attended by Piotr Glinski, Poland’s deputy prime minister and cultural minister.