The Annex Will Save Us All!
A proposal for national pavilion of Slovenia at the Venice Architectural Biennale 2025. Our idea reflects on this year’s topic of collective intelligence as a ‘’One Place One Solution’’ by researching a method where architects and the general population of Slovenia meet – the Annex.
Manifestos and masterplans are gone.
We are filling in the gaps pragmatically.
We are discovering a phenomenon- a world of the annex.
Specific for each location and to each of us.
As a phenomenon, they reflect both our intimate and
our collective intelligence and consciousness.
Could they become a source of inspiration?
We pushed the pavilion out of its border, becoming an almost non-pavilion. A reaction to the existing space of the arsenal where the exhibition is held, finding and extending potential and beauty of the existing space.
- Client
- MAO
- Project team
- Andrej Mercina, Kaja Hribšek
- Year
- 2024
- Project name
- The Annex Will Save Us All!
- Status
- Competition entry for the Venice Biennale Pavillion 2025