15th Venice Architecture Biennale | Poland

Biennale’s Gardens – Pavilion of Poland, photo Inexhibit

Fair Building
Pavilion of Poland at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia

What if a building could be certified “fair trade” like many other commercial products? This is the question upon which the curators of the Polish Pavilion based their research, mostly made by interviewing construction workers, Poland presents at this year’s Architecture Biennale.

The building industry, despite all technological improvements, still largely relies on manual work; yet, besides national regulation for construction site safety, the construction process is nevertheless characterized by high levels of uncertainty and insecurity.

Fair Building logotype. Design by Patryk Hardziej

Photos taken during the making of the Fair Building project. Photo Michał Gdak

A large part of the Polish pavilion is occupied by scaffolding, which supports an array of monitors presenting the curators’ research; a second space was designed to resemble a fictional estate agency.

Exhibition of Poland at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, photos Inexhibit