Switzerland's "House Tour" won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. The "Alice in Wonderland"-like installation played with scale to make visitors consider our use of domestic spaces.
Courtesy Italo Rondinella
The Netherlands —
The Dutch Pavilion's "Work, Body, Leisure" exhibition appears to be a plain orange locker room, but surprises -- like this set of inflatable humanoids -- await behind its doors.
Courtesy Italo Rondinella
Egypt —
Egypt's exhibition, titled "Roba Becciah" looked at unstructured, technically illegal trade and commerce in informal Egyptian market spaces.
Courtesy Italo Rondinella
The Holy See —
The Vatican commissioned 10 chapels by internationally renowned architects, including this one from Ricardo Flores and Eva Prats. They've been installed on in the wooded garden behind a church on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
Courtesy Alessandra Chemollo
Indonesia —
In "Sunyata: The Poetics of Emptiness," Indonesia presented a study in simplicity, with strips of fabric curving through the space of the Arsenale.
Courtesy Francesco Galli
Germany —
Twenty-eight years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which stood for 28 years, Germany looks at how architecture along its length has been reused, adapted or left to decay. Here, they also interview people living along walls and borders in other contemporary areas of contention.
Courtesy Italo Rondinella
Finland —
Finland's "Mind-Building" exhibition looks at the role of libraries in Finnish culture. For added authenticity, commissioner Hanna Harris brought Finnish librarians to Venice to explain the national perspective.
Courtesy Italo Rondinella
Canada —
This year, the Canadian exhibition showcases the work of indigenous architects and designers for the first time. The exhibition explores indigeneity, resilience, sovereignty and colonization through different media.
