On May 22nd 2021 the Unfolding Pavilion opened its doors to the public.

Now in its third edition, the Unfolding Pavilion popped-up on the occasion of the17th International Architecture Exhibition at the Biennale di Venezia, inside of the belly of an old mercantile sailboat - atrabaccolo- moored at Punta della Dogana.

Titled Rituals of Solitude, the 2021 edition of the Unfolding Pavilion and its digital counterpart, the website www.ritualsofsolitude.com, are the first documentation of the installations made by the twelve contributors during their one-week residency. (ab)Normal; Bart Lootsma; James Taylor-Foster+ Anton Valek; Fala Atelier; WAI Architecture Think Tank; Mariabruna Fabrizi & Fosco Lucarelli (Microcities / Socks-studio) + Giaime Meloni; Fosbury Architecture; Shumi Bose + Space Popular; Salottobuono; Aristide Antonas; MAIO; Traumnovelle; Errante Architetture; Giovanni Benedetti.

In coherence with the concept of Unfolding Pavilion: Rituals of Solitude, and as a health-related safety measure as well, the exhibition can be visited by only one person at a time.