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Titled The Blessed Fragments , the Egyptian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, sheds the light on local Egyptian laborers and their value to the community, in a space designed with optical illusion fragments. Curated by Algorithm Architecture s Mostafa Rabea Abdelbaset, Mohamad Riad Alhalaby, Amr Allam, and Ahmed Essam, the pavilion will be on display at the Giardini from May 22nd until November 21st, 2021.
Inspired by the quotes of an old Egyptian bread maker, the pavilion looks beyond the first impressions of laborers and appreciates the value they add to society. The entrance of the pavilion is divided into two fixed complementary partitions; a white front on the left side and a black back on the right side. The free-standing frames create optical illusions that look closed from different perspectives. As visitors get closer into the pavilion, the two partitions split up and separate from one another, welcoming them into