In the summer of 2020, a group of twelve architects and scholars spent one week of residency locked inside an abandoned house built on a small island in the Venetian lagoon. One per room. Each room was equipped with only one piece of furniture, which they couldn't choose.
The house was an almost exact replica of what – at least until recently – was believed to be an unrealised project by John Hejduk: the House for the Inhabitant who Refused to Participate.
The curators of the Unfolding Pavilion came to know about the house by pure chance, and decided to organise their third pavilion inside of its spaces. An agreement was made with the owners of the island, who were about to demolish the house in order to build a luxury glamping facility in its stead: the house could be temporarily occupied for artistic purposes, but no images of the event were to be published before the demolition took place. The house was demolished in early December.
