THIS YEAR, AT THE 19TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION OF LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, OUR COLLEAGUES BALÁZS RAJCSÁNYI AND PÁL VARSÁNYI WERE PROUDLY FEATURED IN THE HUNGARIAN PAVILION UNDER THE TITLE:
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REPRESENTING THEIR CREATIVE WORK WITH THEIR TEAM AT PLAY DEAD — A COMPANY FOUNDED BY BALÁZS — THEY WERE SHOWCASED AMONG A SELECT GROUP OF ALUMNI REDEFINING WHAT AN ARCHITECTURAL CAREER CAN BE. THE EXHIBITION HONORED ARCHITECTURAL GRADUATES WHO HAVE CHANNELED THEIR CREATIVE INSIGHT INTO TRULY IMPACTFUL CAREERS OUTSIDE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE. CURATED BY MÁRTON PINTÉR AND HELD AT THE HISTORIC GIARDINI DELLA BIENNALE, THE SHOW ILLUMINATED A POWERFUL MESSAGE:
“AN ARCHITECT CAN MAKE MORE THAN JUST A HOUSE” – IT IS ABOUT EXPORTING ARCHITECTURAL THINKING INTO DIVERSE SECTORS.
PÁL
VARSÁNYI
BALÁZS RAJCSÁNYI
BALÁZS AND PÁL, AS DESIGNERS AT PLAY DEAD, EXEMPLIFY THIS ETHOS, BLENDING SPATIAL SENSIBILITIES, NARRATIVE COMPOSITION, AND DESIGN THINKING TO SHAPE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES. THEIR INCLUSION IN THE EXHIBITION’S VISUALLY SYMBOLIC “ABANDONED ARCHITECTURE STUDIO” BROUGHT TO LIFE A NEW DIMENSION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ARCHITECT TODAY – ONE ROOTED IN ADAPTABILITY, CURIOSITY, AND CREATIVE RESILIENCE.
AS PART OF THE SELECT GROUP OF THIRTEEN FEATURED ALUMNI, THEY STAND ALONGSIDE INVENTORS, MUSICIANS, EDUCATORS, AND INNOVATORS WHO SHOWCASE HOW ARCHITECTURAL TRAINING CAN BECOME A LAUNCHPAD TO WORLD-CHANGING WORK. BALÁZS AND PÁL’S SUCCESS REMINDS US THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL MINDSET — A DELICATE BALANCE OF STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AESTHETICS, AND STORYTELLING — CAN LEAD TO EXTRAORDINARY PATHS.
THEIR STORY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF DESIGN-BASED THINKING IN THE DIGITAL AGE.
AS THE HUNGARIAN PAVILION CONTINUES ITS RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 23, 2025, THEIR WORK SHINES AS A PROUD HIGHLIGHT – ILLUSTRATING THAT THE ARCHITECT’S IMPACT NEED NOT BE CONFINED TO BLUEPRINTS OR CONCRETE, BUT CAN FLOURISH IN ENTIRELY NEW MEDIUMS.
