Dezeen Award 2024

Dezeen has awarded the "Installation design of the Year” prize to the Pavilion designed by UNA / UNLESS and commissioned by LAS Art Foundation to exhibit the work of artist Josèfa Ntjam as a Collateral Event of the Venice Art Biennale 2024.
Dezeen’s Jury stated: “This is an intriguing structure that lures the visitors in. It provides a direct statement in the courtyard space and contracts between two different vernaculars - that of the old and the new. The daring structure feels unexpected, futuristic, and even alien.” Furthermore Dezeen wrote: “The pavilion and installation design by UNA / UNLESS consists of a triangular blue prism that appears to have fallen from space within the Renaissance-era courtyard of Venice's vibrant art school. Interlocking with the building, of which it becomes an extension, the pavilion's symmetry and reflective surface are designed to achieve an optical illusion whereby the pavilion appears to dematerialise at night, establishing a dialogue with the context. Its blue cladding oscillates, evoking the ocean, underlining its importance in the planetary ecosystem.”