Togetherness / Togetherless

The pavilion Togetherness / Togetherless is a spatial composition that explores the ways in which basic, fundamental elements of architecture can be used to create a temporary community. The neologistic title Togetherness / Togetherless refers to the individual’s need for closeness and being together, and the simultaneous, paradoxical inability to ever fully achieve it. The layers of history, context, and external references inscribed into the pavilion are greatly drawn from the Croatian city of Rijeka and its experience as the European Capital Of Culture in 2020, when it served as an arena for spatial and artistic research and experimentation.