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Ideal Room Exhibition, RIBA |
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In 1997 Buschow Henley were invited to create their version of 'an ideal room' in the Royal Institute of British Architects. Our proposal was a display of the architectural work of the practice as seen through the eyes of a camera. 'Aperture; A Camera Obscura' described space in use through the actual window of the gallery, a virtual window on the city. The gallery is transformed into a metaphorical camera obscura as it transports the viewer to the four different places in the city – a film company on Great Portland Street, an office in Bloomsbury, an exhibition pavilion and a live construction site. Where Palladio's Teatro Olympico brings the life of the city in the form of a backdrop to theatre, 'Aperture' presents life as theatre where architecture is the armature; a scaled down proscenium reveals an architectural peepshow beyond. Seen in use, the display illustrated architecture not as object but as instrument-the work supporting everyday life. |
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