Ambika P3
Land Architecture People
25 June - 1 August 2010
Land Architecture People is a major exhibition which offers behind-the-scenes insights into how buildings are made from the mysterious rules and conditions of land ownership through to the symbiotic relationship between architect and client. Conceived by award-winning architects Pierre d'Avoine and Andrew Houlton and anthropologist Clare Melhuish, the show dispels some of the mystique around the architectural design process.
an exhibition that challenges the traditional methods of communicating architecture.... D'Avoine and Houlton's work is stylistically conducive to this particular line of enquiry, focusing heavily on legibility... coloured by candid interiews by Clare Melhuish with the clients, occupants and developers who live in or worked on the projects
Owen Pritchard
Blueprint Magazine, July 2010
The exhibition explores the scope of the one-off, as well as the potential for repetition and serial production, both within and beyond the realm of domestic architecture. It shows a selection of built and unbuilt projects of different scales by Pierre d¹Avoine Architects and Houlton Architects, including some collaborations. At the centre of the show is a striking group of twelve large floor-mounted architectural models. They are complemented by drawings, pattern books, maquettes, writings, photographs and films. Clare Melhuish has specially interviewed a number of clients about their aims and aspirations for their projects and their relationship with the architect.
Transcripts of the interviews will be shown alongside photo portraits of the clients, uniquely emphasizing the significance of the relationship between the different players in the design process.
"Land Architecture People offers a new model for retrospective exhibitions. Its approach challenges the all-too-familair exhibition format opted for by most architects."
Owen Pritchard
Blueprint Magazine, July 2010
Opening hours:
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10.00 to 18.00
AMBIKA P3,
University of Westminster,
35 Marylebone Road,
London NW1 5LS
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