Positioned at the intersection between the most advanced and radical academic experiments in the same building and the grandness, history of its Georgian architecture and location in Bedford Square, the Architectural Association Gallery became an ideal location for contextualizing new parametric design and fabrication methods and evoking an intense spatial experience.

From grafting a part of the lobby of Hotel Puerta America into this host space and then growing the tissue to tie into the existing classical Georgian organisation, the new compound ties closely into the fabric of the gallery.

At the same time the inserted space becomes a sublime encounter as artificial cave. A single surface drapes the entire space- it morphs from a box shaped section that describes the windows to Bedford Square to the interior cocoon that has been transposed in its original geometry from Hotel Puerta America.

The project discusses through real physical experience how we read, interpret and occupy space. Since no semantic clues are given as to where to walk, sit or look at (floor, walls and 'seats' are seamless), ,It needs to be 'conquered' and creatively claimed by everyone in a personal way.

- exhibition review by David Cunningham in Building Design Nov 2005

Sponsored by Corus Colorcoat, Hotel Puerta America

Video projections Douglas Spencer

software by CENIT Desktop

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