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Artists of the Floating World: SANNA, Niedermayr and the Construction of Atmosphere
Author(s) -
Campbell Hugh
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.681
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , architecture , ambiguity , documentation , relation (database) , scale (ratio) , visual arts , art history , aesthetics , art , sociology , computer science , philosophy , cartography , meteorology , geography , linguistics , database , programming language
Hugh Campbell expands upon the mutually collaborative spatial qualities evoked in the photographic works of Walter Niedermayr and the architecture of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of Tokyo‐based practice SANAA. Describing their relation as forming a ‘thickened presence’, he alludes to a particular atmosphere reliant on an ambiguity of scale, detail and discernible proximity that serves to liberate the architecture and the photographs from mere documentation whereby instead they figure as transparent recordings of spatial intentions. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.