On David Adjaye
The use of the fabric metaphor is an interesting application to decoration, and decorates the construction instead of constructing decoration. Fabric is also used in a literal sense, as a furniture design element, much the same way Wright used architecture and furniture with circularity.
The first thing that struck me while looking at the models in the AI show is that these are natural containers or vessels for angled sun light and possible resonant chambers for sound. Not that they were designed for this purpose, but Adjaye must have considered those aspects.
The first thing that struck me while looking at the models in the AI show is that these are natural containers or vessels for angled sun light and possible resonant chambers for sound. Not that they were designed for this purpose, but Adjaye must have considered those aspects.
