Architectural Model
2010 (made)
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Using the landscape of the Museum as a test site, the V&A invited nineteen architects to submit proposals for structures that examine notions of refuge and retreat. Responding to specific locations in the Museum, the architects explored themes such as study, work, play, performance and contemplation. Seven of the proposals were then selected for construction at full-scale.
These projects promoted an attitude to architecture where to 'dwell' meant something more than simply to find shelter. Each building invited the participation of the viewer. These immersive environments reawakened people's ability to inhabit architectural space on both a physical and an emotional level.
These projects promoted an attitude to architecture where to 'dwell' meant something more than simply to find shelter. Each building invited the participation of the viewer. These immersive environments reawakened people's ability to inhabit architectural space on both a physical and an emotional level.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted plywood, printed card, card and twigs |
| Brief description | Model for 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition, by Studio Mumbai, Mumbai, 2009. |
| Physical description | A plywood model of a building, the interior and balcony are painted grey and the exterior is covered with card printed in various shades of green, with brick patterns and an image of a ladder. A grey painted plywood ladder leads up to the balcony where there are printed card cut out figures of a man and a boy. On top of the structure's flat roof there is a model of a tree made out of twigs inserted into a grey painted wooden box. The whole structure is positioned on a cardboard base and there is a model of a bench made out of grey painted plywood. |
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| Credit line | Given by Studio Mumbai Architects |
| Summary | Using the landscape of the Museum as a test site, the V&A invited nineteen architects to submit proposals for structures that examine notions of refuge and retreat. Responding to specific locations in the Museum, the architects explored themes such as study, work, play, performance and contemplation. Seven of the proposals were then selected for construction at full-scale. These projects promoted an attitude to architecture where to 'dwell' meant something more than simply to find shelter. Each building invited the participation of the viewer. These immersive environments reawakened people's ability to inhabit architectural space on both a physical and an emotional level. |
| Bibliographic reference | Abraham Thomas, 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces (London: V&A publications, 2010)
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| Accession number | E.1457-2011 |
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| Record created | December 9, 2011 |
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