CUBE Manchester, 19.09.03 - 22.11.03

CUBE Liverpool, 10.12.03 - 20.02.04 

Bohen Foundation, New York, NY, 2005

The Asymmetric Chamber, commissioned by CUBE, in 2003, was Sir David Adjaye’s first temporary art/architecture structure.

The installation explores the poetics of space making; it is a journey defined by light, materiality and music - the latter component, by his brother, Peter Adjaye, insightfully responding to the phenomenological nature of the piece. In essence, the work is about generating a strong sense of place through visceral, experiential content.

 

 

Weighing some 7.5 tonnes, the Asymmetric Chamber was a massive piece of work - so heavy, in fact, that the gallery floor had to be reinforced. Several additional floor joists, and six elongated steel plates that formed three composite steel beams, were installed in the ceiling below - all of which, unsurprisingly, are still in situ in what was CUBE's seminar suite.

Organised and curated by Graeme Russell