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. This was acheived by installing several additional floor joists, and six elongated steel plates that formed three composite steel beams, 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