A
small exhibition on a tight budget this was the second consecutive annual
exhibition designed for the GIA by NORD.
NORD were interested in the notion of the office as a generic environment
and the idea of distilling the experience of the office for a lay audience.
There
is an idea of demystification implicit in the design. The underlying intention
was to expose something of the workings of the office (in particular the architect’s
office).
A series of types were identified and multiplied in order to suggest order
and efficiency and on the other comparison and difference.
The exhibition display consists of a single anglepoise lamp donated by each
of the architectural practices selected to show work in the exhibition. The
anglepoise lamp was selected as an archetype associated with the architect
slaving over drawings long into the night. A series of slide viewer light boxes
display architectural photography while oversized mouse mats contain core information
about the individual practices.
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