{"id":14100,"date":"2014-02-24T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=14100"},"modified":"2014-02-24T01:04:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T01:04:46","slug":"sensing-spaces-architecture-reimagined-at-the-royal-academy-london-february-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/sensing-spaces-architecture-reimagined-at-the-royal-academy-london-february-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo report &#8211; Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-01.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently showing at the\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Royal Academy is &#8216;<\/span>Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined,&#8217; a large scale exhibition created by <span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">seven contemporary architectural firms tasked with transforming the RA\u2019s galleries &#8211; and also challenging visitors&#8217; perceptions of space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-11.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dominating one room is this enormous\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">wooden installation called t<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">he \u2018Blue Pavilion.\u2019<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Described as\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&#8216;part playground, part monument&#8217;, the work was created by the\u00a0<\/span>Chilean-based architecture firm\u00a0Pezo von Ellrichshausen\u00a0and features four columns containing\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">spiral staircases <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">leading up to a viewing platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-03.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-04.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-06.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The viewing platforms afford a bird&#8217;s eye view of the gallery space below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-05.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-07.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-08.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A wooden switchback walkway gradually takes visitors back to ground level.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-10.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The platform lets you get up close to the gold covered angels that decorate the neoclassical cornice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-09.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-12.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-13.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-14.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>West African architect Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9 linked two galleries via a honeycomb plastic tunnel, with visitors encouraged to interact with the sculpture by adding coloured straws to the walls and roof.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-21.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-15.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-16.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-19.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-17.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-18.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-20.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-22.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-23.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-24.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Souto de Moura created this simple but effective sculpture which took the form of a thin, dark concrete imprint of the gallery doors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14103\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/sensing-spaces-architecture-reimagined-at-the-royal-academy-london-february-2014\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-45\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-45.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-45.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14103\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-45.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-45.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-45-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-25.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Accessed through a curtain.\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lixiaodong.net\/en_home.asp\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Li Xiaodong<\/a>&#8216;s installation invites visitors into a\u00a0labyrinth of twig screens that eventually lead to an \u00a0inner courtyard, via several dead ends.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-27.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-30.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-31.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-32.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-26.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Within the space can be found\u00a0two small, differently scented rooms by\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/kkaa.co.jp\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kengo Kuma<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-28.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-29.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-33.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Created by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.graftonarchitects.ie\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Dublin architects Grafton<\/a>, this large installation takes you from a\u00a0bright room to a dark, oppressive \u00a0one with the transition having an immediate impact on your senses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-34.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-35.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-36.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-37.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-38.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-40.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London, February 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-02.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition runs until 6th April 2014. More details below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalacademy.org.uk\/exhibitions\/sensingspaces\/\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Academy <\/a><br \/>\nBurlington House,<br \/>\nPiccadilly<br \/>\nLondon W1J 0BD [<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msid=201118757136088423710.00048b429b3a663ce968f&amp;msa=0&amp;ll=51.508492,-0.139121&amp;spn=0.002507,0.00611\">Google Map<\/a>]<br \/>\nTel: 020 7300 8000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently showing at the\u00a0Royal Academy is &#8216;Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined,&#8217; a large scale exhibition created by seven contemporary architectural firms tasked with transforming the RA\u2019s galleries &#8211; and also challenging &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,456,17,193],"tags":[199,34,10,784],"class_list":["post-14100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-news","category-photos","category-places","tag-architecture","tag-art","tag-london","tag-royal-academy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-201.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-3Fq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14100"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14108,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14100\/revisions\/14108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}