The weather was much better than i expected. No clouds at all in the sky. 10 in the morning at Liverpool Street Station to Norwich. Arriving at the destination before noon. I took a bus with a day bus ticket to the University Campus. City centre seems to be located on a slightly risen hill where bus surmounted on the way, and residential area. A few people were walking in the enormous campus and was fairly quiet as it was weekend. 15 minutes of walk to Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts which is the purpose of this trip. A very first public architecture designed by Norman Foster in the late 1970's.
想像していた以上に良い天気に恵まれた。朝１０時、ロンドンリバプールストリートステーション発。ロンドンオリンピック付近の風景が特に印象的だった。１２時前にノーウィッジに到着。駅前からバスに乗って「Univercity / 大学」まで。小高い岡の上の待ちの中心部を通り、住宅地を抜け大学キャンパスへ。週末でキャンパスを歩いている人はまばらでとても静かだった。１５分程歩き、ようやく目当てのSainsbury Centre for Visual Artsが見えて来た。ノーマン・フォスターの初めての公共建築だそうだ。
One of the most breathtaking architecture i have seen was The Lloyd's Building in the Central London designed by Richard Rogers. And this architecture should be listed in my top 3. All important and in a way annoying infrastructure were hidden within the steel truss structure between external cladding and internal louvres which enables complete free space in the middle. In the actual space, Giacometti, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Japanese figures made of clay, and Mexican ritual items, all these were treated equally within the space to dismantle any hierarchy among the artifacts. I could not find any snobbish design which deteriorate the quality of simple but strong concept. When I get the basement floor where they sell souvenirs and books, I could see a photo showing Norman Foster and Backy Fuller were taking together which clearly connotes the origin of this design from where this actually came. Space where we find using lesser material to achieve maximum space, All artifacts, all young and old, all men and women were treated equally in the space. Any possible social inequality were to be vanished within the space. Spacial sequence from the entrance to the exhibition was amazingly seamless without any barrier. To be honest, rarely have I seen such a successful architecture which attempted to alter the history of architecture in terms of exhibition space. The mixture of light falling onto the space through the sensitive metal louvre which brings moire to our eye and the artificial spot light were mysterious.
イギリスにきて衝撃を受けた建築の１つにロイズ・ビルがあるが、この建築もまたそのリストに追加したい。鉄骨トラスの壁と屋根の中にすべてのサービス・インフラがつめ込められ、インテリアには無駄な物が何も配置されていない。ジャコメッティーも、ヘンリー・ムーアも、フランシス・ベーコンも、日本の土偶も、メキシコの儀式用具も、中国の陶器もすべて同一平面上にヒエラルキー無しに配置されている。小賢しいデザインが何もみあたらい、まさに１級の建築だった。地下のショップにはこの建築の歴史がプレゼンテーションされていたが、バックミンスター・フラーとフォスターが話し合っている写真が印象的だった。この建築理念のバックボーンみたいなものはフラーにある。最小限のマテリアルで最大限の空間が実現され、その空間の中では美術品のヒエラルキーも、老若男女の観客のヒエラルキーも、あらゆる社会的ギャップが消失するのだ。入り口から美術品に至る迄のシークエンスが見事にシームレスだったの。その内部に降り注ぐ自然光と人工照明、ルーバーのモアレがまた神秘的だった。
Another cloud of residences designed by Denys Lasdun adjacent to the Centre were also as good as the Museum. As the floor rises, volume set back to create balcony for all students' rooms. This massiveness of concrete immediately reminds me of SOAS in UCL, and ROyal National Theatre in Southbank which are designed by same architects. He is one of the representation of Brutalist. There was a pond in the park and it was surrounded by wetland. Rich natural environment, and the architectures here were cleverly and genuinely designed to co-exist with it which is often difficult to achieve.
Anyway, So, SO, reliable machine D80 is to be honest. It suits to my hand and eye really well, like part of my body. それにしてもD８０で撮影すると心地よい。手と目にしっくりとくる。手と目の延長として使えている。けど機能的にはまだまだ使いこなせてないけれども。
