I went to "The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners" at Hong Kong Arts Centre, on the very first morning of its opening day. The lucky bit was that I caught people from Foster + Partners explaining each piece to its gallery staff. That for me became like a great unexpected free tour of the exhibition and Foster's work.
Foster's architecture was one of the things that I wanted to see in Hong Kong, but this exhibition ended up being much more exciting than his actual works in Hong Kong (the airport and HSBC building).
The exhibition contained most intricate and fascinating models. Also, unlike his film ("How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr.Foster?"), the exhibition wasn't really about Norman Foster himself but Foster + Partners as a whole. The photographs of his studio really focused on different people from his work.
フォスター＋パートナーズの展示イン香港。
香港の楽しみのひとつにフォスターの建築があったものの、空港もHSBCもイマイチだった。が、この展示は面白かった。
彼らの主要な建築物が網羅され、精密かつスケールもでかくて金かかってそうーな威圧感たっぷりな模型が並ぶ会場は圧巻。
初日の朝一に行ったら、たまたまフォスター＋パートナーズの方がいて、「様々なコンセプトをテストするために、様々な模型を作るのよ」と言っていた。まあ、建築家はみんなそう言うのかもしれないけれど。それでも、模型といえど、多種多様。そして、模型のくせに感動的な美しさ。