ZAC Claude Bernard, 2008-2012, Paris (France)

When I corresponded with Louisa Hutton a few weeks ago, she sent me a photograph from the trip she was on showing red and yellow leaves lying on the ground, with a thick film of moving water washing over them. Its vividness and depth make it an unusual picture. I think of the three-dimensionality of Japanese gardens and the subtle tiering of their spaces in spite of the tiny areas they occupy. The photograph clarifies something about how the work of architects Sauerbruch Hutton ties in with their vision. It was taken in a garden adjacent to Heidi Weber’s Le Corbusier Pavilion in Zurich; Sauerbruch Hutton are working on the other side of the city on the site of the former Maag cogwheel factory. The image suggests a sideways movement, a movement that responds to the atmospheric forces of the environment...[+]