Concrete Garden

Adjaye AssociatesLondon, UK2001

This project inverts the normal concept of a garden. The edge condition is of little importance in this empty space enclosed by a continuous concrete wall 2.2m high. Spaces that can be seen, but not necessarily entered, can be found in traditional and contemporary architecture in Japan. They provide occasions when normal perceptions of scale and convention are suspended. The emptiness itself draws attention to the scale and materiality of the enclosure and to subtle changes of atmosphere due to the season of the year, weather or time of day.

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