URBAN TETRIS
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Do we generally tend to
think this indicates a
process of constructing
(0+ rather than 10-)?
Let's see...
B16 8NH
In the context of
Edgbaston House [2018]
it would be 18-...
After 40+ years since it was first sketched on paper, Edgbaston House completed a full circle, ending up as building outline of a regenerated quarter.
I was lucky enough to enjoy a bizarre sense of aesthetic pleasure watching the demolition work in progress.
Materiality /
Geometrical structures /
Light-shadow interplays /
were revealed weekly as the
18 stores were reduced to 0.
Influenced by Eastern-European background (with an urban landscape dominated by soviet-style housing of tower blocks), I assumed that my object of gaze was a former residence building and wondered why and how the (community of) dwellers must have experienced relocation.
Assumption invalidated:
Edgbaston House was an office block.
