Spanish (Rotterdam based) architects Helena Casanova and Jesus Hernandez have developed a strong pictorial strategy for their exhibition in the Architektur Galerie Berlin (17.05. – 29.06.2013). The book Scale & Perception with the same title as the exhibition serves to provide greater insight to Casanova + Hernandez’ central theme of architecture, based on photographs by Christian Richters. They show, from his point of view, the many overlapping layers which define the visual perception of the buildings. They are accompanied by numerous plans and sketches showing the role of every single layer in the creation of the overall perception.
The book is completed by the manifesto-like text “Scale & Perception: Rethinking Phenomenological Architecture in the Global Age” by Casanova + Hernandez.
Titled “Scale & Perception”, they concentrate their translation in a minimalist installation, composed of two miniature walk-in spaces: One is a wooden object, black outside, white inside, with “walls” perforated by differently sized openings that function as windows; the other is a rectangular space, open on one side so that visitors can step inside, and made of plastic foil imprinted with a ginkgo-leaf motif. These miniature spaces serve as image carriers of Casanova + Hernandez´s recently completed “Black and White Twins” and “Ginkgo Project” housing complexes, and can be equally understood as a manifesto of their work.
