notes

this is what’s left of the annual prac­ti­cal review of stu­dent work held at the AA — the archi­tec­tural asso­ci­a­tion — or, more pre­cisely, held out­side the organisation’s head­quar­ters in bed­ford square each sum­mer. this strik­ing piece, which is now show­ing dis­tinct signs of envi­ron­men­tal attri­tion, can still be seen, and stands starkly fluid and organic against the sober neo-classical con­fines of the square’s geor­gian architecture.

a delight­ful sur­prise to come across this odd­ity on a rainy sep­tem­ber after­noon in blooms­bury. infor­ma­tion from the archi­tec­tural asso­ci­a­tion press release below:

Drift­wood was designed by con­cept designer Dane­cia Sibingo a 3rd year stu­dent, and a team that includes Lyn Hayek, Yoo­jin Kim, and Taey­oung Lee. It is nei­ther art nor archi­tec­ture, sci­ence nor eco­log­i­cal adven­ture, but a sculp­tural instal­la­tion and pro­to­type that defies clas­si­fi­ca­tion. It embraces inven­tion, exper­i­men­ta­tion, new mate­ri­als and aes­thetic intel­li­gence. The pavil­ion was selected by a panel of seven emi­nent judges from the worlds of archi­tec­ture, engi­neer­ing, design, media and ecol­ogy. It pro­vides a thought­ful, pro­vok­ing reminder of the UK’s inex­tri­ca­ble link to the sea — its undu­lat­ing form cre­ated by the motion of the water, car­ried by waves and com­ing to rest in busy cen­tral London

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