The works by Kengo Kuma exhibited in this show offer an exceptional glimpse into the architect's creative process, complementing and resonating with the photographs of Erieta Attali. These drawings are not mere sketches or preliminary studies, but rather stand-alone works that distill ideas, movement, and spatial concepts. However diverse the projects may be, the sketching technique remains deliberately simple. With the exception of a few early works, most are monochromatic and executed in pencil or charcoal.
Water Glass. Kengo Kuma – The Flow of Lines through the Lens of Erieta Attali. Photograph by Erieta Attali.
Throughout a long collaboration, Attali has created artistic interpretations of numerous Kuma projects. Her photographs capture the light, atmosphere, transitions, and subtle relationship between the buildings and their surroundings. Attali's perspective highlights light, shadow, and texture, revealing how Kuma's lines unfold in real space.
The exhibition is conceived as a dialogue between two artistic approaches. In both Kuma's drawings and Attali's photographs, architecture is conceived as something in motion and in constant transformation. Visitors are invited not only to observe the architecture but to experience it as a fluid, sensory process: a flow of lines.
V&A Dundee. Kengo Kuma – The Flow of Lines through the Lens of Erieta Attali. Photograph by Erieta Attali.
Tchoban Foundation. Museum of Architectural Drawing
The Tchoban Foundation's Museum of Architectural Drawing opened in 2013 on the site of the former Pfefferberg brewery. In 2009, architect and collector Sergei Tchoban established the foundation with the aim of promoting the art of architectural drawing. The museum presents three annual exhibitions, featuring works from its own collection, as well as loans from the collections of renowned institutions such as the Sir John Soane Museum in London, the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the Albertina in Vienna, the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt am Main, the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin and the Berlin Art Library, in addition to private collections.
