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Article: Solid and void: a masterly exercise in interpenetration of spaces allied with a sensuous understanding of solid materiality.
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 2003
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The F-2 house near Mexico City, by Adria + Broid + Rojkind, is L-shaped and fitted into the right angle of a wedge-shaped site. It is shielded from neighbouring eyes by garden walls of rough basalt and concrete and looks over a lightly wooded valley.
If there is one dominant element in the composition of this house, it is the wall. The very solidity of walls here points up the fluidity of space, which does seem more like water flowing through and around dense obstructions. Thick planes of basalt or concrete are sliced open to reveal a fragile glass kernel -- cut out to frame a view, or suspended, like a heavy curtain, short of the floor to control light and ...