Building the show: coat racks and carpenters
Building the show: coat racks and carpenters
Sensing Spaces
By Kate Goodwin
Published 15 January 2014
The emerging installations give me a thrill as I walk through the galleries, checking drawings, looking at details, observing the teams solving all sorts of practical issues on site.
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But it’s all the people from near and far who have engaged with the project which brings a smile to my face. Here are a few moments I’ve captured over the last couple of days that I wanted to share.
The MDM team who are working with Kere’s 1867 honeycomb plastic panels took a moment out of their day to make this coat rack… name tags and all!
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Coatrack in 'Sensing Spaces' installation
Photo © Royal Academy of Arts
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Coatrack in 'Sensing Spaces' installation
Photo © Royal Academy of Arts
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Problem solving
I found George from MDM working out the stability options for the base of Kere’s structure after our site meeting.
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Finishing touches
The crew who earlier in the day had been building Kere’s tunnel spent the afternoon carefully touching up Grafton’s work.
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A carpenter's work is never done
One of the builders brought over from Chile – his first time on a plane – sawed yet another piece of timber for Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s monumental structure.
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Kate Goodwin is the Drue Heinz Curator of Architecture at the Royal Academy.
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