Size + Matter 2008 | David Adjaye

David Adjaye Scelera

2008 | In a unique collaboration with The American Hardwood Export Council, architect David Adjaye created the pavilion Sclera for 2008's Size + Matter installation. Constructed from tulipwood, the structure blurred the boundaries between architecture, design, engineering and sculpture. Adjaye's interpretation of the meaning of Sclera as a 'space from my viewpoint' resulted in an elliptical pavilion whose airiness and freedom was further emphasized by the lightness of the timber construction.

Sclera was exhibited at the Southbank Centre for a month from mid September 2008 where it was viewed by over one million people.

'This has been an extraordinary project for us. We were delighted when David Adjaye chose American Tulipwood - a wood normally associated with more mundane applications. This project shows it literally in a new light and the result is spectacular.'
David Venables, European Director, American Hardwood Export Council.

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