This exhibition is the latest instalment in The Aram Gallery’s ongoing series exploring experimental aspects of design. The show focuses on architectural parts and allows trials and experiments of details, rather than models of whole projects, to take centre stage. A refreshing antidote to polished final pieces.

Prototypes and Experiments V: Architectural Elements

1st July-28th August 2010

THE ARAM GALLERY

110 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5SG (020 7557 7526)

Prototypes and experiments are critical elements in the development process of any new design. If prototypes are the manifestation of the design idea on its way to production, experiments are more like steps on the way. With architecture, elements of a complex project often offer a critical insight into the DNA of that project.

The prototype, being part of a process, makes more real an idea that will lead to a final piece, and is not usually made with the intention of being shown outside the architect’s practice. Experiments are even less refined and sometimes constitute a partial sketch on the way to the prototype. These objects, however, hold a rare charm, and give an insight into the architect’s imagination.

The Aram Gallery is interested in the way designers think and work. Prototypes and Experiments V includes 1:1 elements and samples sourced from the studios of established practices alongside selected drawings and models taken from the architects’ physical or digital sketchbooks.