The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (also known as the Holocaust Memorial), Berlin, Germany. Designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. Built 2003-4
According to Eisenman’s project text, the stelae are designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, and the whole sculpture aims to represent a supposedly ordered system that has lost touch with human reason.
See also Jewish Museum, Berlin by Daniel Libeskind and Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp, Poland
The Jewish Museum, Berlin by architect Daniel Libeskind is proof, should any be needed, that architecture can convey emotion.
Also see my photos the Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden by the same architect.
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Designed in 1957 by the American architect Hugh Stubbins and engineer Fred Severud as a gift from the United States. John F. Kennedy spoke here during his June 1963 visit to West Berlin. On May 21, 1980 the roof collapsed killing one and injuring numerous people. The hall was rebuilt in its original style and reopened in 1987 in time for the 750 year anniversary of the founding of Berlin.
To Berliners it is also known as the Schwangere Auster “pregnant oyster”.
An assignment for Danish Engineers, Søren Jensen to photograph Cancer Centre Naestved, Denmark. Architect: Effekt. Due to the white cladding and faceted form the appearance of building was particularly sensitive to the changing light angles throughout the day necessitating staying on location from 9am to 11pm to capture the building in the optimum light.
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An asssignment for Design Haus Liberty to photograph their fit-out and interiors for Analog Folk London. The job also included a portrait shoot of Design Haus Liberty founder, Dara Huang on location.
Infinite Forest. Kemble, England. 40x40cm view larger
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Parachute Store. Building 92
Unknown Structure
Station Offices. Building 147
Type “A” Hangar. Building 137
Station Offices. Building 147
Main Stores. Building 90
FFMT Shed. Building 119
Main Workshop. Building 99
Bomb Store. Building 216
Guard House. Building 89
Main Workshop. Building 99
Type “A” Hangar. Building 137
Power House. Building 82
Operations Block. Building 146
Air Raid Shelter
Operations Block. Building 146
Power House (Backup). Building 93
Type “C” Hangar. Building 108
Station Offices. Building 147
Petrol tanker shed. Building 105
Fire Party Hut. Building 88
Type “A” Hangar. Building 79
Station Offices. Building 147
Switchboard, Operations Block.. Building 146
Motor Transport Shed. Building 129
Station Offices. Building 147
Fire Tender & Hucks Starter Shelter. Building 121
Station Offices. Building 147
Walking into the buildings at RAF Bicester in 2013 is like entering a time capsule back to the second world war. RAF Bicester was part of Bomber Command in WW2 being used mainly for training. The RAF left in 1976 and most of the buildings have been left untouched since. The site is of architectural and historical importance being the most complete and untouched example of such a collection of buildings most having being built in the 1920’s. The site contains a number of listed buildings and scheduled monuments.
What I found fascinating about the site as a photographic subject is that the decay and abandonment have added new layers of meaning to the utilitarian buildings so the impression today is an intriguing mix of the evocative and the impenetrable.
In May 2013 the site was sold to Bicester Heritage who kindly gave me permission to photograph the site before they start renovation. My particular thanks to Daniel Geoghegan and Charles Morgan.
An assignment for Arup, Berlin to photograph their lighting design and materials engineering on a sculptural Copper Staircase in Mallorca, Spain. Architect: Studio Mishin, St Petersburg (Sergey Mishin, Katya Larina). Material Science + Structural Engineering (concept only)+ Lighting Design: Arup, Berlin (Jan Wurm, Emily Dufner, Charlotte Heesbeen, Paula Longato, Tim Goeckel, Anselm von Held)
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Geometry & Silence 