Blue Print MagazineIssue 294 September 2010Winner of the AA’s Nicholas Pozner Prize forBest Single Drawing of the year, Hellberg’sdesign for a Japanese Embassy is printed ona manga-graphic kimono, which shows thebuilding from all its aspects. Th e lining ofthe garment open up to reveal the Tower ofthe Folding Stones - the offi ce of the JapaneseAmbassador - which, like the Embassy building,is revealed in plan on the back of the kimono.Th e project was displayed in Unit 13’ssmall funeral marble-like space, which hadthe theme of Th e Reformed Grammar of Ornament.While one never quite gets a senseof spatial organisation between the gorgeoussurfaces, nonetheless it was the best displayof intellectual and technical trajectory at theschool.Graham ModlenBlue Print Magazine
Issue 294 September 2010
Winner of the AA’s Nicholas Pozner Prize for
Best Single Drawing of the year, Hellberg’s
design for a Japanese Embassy is printed on
a manga-graphic kimono, which shows the
building from all its aspects. Th e lining of
the garment open up to reveal the Tower of
the Folding Stones - the offi ce of the Japanese
Ambassador - which, like the Embassy building,
is revealed in plan on the back of the kimono.
Th e project was displayed in Unit 13’s
small funeral marble-like space, which had
the theme of Th e Reformed Grammar of Ornament.
While one never quite gets a sense
of spatial organisation between the gorgeous
surfaces, nonetheless it was the best display
of intellectual and technical trajectory at the
school.
Graham ModlenBlue Print Magazine
Issue 294 September 2010
Winner of the AA’s Nicholas Pozner Prize for
Best Single Drawing of the year, Hellberg’s
design for a Japanese Embassy is printed on
a manga-graphic kimono, which shows the
building from all its aspects. Th e lining of
the garment open up to reveal the Tower of
the Folding Stones - the offi ce of the Japanese
Ambassador - which, like the Embassy building,
is revealed in plan on the back of the kimono.
Th e project was displayed in Unit 13’s
small funeral marble-like space, which had
the theme of Th e Reformed Grammar of Ornament.
While one never quite gets a sense
of spatial organisation between the gorgeous
surfaces, nonetheless it was the best display
of intellectual and technical trajectory at the
school.
Graham Modlen