Paul Finch's letter from London When work doesn't result in buildings

摘要

What proportion of practice time is spent on designs which never see the light of day? It's not a subject much discussed, since it sounds a miserable area of professional and creative life - effort without visible consequence. Nevertheless it has informed a provocative and stimulating exhibition for the British School at Rome, conceived by Reinier de Graaf of OMA. 'On Hold' opened last week with a lecture by Reinier, whose combination of deadpan delivery plus rapier wit delighted a packed lecture hall, who recognised only too well the frustrations arising from the multiple reasons for things not happening.