In "Never Modern," Irenee Scalbert explores the role of narrative,
history, and appropriation in the works of the London-based firm 6a
Architects, whose recent projects include the South London Gallery,
Raven Row, and the new fashion galleries at the Victoria and Albert
Museum. Scalbert examines the unique approach of the members of 6a,
wherein they avoid style and signature in favor of what Scalbert
calls a premodern sense of "metis," or "flair, wisdom, forethought,
subtlety of mind, deception, resourcefulness, vigilance,
opportunism, varied skills, and experience." Scalbert's analysis is
accompanied by a striking visual essay of archival photographs,
artworks, film stills, and recent projects by the firm. In the end,
Scalbert argues that like contemporary society in general, the
architecture of 6a Architects is fundamentally a work of bricolage,
creating art composed of various objects on hand, drawing from
history and the everyday to create something new and vital.
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