The exhibition drawing in space by Sauerbruch Hutton opens a window into the creative thinking and development processes behind their architecture. Drawing serves as an essential tool for exploring form, colour, and material across both physical and imagined spaces. A defining characteristic of Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton's work is the interplay between visual and tactile experience—the dynamic tension between space, relief, and surface. Colour, too, plays a fundamental role in how they conceive spatial and sensory dimensions of the built environment. Their two- to four-dimensional drawings—encompassing time and the embodied experience of visitors—function as a means to communicate architectural concepts and convey specific spatial experiences.

The first exhibition room showcases a selection of drawings spanning 35 years of the architectural practice's evolution. Rendered across a diverse range of graphic techniques, the works progress from urban planning studies to intricate architectural details. On the second floor, a specially commissioned spatial installation explores how we perceive space—engaging both vision and touch while questioning the omnipresence of mediated representation. As Sauerbruch Hutton observe: at the threshold where space transforms into drawing and drawing becomes space, visitors occupy the dynamic interplay between image and sculpture, between surface and depth. The catalogue documents selected drawings and photographs of this installation, alongside a compelling sequence of polychromatic spatial interventions developed and realized by Sauerbruch Hutton over their career.

On 22 March 2024, the catalogue was presented at the ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, marking the occasion with a new spatial drawing for the installation. The exhibition was curated by Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, founder of the Aedes Architecture Forum and board member of the Tchoban Foundation. Museum of Architectural Drawing.

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