Architecture as inspiration; The un-theatre experience for performing art; Messner’s last museum by Zaha Hadid; Introspective public art and more

Design is a language that touches one on a metaphysical plane giving rise to a multitude of thoughts: it inspires as much as it challenges; its aura evocative of quirk at one extreme, whilst serene philosophy at the other. A look at the three projects – the public art project at Nantes, France; the miniature concrete building models by Studio Material Immaterial and the ‘still not a theatre’ –Maillon, also in France, push the envelope of conventional thinking, making one sit up and introspect. Our surroundings are mellifluously filled with umpteen such elements, nuances that provoke and elicit responses that are meant to go beyond the physical realm; touch deep within. Change is the constant resultant that reinstates the cause-effect relationship here, contributing wholesomely to the idiom of growth. In a ponderous mood... Warmly, Savitha Hira Editor