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<artist>
  <created-at type="datetime">2008-07-17T19:52:23+02:00</created-at>
  <id type="integer">355</id>
  <name>David Adjaye
</name>
  <origin>1966, Dar Es Salaam, TZ
Lives in London, UK
</origin>
  <text-de>Wenn Europa zu einem einzigen Ganzen zusammengefasst und in einer Zelle zusammengef&#252;gt w&#252;rde, was w&#252;rde als Nachlass &#252;brig bleiben? Zwei Extreme: eine sehr dichte Beschaffenheit und eine gro&#223;e Leere.

Europ&#228;ische St&#228;dte sind nicht vornehmlich geplant worden. Sie sind entstanden und haben sich im Laufe der Zeit entwickelt. Sie sind das Ergebnis unterschiedlicher Schichtungen von Geschichtlichem und Krieg, von Entwicklung, Zerst&#246;rung, Vermischungen, Einwanderung und Bev&#246;lkerungsver&#228;nderungen. Sie sind eine Collage von Ideen, tief und zugleich oberfl&#228;chlich.

F&#252;r das Konzept von _Europolis_ hat David Adjaye Informationen von Hauptst&#228;dten der Europ&#228;ischen Union extrahiert und zu einer einzigen Stadt zusammengefasst. _Europolis_ ist keine traditionelle Stadt, sondern die Vorstellung der Stadt als Ph&#228;nomen. Seine organische Form enth&#228;lt alle Informationen jener St&#228;dte, aus denen sie entwickelt wurde: materielle Textur, Bev&#246;lkerung, Zeit, Ma&#223;stab und Ausdehnung.

David Adjaye ist ein britischer Architekt, dessen Werk von der Originalit&#228;t seiner Materialien und einem skulpturalen Zugang zum Licht gekennzeichnet ist. Neben zahlreichen internationalen Auftr&#228;gen umfasst seine Arbeit Ausstellungen, Privath&#228;user und k&#252;nstlerische Gemeinschaftsarbeiten.
</text-de>
  <text-en>If Europe were condensed into one piece and combined as one cell, what would be left behind as residue? Two extremes: a very dense condition and a big void.

Primarily, European cities have not been planned; they have emerged and evolved over time. They are the result of layers of history and war, development, destruction, mixing, migration and changing populations. They are a collage of ideas, profound and superficial.

In conceiving _Europolis_ David Adjaye has extracted information from the capital cities of the European Union and condensed it into a single entity. _Europolis_ is not a traditional city but the idea of the city as phenomenon. Its organic form contains all the information about those cities from which it is drawn: material texture, population, time, scale and occupation. 

David Adjaye is a British architect whose work is characterized by the originality of its materials and a sculptural approach to light. Alongside many international commissions, his work spans exhibitions, private homes and artist collaborations. 
</text-en>
  <text-it>Se l&#8217;Europa fosse condensata in un unico blocco e ridotta a occupare uno spazio ristretto, cosa rimarrebbe? Due estremi: una situazione di grande densit&#224; e un grande vuoto.

Le citt&#224; europee non sono state pianificate a tavolino: sono semplicemente sorte e si sono evolute nel tempo. Esse sono il risultato di strati di storia, guerre, sviluppi, distruzioni, mescolanze, migrazioni e cambiamenti di popolazioni; sono un collage di idee, profonde e superficiali.

Per _Europolis_ David Adjaye ha ricavato alcuni elementi dalle capitali dell&#8217;Unione Europea e li ha condensati in un&#8217;unica entit&#224;. _Europolis_ non &#232; una citt&#224; tradizionale, ma un&#8217;idea della citt&#224; come fenomeno. La sua forma organica contiene tutte le informazioni delle citt&#224; dalle quali deriva: composizione materiale, popolazione, tempo, proporzioni e tasso d&#8217;occupazione.

David Adjaye &#232; un architetto britannico il cui lavoro si caratterizza per l&#8217;originalit&#224; dei materiali impiegati e per l&#8217;uso scultoreo della luce. Oltre a molte committenze internazionali, la sua attivit&#224; spazia dalle mostre, alla realizzazione di case private, fino alle collaborazioni con artisti.
</text-it>
  <title-of-work>Europolis, 2008
Metallic foil laminated in toughened clear float glass, 230 &#215; 160 &#215; 1 cm
</title-of-work>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2008-07-17T19:52:23+02:00</updated-at>
</artist>
