Museum Corridor, Exposed Brick and Glass Wall, Manchester

30 September 2019 · Manchester

A long corridor inside a Manchester cultural institution sets exposed Victorian brick directly against a floor-to-ceiling curtain wall. The two materials are decades apart in age and entirely opposite in logic — one built to keep the outside out, the other built to dissolve the boundary. Recessed ceiling lights repeat down the perspective line; a wooden bench and stool sit against the brick in the foreground while scaffolding and autumn trees press up against the glazing outside.