Martin Gruenanger @spacegrouparchitects

Print on acrylic glass…60x80cms, 2023
Rucksack…from the
‘wearable architecture series #010, 2022
Pillow…from the ‘wearable architecture series #010, 50x50cms, 2022
Bespoke tinted solid glass bricks, 2022

These bespoke glass bricks have a magical glacial quality. Their subtle tint and their varying surface textures enable them to pick up & deflect light in a picturesque manner. Whilst solid & clearly man made they provide the connotation of a natural phenomenon. They seem to change whilst one moves past them. They are heavy and yet visually so light that one cannot help but wonder what it would feel like if one was to give it a little lick’.

Background

‘Architecture is a process: it all starts with an idea, a site, a challenge. Sketches are drawn, models are made, computer generated images are processed. It then gets tediously detailed in a CAD programme before it gets crafted on site.
Once a project is complete it gets photographed, published and that’s usually where the process stops. The key creative aspects are usually front loaded and thus sadly short.
Martin Gruenanger of Space Group Architects identified a missing link in what he thinks should be a more rewarding, circular process.
Something new can emerge from the all too often hidden creative journey and even the final ‘product’.
There is an intriguing beauty in some of those sketches, drawings & photos.
Whilst they are grounded in Architecture they can have a surprising artistic quality.
Abstract images are distilled from various projects and converted into something altogether different.
The end pieces can vary from pieces of art, fashion, homeware, industrial design and more.’ MG

Many thanks to Martin for the work. @spacegrouparchitects are the first architects to show in @window135
Martin has a lively interest in music and is host to ‘listening parties’.

We’ve been, they’re great ❤️