- Bernhard Hoesli - collage and architecture

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Collage & Architecture For example, No. 2 is composed of a cluster of wood blocks that overlap two base levels, one raised, and a lower contoured beach-like level. At first glance, one may mistake this for an architectural model. Instead, the composition is juxtaposed against an alternative shallow sculptural relief. Paper covers multiple connections between masses which masques discrete building-like volumes. Wood grain of certain surfaces is not present, further denying the fact that they are architectural elements. The contrast between a shallow relief and architectural model sets up a dialogue between two-dimensional and three-dimensional space or a play of phenomenal transparency. The quiet monumentality present in several of his collages corresponds to his architecture. In the case of the Reynolds House, rectilinear and angles shapes respond to the site while the material palette dramaticizes the dialogue between earth and sky. Bernhard Hoesli Monograph: Kevin Pappa
In collage No. 26 a scaled hierarchy of differentiated elements begins to imply the plan of a Catholic Church in Glattbrugg, Switzerland. Here Hoesli features the pre-existing temporal qualities of the site. An old bell tower along the street for example, like a found object in collage, is integrated by means of a diagonal alignment with the church. Bernhard Hoesli Monograph: Kevin Pappa
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