Architectuurstudies c. 1890

Editor: So, this is “Architectuurstudies,” architectural studies, dating back to about 1890 by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. It's a pencil drawing on paper, and I immediately notice how minimalist it is. Just a few lines hinting at something grander. What do you see in it? Curator: Ah, yes! I'm drawn to the stark simplicity, too. It reminds me of musical notations. Each stroke a note, and together they form a skeletal symphony. Perhaps Lion Cachet wasn't just sketching architecture but capturing the essence of space, the *potential* of structure, do you see it? Almost as if he's sharing a secret language only understood by architects and… well, us now, perhaps? Editor: I do see that! The geometric forms become almost abstract, especially divorced from their architectural context. Did architectural sketches look like this back then? Curator: Precisely! It’s tempting to imagine Lion Cachet, not as a meticulous recorder of brick and mortar, but as a poet of angles and planes. Perhaps he's questioning the very nature of structure. It makes you wonder what was brewing in his imagination, doesn't it? What grand, impossible designs danced in his mind? He's stripping architecture to its bones. Beautiful. Editor: It’s making me think about how much is left unsaid in the drawing. Curator: Exactly. The genius often lies not in what is shown, but what is suggested. Editor: I’ll definitely look at architectural sketches differently now. Thanks! Curator: My pleasure! And perhaps we can go off and compose our own symphony in lines. What do you say?