Drawing for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Fenestration Study for Stairwell Wall c. 20th century

Editor: This is James Stirling’s "Drawing for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Fenestration Study for Stairwell Wall." It's a rather simple sketch, but I find the repeated rectangles of the windows strangely compelling. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It whispers of functional beauty, doesn’t it? Stirling was a master of playfully disrupting modernist rigidity. This sketch isn't just about windows; it's about how light animates space and guides movement. Editor: So, the fenestration isn’t just practical; it's poetic? Curator: Precisely! Think of those stairwells bathed in shifting sunlight, a silent ballet of form and function. It’s a quiet dance between light and shadow, inviting us to consider the soul of architecture. I find it quite moving, actually. Editor: I never thought of it that way, but now I see the "ballet" you're talking about!