IWM north

• commemorative architecture

  • commemorate wars by commonwealth, ww1 onwards
  • deconstructivism - inspired by the destruction of the world from war - takes apart the globe and re-assembled in a crude way
  • 3 sections - air, land and sea - conflict everywhere
  • sea shard, curved = wave
  • Manchester docks, in ww1 bombings - ribbon windows gives view
  • air shard = plane wing - air battles
  • aluminium roof - metals for machinery and weapons built on site
  • interior is disorientated = mimic war conditions