Herzog & de Meuron: Natural History

Herzog & de Meuron: Natural History, paired with the exhibition themed “Archaeology of the Mind” and presented at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) from 2002 to 2003, focuses on architectural creation and its accumulated design archives under the leadership of Jacques Herzog (1950-) and Pierre de Meuron (1950-). Using a research method similar to “archaeology from the future,” these materials are compared, analyzed, and summed up with art collections from different eras and cultures, thereby revealing the mysterious moment when architecture transforms matter into spatial meaning.