the glam wall

The glamorous wall is visually porous so that the eye may easily move from the space within to the space beyond. It is highly textured on the interior and comparatively austere on its exterior. It is voluminous and dramatic. It employs a language of sensuality. It presents the eye with an ephemeral form, an apparition of a wall.


Proto-Glam Walls:

                                                                                                    
















The Church of S. Maria in Campitelli demonstrates the baroque convention of having a relatively regular exterior wall in contrast to an exuberant interior wall condition.




More recently, Le Corbusier's Firminy presents a porous, textured wall...gorgeous!