Ross Cameron

This sculptural chess set explores the relationship between architectural form and chess hierarchy. Chess is an ancient game of parts, with the key being how one can successfully interrelate multiple pieces, each of which has inherent strengths, constraints on movement and weaknesses. Architecture too bears this relationship, where the merits of a project can be explored through the interwoven relationship between its component parts; be they structure, fenestration, mass, light or form. Historically, the relative power of each chess piece has been explored through form; from the Lewis Chessmen and the Staunton chess set, to the chess boards of Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and the Bauhaus. Function follows Form draws upon architectural references to explore the formal nature of hierarchy, expression, symbolism and articulation.