Schulz und Schulz, St. Trinitatis: Church interior primarily characterized by daylight space and material, 2015.

Time, space, and human existence are interdependent. Their immediate qualities are inextricably linked and result from an understanding of complex dependencies. The basis of this perception is knowledge, which is preceded by clear communication. In architecture, successful communication is the ability to accurately depict the concept behind a design or structure.
The fundamental (communication) tool of the architect is architectural drawings. The clarity and precision of the drawing hinges on employing true to scale design and engineering – the perfect scale. In doing so, the space between lines becomes significant. In architecture, lines not only define the living areas created by buildings. The same lines also delimit the space claimed for engineering the architecture. This engineering space is incrementally filled during the creation of architecture, in a long, initially conceptual, and subsequently technical process. Just as the living areas between lines in architectural design and engineering gradually take shape, the engineering space does so too, until it is filled with building materials on the construction site. As such, the engineering space becomes substantiated as building specifications increase. This densification process is accompanied by incremental solutions to architectural problems in consecutive scales. Therefore, there must be sufficient room between the lines of the engineering space for substantiating the structure in every phase of architectural work. The unfilled space between the lines provides room for the creative work of the architect.
Both architects, Ansgar and Benedikt Schulz, have many years of experience dealing with the relationship between scale and plan presentation in architectural creations. Which scales lend themselves to making proper design decisions? What can and should be depicted in true to scale architectural drawings? And how is it possible for these drawings to express beauty in their own right?
Photographer Stefan Müller photographs the buildings designed by the architects at Schulz und Schulz. He looks for how their approach gives rise to structures of form, material, space, and light. By reproducing the architecture – from the big picture, down to the smallest detail – he uses his photographs to interpret the hierarchy of design interventions in the works of Ansgar and Benedikt Schulz.
The exhibition reveals the interaction between architect and photographer. Exemplary architectural drawings of the Catholic Provost’s Church of the Holy Trinity in Leipzig, taken from the book “Perfect Scale” by Ansgar and Benedikt Schulz on architectural design and engineering and enlarged by a factor of two, can be seen alongside Stefan Müller’s photographic interpretations of the new church.