Lot 503
REM KOOLHAAS (B. 1944) AND ELIA ZENGHELIS (B. 1937)
ROOSEVELT ISLAND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, NEW YORK, 1975 (AXONOMETRIC)
Auction: 31 October 2018 at 11:00 GMT
Description
gouache and graphite on board
Dimensions
103.5cm x 84cm
Footnote
Literature: McQuaid, Matilda, ed., 'Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from The Museum of Modern Art, New York' by Terence Riley, The Museum of Modern Art, 2002, p. 172
Riley, Terence ed., 'The Changing of the Avant-Garde: Visionary Architectural Drawings from the Howard Gilman Collection, New York' by Bevin Cline and Tina di Carlo, The Museum of Modern Art, 2002, p. 144.
Note: The Roosevelt Island Redevelopment Project was a 1974 competition entry prepared by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, in response to a movement to redevelop Roosevelt Island, New York, the narrow strip of land in the East River between Manhattan and Queens. Four identical stepped blocks rise on the waterfront of the East River island. Between them run extensions of the city street grid bordered by low-rise "synthetic brownstones" made from glass, rock, plastic, marble, and aluminium with stoops and postmodern facades. Seven monumental towers echo the dimensions of the grid and are situated so as to maximize the views. Another example of this study is held is in MoMA, New York.