Center for Applied Computer Research project, Las Promesas, Mexico (Scale model, 1:250)
Emilio Ambasz
Argentine, born 1943
1975
A 1:250 scale model made of painted wood, plastic, and cotton in which Emilio Ambasz proposes a planned intervention for Las Promesas that seeks to reconcile modern urban form with landscaped, human-scaled spaces.
Seen up close it reads like an abstract miniature landscape—painted blocks of wood and plastic create compact terraces and building masses while tufts of cotton stand in for vegetation, producing a rhythmic, walkable composition.
The piece links 1970s computer-assisted planning with Ambasz’s emerging ecological modernism, offering a tactile vision of integrated architecture and landscape that helped point toward more sustainable, human-centered approaches to urban design.
Medium
Painted wood, plastic, and cotton
Dimensions
6 x 40 1/8 x 40 1/8" (15.2 x 101.9 x 101.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
489.1990
Art Terms
Exhibitions
