Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansion, New York, NY (MoMA Forum)
Rem Koolhaas
Dutch, born 1944
1997
A collage on paper in which Rem Koolhaas stages a theatrical proposal for MoMA’s expansion, using cut‑out photographs, color fields, and scaled objects to imagine visitor movement, social rituals, and spectacle.
A large crystal chandelier floats over a table of formal black‑and‑white cutout diners while slanted planes of burgundy, gray, and black compress depth and turn the museum interior into a cinematic, stage‑like scene that feels both intimate and staged.
As an architectural sketch, it demonstrates Koolhaas’s practice of using collage to explore program, circulation, and cultural meaning, helping shift museum design toward thinking of institutions as social theaters rather than neutral containers for art.
Medium
Collage on paper
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 16 1/2" (29.8 x 41.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
476.1997.13
Palette
Exhibitions
