Worldbridge Trade and Investment Center, project, Baltimore, Maryland, Site plan
Emilio Ambasz
Argentine, born 1943
1992
A hand-rendered site plan in airbrush, watercolor, and colored pencil proposing the Worldbridge Trade and Investment Center in Baltimore, where Ambasz aimed to fuse architecture and landscape by embedding a shell-like pavilion within layered, terraced greenery.
Seen from above, the drawing reads like a delicate mint-green topography: a scalloped, flowerlike mound of concentric terraces enfolds a fan-shaped pavilion while soft washes, stippling, and fine pencil lines map paths and planted textures.
The work exemplifies Ambasz’s ecological modernism, advancing the idea of buildings as landscape — an influential vision that helped popularize green roofs, biomorphic planning, and the evocative hand-drawn presentation of ecological architecture.
Medium
Airbrush, watercolor, and color pencil on paper
Dimensions
24 x 31" (61 x 78.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect in honor of Philip Johnson
Accession
345.1996
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