The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Introductory panel to Episode 3: The Tower (The Fall)
Bernard Tschumi
French and Swiss, born Switzerland 1944
1980
A photographic reproduction sealed under a vivid red synthetic laminate in which Bernard Tschumi compresses photography, architectural drawing, and scripted action into a single staged architectural ‘scene.’
You’re struck first by a vast, luminous red field interrupted by a black, high‑contrast skyline—one tall, articulated tower with diagonal voids rises like a theatrical prop against an empty sky, turning the city into a graphic, cinematic composition.
Part of the Manhattan Transcripts, this piece helped reframe architecture as sequence and event—anticipating deconstructivist thought by treating buildings as staged performances rather than merely static forms.
Medium
Photographic reproduction with colored synthetic laminate
Dimensions
20 x 20"(50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Purchase and partial gift of the architect in honor of Lily Auchincloss
Accession
6.1995
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