Traffic Studies, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Plan of existing movement pattern (MISSING DRAWING)
Louis I. Kahn
American, born Estonia. 1901–1974
1952-53
An ink-on-white-paper plan by Louis Kahn that maps existing traffic movement in a 1952–53 Philadelphia study, intended to visualize flows so architects and planners could redesign circulation.
This working drawing exemplifies Kahn’s systematic approach to infrastructure and circulation, part of a midcentury shift toward treating cities as measurable systems and integrating movement analysis into architectural and urban design.
Medium
Ink on white paper
Dimensions
25 1/4 x 42" (64.1 x 106.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
388.1964
Art Terms
Exhibitions
