Labyrinth City, project, Aerial perspective and section
Leon Krier
Luxembourger, born 1946
1971
An architectural proposal rendered in ink and gouache on paper that imagines a compact “Labyrinth City” with clustered, small-scale buildings, a formal maze, and sculptural monuments to explore alternatives to modernist planning.
What strikes you is the austere, plan-like clarity—crisp linear drawing places a dense, triangular pocket of cubic houses inside a looping road, balanced by a sunken circular arena, a geometric maze, and a spiraling tower, all set against wide, empty white space.
The drawing articulates Leon Krier’s critique of postwar modernism and his advocacy for traditional, human-scaled urban patterns, a vision that helped inspire later debates about New Urbanism and the revival of classical town-making.
Medium
Ink with gouache on paper
Dimensions
11 5/8 x 8 1/4" (29.5 x 21 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Accession
1213.2000
Palette
Art Terms
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