Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Axonometric sketch
Cedric Price
British, 1934–2003
1978-80
An ink-on-paper axonometric sketch by Cedric Price proposing a small generator or service unit sited within a loosely defined White Oak, Florida plot, exploring how technical infrastructure might sit in the landscape.
The drawing's quiet, economical lines arrest you: a softly tilted site boundary, two spindly trees, a dashed arc suggesting movement or flow, and a tiny faceted box—the generator—whose modest scale feels both domestic and oddly monumental against the vast white field.
The sheet exemplifies Price’s diagrammatic, service-oriented approach that shifted architecture toward mobility, adaptability, and systems thinking, helping to reframe buildings as provisional infrastructures rather than static monuments.
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
10 x 12 7/8" (25.4 x 32.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Accession
1252.2000
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
