Lutzowstrasse, IBA Housing Competition, project, Berlin, Germany, Axonometric
Elia Zenghelis
British, born Greece 1937
Zoe Zenghelis
British, born Greece 1937
1981
An axonometric oil-on-paper proposal for the IBA housing competition in Berlin that pictures a compact arrangement of new residential blocks, yards, and circulation to communicate an urban housing strategy.
Seen from above like a pastel map, the composition flattens perspective into crisp geometric blocks in soft pinks and blues beside a pale river, where streets, courtyards, and slender towers read as a calm, airy system of form and void.
The work exemplifies how late-20th-century architects used richly colored, hand-drawn axonometrics to make persuasive urban ideas visible for competitions and public debate about housing and city renewal.
Medium
Oil on paper
Dimensions
25 9/16 x 33 11/16" (65 x 85.6 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Frederieke Taylor Purchase Fund
Accession
248.2002
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
