Modernist Icon Paul Rudolph's Unbuilt LOMEX Completed in New Renderings
Paul Rudolph, despite vaulting to international success in the early 1940s and 50s for his Brutalist structures, saw an abrupt end to the popularity of his signature style as postmodernism gained prominence. As tastes shifted to different fare, so too did Rudolph's approach - leaving a number of his unbuilt proposals to gather dust.Â
Plaza by the Williamsburg bridge. Image Courtesy of Lasse Lyhne-Hansen
Paul Rudolph, despite vaulting to international success in the early 1940s and 50s for his Brutalist structures, saw an abrupt end to the popularity of his signature style as postmodernism gained prominence. As tastes shifted to different fare, so too did Rudolph's approach - leaving a number of his unbuilt proposals to gather dust. No longer.Â
Paul Rudolph's original vision of LOMEX. Image
In the celebration of what would be Paul Rudolph?s 100th birthday, designers Lasse Lyhne-Hansen and Philipp Ohnesorge revisited one of Rudolph's most famous unbuilt proposals: the Lower Manhattan Expressway. ?LOMEX REVISITED? places the LOMEX study in an alternate universe, seeking to ?search for the beauty in this hated, unbuilt masterpiece.? The project, which was revealed to the public, was quashed by efforts led by urban activist Jane Jacobs - a fate that even Rudolph agreed with.
View from terrace in the high-rises. Image Courtesy of Lasse Lyhne-Hansen
Rudolph's LOMEX, commissioned by the Ford Foundation, was part of a study on...
Plaza by the Williamsburg bridge. Image Courtesy of Lasse Lyhne-Hansen
Paul Rudolph, despite vaulting to international success in the early 1940s and 50s for his Brutalist structures, saw an abrupt end to the popularity of his signature style as postmodernism gained prominence. As tastes shifted to different fare, so too did Rudolph's approach - leaving a number of his unbuilt proposals to gather dust. No longer.Â
Paul Rudolph's original vision of LOMEX. Image
In the celebration of what would be Paul Rudolph?s 100th birthday, designers Lasse Lyhne-Hansen and Philipp Ohnesorge revisited one of Rudolph's most famous unbuilt proposals: the Lower Manhattan Expressway. ?LOMEX REVISITED? places the LOMEX study in an alternate universe, seeking to ?search for the beauty in this hated, unbuilt masterpiece.? The project, which was revealed to the public, was quashed by efforts led by urban activist Jane Jacobs - a fate that even Rudolph agreed with.
View from terrace in the high-rises. Image Courtesy of Lasse Lyhne-Hansen
Rudolph's LOMEX, commissioned by the Ford Foundation, was part of a study on...
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