Paul Rudolph: The Personal Laboratory
Thursday, Oct 4, 20186 PM — Saturday, Dec 15, 20186 PMEDT
| the Modulightor Building 246 East 58th Street
New York, NY, USRelated
An exhibition exploring how Rudolph’s residences - designed by himself, for himself - served as his laboratories for the psychologically compelling spaces that he developed throughout his career.
Using an ever-expanding palette of experimental & lustrous materials, Rudolph designed dynamic and challenging homes for clients - courageously dramatic in their forms, organization and spaces. These visually rich explorations, of a series of architectural-spatial themes, reached their most adventurous frontiers in two projects where he was both architect and client: the Modulightor Building; and his luminous, multi-layered home-office, the “Quadruplex” on Beekman Place, both in New York City.
By taking on his solutions for others, and pushing/extending them beyond conventional boundaries, Rudolph was consciously experimenting on himself. In these personal environments - reserved for him and a few collaborators - Rudolph explored a full range of materials to create affecting, “psychological spaces.” Unhampered by clients, Rudolph resided as a means to design.
The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation
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PaulRudolphHeritageFdtn · Nov 10, 18 7:53 PM
Hello from the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation - we have extended the opening of the exhibit until December 15th, 2018. For more information about the exhibit which features models and original drawings by Rudolph, visit our website at the link above or https://www.paulrudolphheritagefoundation.org/centennial-exhibition/Comment as :