CARchitecture

A museum that is designed around a society's dependency on the automobile.


Broadway Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian (1942-43)

Mondrian came to New York City after the beginning of World War II; and became fascinated with American Jazz Music, in particular the Boogie-Woogie.

Bands of stuttering pulses , paths of red, yellow, & Blue interrupted by light grey suggests the city grid and the syndicated movement of traffic to a jazz beat; while the staccato vibration of colour evokes the blinking lights of Broadway.




Intersection:
1. A PLACE where two roads meet; especially where one is a major junction.
2. ANY place of intersection or the ACT of intersecting.
3. Mathematics:
a) Also called MEET: the set of elements that two or more sets have in common
symbol: ∩
b) The greatest lower bound of two elements in a lattice

CROSSROADS, CROSSING, CORNER

Intersection of PLACE
Intersection of MATERIALS
Intersection of PATHS
Intersection of MUSEUM + HOME

Orange County Boogie Woogie, The intersection or interchange of I-405 and Route 22 next to the site. Unlike the melodic, rhythmic stop- and -go traffic patterns of NYC characterized by Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie, the suburban freeway culture of California is fluid.


How do we respond . . .

The CAR as fashion accessory
The CAR as a replacement for legs
The CAR defines identity


Early Sketch Models