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Visitor Information Center

Date:

2001

Artist:

UrbanLab (American, founded 2001)
Sarah Dunn (American, born 1967)
Martin Felsen (American, born 1968)

About this artwork

Showcasing its diverse talents—in architecture and urban design—in this model for a visitor center, UrbanLab created a space that made the existing building’s interior a microcosm of the greater Chicago area. The interior of the model is conceived as an inverted diorama; however, the notion of a diorama takes on a new meaning at the building’s bulging street facade, which serves as a viewing platform for the city. Urbanlab proposed an elegantly folded and bent glass curtain wall that directs the attention of individuals toward views of actual buildings and the urban landscape beyond.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

UrbanLab

Title

Visitor Information Center

Place

United States (Object designed in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

2001

Medium

Wood and Plexiglas

Dimensions

25 × 123 × 51 cm (9 13/16 × 48 7/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of UrbanLab/Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen

Reference Number

2007.330

Extended information about this artwork

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