About this artwork
Martin Lockwood-Bean conceived his Villa in the Sky project as an allegorical reference to the African rift valley that cuts from the Red Sea to Zimbabwe. Through a series of watercolor renderings, the motif of the cut forms a diagonal axis of corridors and structural beams transecting a structure that is “grafted” onto an International Style high-rise building in Chicago. Blending the spatial complexity of Constructivist architecture and the high-tech structures of the 1980s, this ambitious project transformed the geometric clarity of such plans into a complex living space that suggests both an amphitheater and a bridge. Martin Lockwood-Bean is a former director of Healthcare Interiors at VOA Associates in Chicago.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Architecture and Design
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Artist
- Martin Lockwood-Bean (Architect)
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Title
- Villa in the Sky, Axonometric
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Place
- Kenya (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1987–1989
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Medium
- Graphite and black wash on paper
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Dimensions
- 50.6 × 70.5 cm (19 15/16 × 27 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Martin Lockwood-Bean through the Schiff Foundation Fellowship
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Reference Number
- 1989.230.11
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