![]() The New City: Elements of Planning by Ludwig Karl #hilberseimer (1885–1967), Paul Theobald and Company, 1944. #wellsartcontemporary #wellscathedralcloisters #contemporaryartpractice #contemporarypainting #contemporarynon-objectiveart #abstract #hilberseimer #bauhaus #suprematism #suprematismo #artconcrete #artconcret #ianboutell I could have stopped at the “TwoCirclesTwoSquares” but walking and talking are integral parts of my being an artist, although I haven’t done either with Hilberseimer. Where show-dogs acquired ridiculous names when at home they were really called Rover. ![]() When I realised this error, mistake, aberration or whatever I remembered Crufts! #wellsartcontemporary #wellscathedralcloisters #contemporaryartpractice #contemporarypainting #contemporarynon-objectiveart #abstract #hilberseimer #bauhaus #suprematism #suprematismo #artconcrete #artconcret #phoenix_artspace #ianboutell Where show-dogs acquired ridiculous names, when at home they were really called Rover. When I realised this error, mistake, aberration or whatever I thought of the Crufts Dog Show! Nothing wrong with that unless you are orange or lemon and might feel somewhat ignored.īut I often forget names and titles and entered it in the Wells as “TwoCirclesTwoSquares Walking with Hilberseimer” a mix of the prosaic and the pretentious probably? Looking back on my Instagram account I see that I have posted this with the name “Two Blues”. The PV is on July 29th, the show on for a month in the cloisters of Wells Cathedral. The buildings within the district are private and not open to the public.A closeup of my painting, making sure it’s as good as I can make it before taking it to the Wells Art Contemporary. The Mies van der Rohe Residential District is located just east of Chrysler Freeway (Interstate 375) and is roughly bounded by Rivard St.,Lafayette Ave., Orleans St., and Antietam St. While the success of their work can be measured by the praise it has received over the years–one observer called it “the most spatially successful and socially significant statement in urban renewal”–perhaps a better recommendation comes in the low turnover and high occupancy rates the project continues to enjoy thirty years after its construction.” The buildings reflected classic elements of Miesian design: steel skeleton frames that made no attempt to hide the building’s structure, aluminum and glass skins, and open interiors that created a feeling of spaciousness. ![]() All four set out to create a “integrated community” that would “attract back to the heart of the city.” Caldwell and Hilberseimer designed a naturalistic landscape that subordinated Detroit’s most famous product to the needs of people, in part by dropping roadways and parking lots four feet below grade. Just after the end of the war, the city acquired a large tract of land east of downtown in order to rejuvenate what it considered one of its “worst slums.” In 1956 Herbert Greenwald became the sole developer he brought in Mies (with whom he had worked frequently), Ludwig Hilberseimer (a city planner), and Alfred Caldwell (a landscape architect). Together the district comprises the world’s largest collection of buildings designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, widely considered one of the century’s greatest architects. Its 46 acres encompasses three distinct but carefully connected sections: on the western side are 21 multiple-unit townhomes and a high-rise apartment building down the center runs Lafayette Park, 13 acres of greenery, recreation facilities, and a school and farther east are twin apartment towers and a shopping center. It was built between 19 and is located next to a 19 acre municipal park.Īccording to the National Park Service and the National Register of Historic Places, the “Mies van der Rohe Residential District is both an outstanding example of Modernist architecture and one of America’s most successful post-World War II urban redevelopment projects. It consists of sleek, one-story and two-story townhouses, a small neighborhood shopping centers and two high-rises with a large amount of green space. It was the first urban renewal project in the US. It is a residential development designed by the famed architect, Mies van der Rohe. For architecture buffs, don’t miss Lafayette Park, northeast of Downtown.
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