Paul Rudolph LME

Co-curated with Jim Walrod

Rawlings architects pc

• Ed Rawlings, RA
• Steve Kilian, RA
• Sima Kunttas
• Alex Terhranian
• Charles Sonder
• Christopher Mollo
• Robert Ruggiero

The project was made possible through the generous support of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union.

• Steven Hillyer, Director of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of the Cooper Union
• Rolando Vega
• Daniel Wills

Additional support was provided by the following volunteers from the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union.

• Karim Ahmed
• Olubunmi Fagbenro
• Vincent Hui
• Jacob Lee
• Che Perez
• Mark Ressi
• Karl Shultz
• Kris Steele
• Daniel Van Dyk

Abstracta Modular Graphic Panel Displays designed by Poul Cadovius
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The Drawing Center approached Rawlings architects pc and Jim Walrod to curate and design a traveling exhibition of Paul Rudolph’s Lower Manhattan Expressway project. The Houghton Gallery of the Cooper Union was the inaugural site of the exhibition. Reproductions of Rudolph’s drawings, prints, and photographs are displayed on custom furniture designed specifically for the exhibit. These display units use the same modular tubular framing system that Rudolph employed in several pieces of his furniture design. A glass wall of the gallery was covered with a single drawing of Rudolph’s reproduced on translucent media.

Additionally, a model of Rudolph’s proposal was re-created and positioned within the gallery. The model spans between the Hudson and East Rivers at a scale of 1/32″ to the foot, approximately 30′ long. Fabrication of this model was done in collaboration with students of the Cooper Union and Steven Hillyer, Director of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of The Cooper Union. Over 5,000 housing modules were laser-cut and assembled into the tower portions of the proposal.