Roosevennavelt: Columnseum
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Drawing from parking lot vernacular (white stripes/blue handicap/yellow curbs), the lot was painted with a series of simple shapes. The graphic shapes minimize the dark space and accentuate the architecture. The white gloss circles take a bite out of the columns and make a series of receding moon shapes. They make the space more luminous performing as low tech light reflectors. The green ovals act as a graphic landscape to blend with the few trees that surround the site. The 12´ tall blue slots create openings in the columns and reinforce the 65th Street corridor. The yellow-painted columns with central non-painted ovals transform the concrete, creating shapely colonnades. The painted shapes give direction and center to the space. As you move through the space the painting becomes sculpture.