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Urban Test Object
UTO Plan Axonometric

Urban Test Object

Plan and axonometric drawing of visitors relaxing on towels on the urban beach below the UTO at MoMA PS1Plan and axonometric drawing of visitors relaxing on towels on the urban beach below the UTO at MoMA PS1Plan and axonometric drawing of visitors relaxing on towels on the urban beach below the UTO at MoMA PS1Plan and axonometric drawing of visitors relaxing on towels on the urban beach below the UTO at MoMA PS1
Plan and axonometric drawing of visitors relaxing on towels on the urban beach below the UTO at MoMA PS1

Below, a sand-covered ground with movable seating, blankets, and pillows transforms the space into an adaptable urban landscape—an abstraction of the city as a beach.

Plan and axonometric drawing of visitors relaxing on towels on the urban beach below the UTO at MoMA PS1

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Urbanism

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Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1
Massing model showing the grid of the UTO massing form filling the MoMA PS1 courtyard spaceMassing model showing the grid of the UTO massing form filling the MoMA PS1 courtyard spaceMassing model showing the grid of the UTO massing form filling the MoMA PS1 courtyard spaceMassing model showing the grid of the UTO massing form filling the MoMA PS1 courtyard space
Perspective below the UTO in the new urban beach of the courtyard at MoMA PS1Perspective below the UTO in the new urban beach of the courtyard at MoMA PS1Perspective below the UTO in the new urban beach of the courtyard at MoMA PS1Perspective below the UTO in the new urban beach of the courtyard at MoMA PS1

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