Stanley Tigerman
American, 1930–2019
Bloch Residence, Highland Park, Illinois, Model
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Stanley Tigerman
American, 1930–20191982
Bloch Residence, Highland Park, Illinois, Model
Stanley Tigerman American, 1930–2019 →20th Centuryarchitectural modelmodel
Date
1982
Medium
Cardboard, colored paper, ink, styrofoam
Dimensions
37 × 67 × 104 cm (14 3/8 × 26 1/4 × 41 in.); Model height is: H.: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Stanley Tigerman
This residence, designed for a plastic surgeon and an artist, references Le Corbusier’s idea of “architecture as a machine in the garden.” In this expansive site for the 7,000-square-foot residence, the foliage is cleaved to create a symmetrical procession to the house. Tigerman’s drawing The Villa in the Poche (on view to the right) depicts this plan along with the architectural lineage of several other residential projects. In one sketch of the house, Tigerman’s focus on the procession is highlighted by the pathway, which, similar to the pathway in the model, divides the middle of the page. The sketches also illustrate Tigerman’s design process, in which cubelike gridded blocks develop the massing and formal language of the residence.
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