In the March of 2012, conservators in MoMA’s sculpture conservation lab undertook a yearlong treatment of an original kitchen by Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier from the seminal urban construction the Unite d’Habitation. All of the kitchen components (including the drain!) were transported from Marseilles, France, to our lab in New York City, and reassembled for research and treatment.
Posts tagged ‘kitchen’
May 9, 2013
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Behind the Scenes,
Conservation,
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation: Video Update
April 3, 2013
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Collection & Exhibitions,
Conservation,
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation: Examining the Cross Sections
As soon as the Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation kitchen arrived in MoMA’s sculpture conservation lab, we began assembling the various components to assess and document their condition.
March 13, 2013
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Behind the Scenes,
Collection & Exhibitions,
Conservation,
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation: Focus on Design
The Unité d’Habitation was a landmark in modern architecture and design, and one of the first attempts to create highly designed spaces for low-income families. Along with apartments, the building included a half floor reserved for merchants, a pre-school, and a rooftop playground with wading pool and gymnasium. Le Corbusier was extremely efficient in the use of space, modeling his design on that of cruise ships,
February 7, 2013
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Behind the Scenes,
Collection & Exhibitions,
Conservation,
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation: Getting Resourceful
Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier. Kitchen from the Unité d’Habitation, Boulevard Michelet, Marseilles, France
One of the initial challenges in conserving a design piece that has been in use for over 60 years is assessing where the work has been modified over the years by the owners, and if it is truly complete. Like in our own homes, parts of this Le Corbusier kitchen have been replaced, painted over, lost, and damaged.
January 7, 2013
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Artists,
Collection & Exhibitions,
Conservation,
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation
Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation: Dismantle, Reconstruct, and Conserve
Unité d’Habitation, Boulevard Michelet, Marseilles, France
In the fall of 2011, we traveled to a leafy suburb of Munich, Germany, to examine a kitchen that the Department of Architecture and Design hoped to purchase. When we arrived, there in the garage of a collector we found an assembled kitchen from Unité d’Habitation, Le Corbusier’s famous apartment building in Marseille.
October 20, 2010
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Collection & Exhibitions,
Counter Space
Mystery Solved: Counter Space Film Stills Identified!
Many thanks to the Counter Space fans who contributed over the past few weeks to our Mystery Film Still Contest. We were thrilled by the speed and enthusiasm of your responses! Now we are happy to announce—and sincerely congratulate—the winner, Richard Finegan of Framingham, MA, who identified ALL of the film stills.
October 6, 2010
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Collection & Exhibitions,
Counter Space
Mystery Film Still Contest!
Mystery Film Still No. 1
We are very lucky to have the resources and colleagues we do here at MoMA, but sometimes we need extra help. For example, our much-loved exhibition title, Counter Space—to give credit where credit is due—was provided by Architecture & Design superfan Andrew Ashwood. Now we need YOUR help with another kitchen-y project…and why not add some fun by making it a contest?
September 22, 2010
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Collection & Exhibitions,
Counter Space
Kitchens of the Future
Barnes & Reinecke (Chicago, established 1934). Publicity photo for Future Kitchen scale model. c. 1946. Silver gelatin print. The Museum of Modern Art. Architecture and Design Study Collection. Photo: Charles McKinney, Chicago
If you have been to visit Counter Space here at the Museum, then you have already met this woman. We do not know her name—though we’d welcome any information out there!—but her image, blown up from floor to ceiling, provided a perfect photo-mural for our title wall.
September 14, 2010
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Collection & Exhibitions,
Counter Space
You’ll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties
Working on the Counter Space exhibition, particularly in relation to the third section, Kitchen Sink Dramas, reminded me of an obscure British pop song of thirty years ago.
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