Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Laboratory Building, Three-Story Building with Pilotis
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1944–1945
- Medium
- Graphite and charcoal on Strathmore board
- Dimensions
- 76.9 × 101.8 cm (30 × 40 in.)
- Genre
- presentation drawing
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
buildingsgraphiteillinois institute of technologyarchitectureboardarchitectural drawingillinoisChicagopresentation drawing20th Centurydrawingcharcoal
About
In this early version of the plan for IIT, Mies imagined that the campus would include a number of buildings raised on slender piloti, or piers, creating an open and continuous green space. While the piloti were not used in the final design because of their high cost, they are one of the features that most directly recall the project’s European antecedents.
