late seventies -
pencil on paper - 50x65cm
This was a
preliminary study for a sculptural space consisting of two equal
shells of concrete - the
curvilinear space between them to be
transparent - the entrance from the house on the left.
In this period
Lucien den Arend discussed with Truus Schröder-Schräder about the
method she and Gerrit Rieveld used to present an elevation of her new
Utrecht house with an existing older building as backdrop, so that it
seemed like there was a traditional roof on their proposed building.
But the Zwijndrecht authorities did not fall for this trick and
another, more conventional proposal was to be made.
