Books on Architectural Space
Example: Changing Spaces
Christo, Wrapped Walk Ways (project for Stephen's Green Park in Dublin), 1983.
As part of the 1977 ROSC exhibition, Christo showed drawings which proposed to wrap the walkways around Stephen’s Green. Inspired by the Japanese ceremonial use of gardens, the paths all around the park were to be cloaked in white fabric for several weeks.
Although sketches of the Dublin proposal were sold prior to the ROSC exhibition, the decision for the project’s ultimate approval or denial fell with local authorities. In the end, it was denial. By the time ROSC ’77 opened, the project had been shelved.
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