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Museum of Modern Art

Affonso Eduardo Reidy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1955

Scale: 1:100
Materials: plaster
Type: structural
Detail: 2/7
Student: Yves Camin and Maro Meier, HS24

A 1:100 plaster study model of Affonso Eduardo Reidy's Museum of Modern Art depicting a series of four repetitive inverted trapezoidal portal frames supporting a longitudinal floor/roof slab, cast and assembled in white plaster. The model foregrounds the distinctive structural system — angled V-leg supports and cantilevered frame geometry — while abstracting all enclosure, glazing, and interior elements.

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