Misplaced by Anton Repponen
"Misplaced Series is a project that takes notable New York buildings from their existing surrounding environments and inserts them into desolate locations out of context. By sequestering these structures from the hustle that usually swallows them, their architectural form becomes more defined and easily understood. The juxtaposition of these concrete volumes and glossy glass windows against sand dunes and rocky cliffs forms a new way of perceiving and appreciating these otherwise familiar architectural landmarks.Short fictional stories accompanying each building are written to help readers experience the ambiguity and absurdness of each scene. Architects are confused with the irrational task of designing something in the desert, self-expanding constructions that seek for new places to exist, unsold tickets to museums that are nowhere to be found and luxury hotels with no guests. Each story might have been a short scene from the movie that is never going to be watched, same way as those building are never going to be somewhere else." text by Jon Earle for Anton Repponen.
Breuer Building
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Headquarters of the United Nations