#earthwave

Earthwave, Downtown Los Angeles

Designed by Lebbeus Woods and Christoph a. Kumpusch in collaboration with Adam Orlinski, “Earthwave” is based on a Lebbeus Woods drawing from 1997. The 18x18-foot, two-and-a-half-ton, public art installation was built by California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) students in 2013 to accompany the school’s “Lebbeus Woods is an Archetype” exhibition. It was moved to the rooftop of the Bank House Garage, 423 S Main St, Los Angeles, on February 11, 2014, as the first installation of the planned Old Bank District Museum, by developer Tom Gilmore and architect Tom Wiscombe,

‘Earthwave’

Reste près de l'eau, au centre de la vie Vois ! Les récifs coralliens creux qui se dressent Le temps est clair et le soleil est chaud J'écris nos noms dans le sable, Rassemble des oursins, Leurs coquilles et leurs piques

Respire à fond D’énormes bêtes marines glissent, Otarie blanche tu voltiges comme une flèche Ne te cache pas, nous n’avons rien à craindre Ne te cache pas, nous n’avons rien à craindre

D’île minuscule en île minuscule Une tortue géante propose de t’emporter Le temps est clair et le soleil est chaud Ne te cache pas, nous n’avons rien à craindre

Lebbeus Woods (May 31, 1940 - October 30, 2012)

"In order to talk about what we left behind in Los Angeles, we must be aware of what has gone missing. The presence of Lebbeus’s absence is large and complex, full of a wide range of projects and writings dealing with questions both ancient and completely urgent: Sarajevo, Cuba, Cooper Union, Chengdu, Lower Manhattan, San Francisco, Reggio Calabria, SCI-Arc, Berlin, Paris, Vienna..."