A white facade for a built structure manufactured into a thick lozenge-shaped grid and transparent negative space with glass for viewing a sanctuary for Monarch butterflies and a wall consisting of 3 dimensional printing of triangles within triangles, circles and other forms and flora.

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Monarch Sanctuary

It was architect: Vivian Kuan and Mitchell Joachim and firm: Terreform ONE. It is dated 2018-ongoing. Its medium is partial building façade model, diagram, video. It is a part of the department.

The population of the beloved monarch butterfly has drastically depleted due to susceptibility to agricultural pesticides, temperature changes, and land development. Terreform ONE’s proposed 30,000-square-foot sanctuary is a vertical meadow behind a glass façade with highly regulated temperature and humidity. The model shows how the façade can provide a temporary habitat for wild monarchs.

It is credited Courtesy of Terreform ONE.

This wooden structure is taller than it is wide, with light brown wood comprising the cage part and black lacquered wood base on bottom. The cage walls are made up of thin, round, uniformly spaced rods, closely arranged. The base frame is made of four rectangular bars: two parallel bars laid on top of two more parallel bars, in the opposing direction, making a square base. This arrangement is repeated twice again in the middle for support, using slightly smaller pieces of wood to hold up the thin rods of the cage walls. Between the middle frames is a concealed door, only indicated by a short horizontal wood handle running across the lower of the two central supports. The top frame is made in the same four bar placement except for additional bar running through center. The entire structure is attached to black lacquered wood base made of a simple square on top of curved legs, angled outward at each corner.

Cricket Cage And Base (Japan), late 19th century
rattan, bamboo, lacquered wood (base); fiber, paper, silk, feathers....
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1916-40-3-a,b

Textile, Farfalle
cotton.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1967-9-11

This print shows two butterflies wheeling a third insect in a bath chair, a small upright carriage. The scene is framed at the center of the page with a simple line border. The fine black lines of the print are a stark contrast to the creamy paper. The butterflies stand on two legs and have two arms, as if they were human. At right, a butterfly pulls the two long poles of the bath chair. Its long, narrow body is hunched with the effort. Its large, scalloped wings are folded up; it has two long, curving antennae. A furry insect sits in the enclosed bath chair, its head and arms visible through the open window. The bath chair has a domed roof with a scalloped eave, and large, spoked wheels. Following the chair is the second butterfly, giving it a light push with one arm. Its folded wings are spotted and striped. The scene takes place on a fanciful pedestal evoking ancient ruins or a cave grotto, swagged with vines and large flowers. Below, at center, reads 'LA BROUETTE'.

Bound Print, La Brouette
etching on laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-3

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUs7r/
Accession Number NATURE.020
Object ID 2318798845