Designed and executed with Erin Pellegrino '14
Simon Ungers: Heavy Metal II
Team: Erin Pellegrino, Jake Rudin Born in 1957 in Cologne, Germany, Simon Ungers was the son of accomplished architect Oswald Mathias Ungers. He moved to the United States in 1968, and studied architecture at Cornell from 1975 to 1980. Throughout his career, Ungers was unique in his ability to bind the two disciplines of architecture and fine art. He maintained his architectural practice and artist studios in both New York and Cologne. During his life, Ungers received critical acclaim for his T-House in Wilton, New York, and the Cube House in Ithaca, New York. He won many architectural competitions including first prize for the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany, but his design was not realized. Ungers's artistic practice referenced his background in architecture. His work has been exhibited in such institutions as SFMOMA, San Francisco, California; MoMA, New York City; Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy; Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany; and the Whitney Museum of Art, New York City.