The additions to the museum would include a foundation, which is slated to be placed at the museum’s outdoor courtyard. The fountain is made entirely out of found large plastic children’s toys that have been cut and reassembled in multiple layers, with water spouting from its top and pooling at its base.
The fountain’s construction has been from more than seventy-five prefabricated plastic whale and shark teeter-totters. These have been welded with each other with the help of a white automotive paint.
The installation of the fountain is just part one of the project that focuses on architecture and design. These projects are slated to spread over the next three years. Each of the projects would take place approximately once a year and would focus on the presentation of new works by architects and designers.
These would be placed on different locations around the museum.
The Hammer Museum has been organized by Sylvia Lavin, director of Critical Studies and MA/PhD Programs UCLArchitecture.
Greg Lynn, the 2008 Venice Biennale Golden Lion recipient, has been a faculty member at UCLA since 1996. He is principal of Greg Lynn FORM, a design team combining specialization in exotic form and creative ease with cutting edge design, manufacturing and construction techniques germane to the aeronautic, automobile and film industries of Southern California. Forbes magazine named Lynn one of the top ten trend-setters in Architecture in 2005.
In 2002, he led a group of UCLA students to participate in the Venice Biennale of Architecture. He is the recipient of a 2004 Progressive Architecture Award, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award in 2003. His work with United Architects includes finalist competition schemes for the World Trade Center Site Design Competition and the new headquarters for the European Central Bank.
