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Color Fuses by Milton Glaser
Indianapolis, Indiana
Milton Glaser's mural Color Fuses wraps the ground floor of the Minton Capehart Federal Building and is a spectacular example of how color can tranform a cold and bare space into one that is both stimulating and inviting. Originally completed in 1975 and restored in 2002, the piece celebrates the interplay of color and light.
Glaser programmed the exterior perimeter lighting to illuminate his mural with a slow rise and fall sequence. This rhythm alludes to the gradual rising and setting of the sun and the timeless wonder associated with the qualities of light as it shifts and reveals itself on the horizon. The otherwise barren space glows with warm color, creating a dynamic pedestrian experience.
Albert Einstein High School by NJB Architects and Francois Privat Architects
Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Albert Einstein High School is an example of color as a tool for creating human scaled dimensions within large scaled environments. Built in the 1960s, the complex is made up of large linear buildings. Concrete framed volumes with three to four story curtain walls organize the regimented site in a strict grid with indifference to the human condition.

NJB Architects with Francois Privat Architects have redesigned this lifeless campus with an energetic color palette that breaks the regularity of the organization, creating a stimulating visual quality to the otherwise mundane environment. The monolithic structures are softened by bright colored stripes which both reference and break the defining regularity of the project.
Unite d'Habitation by Le Corbusier.
Marseille, France
Corbusier's Unite d'habitation is arguably one of the most widely
recognized brutalist buildings. Designed as a "machine for living", the
18 story concrete block was completed in 1952. The massive concrete
structure allows for high density occupation while a strict grid divides
the building into a more human scaled module. Color introduces a
layer of individuality between the units, enforcing the human dimension
within the project. The palette includes sixteen different tones, which
yield a large number of color combinations that individualizes the 336
apartments. Different from Le Corbusier’s purist buildings, where he
used color mostly as a tool to articulate and modify space, the Unite
d’habitation in Marseille marks a shift towards the independence of
color from form, and the social dimension of color.
The brutalist structures that dominate their surroundings provide exemplary models for the role color plays in creating environments. The architectural composition of these projects are sometimes perceived as severe and foreboding. However, when paired with a rich color program, the buildings come to life, illustrating the relationship of color and its ability to inform human experience.
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