An Alternate Proposal for an Addition to the AMAM, Oberlin, Ohio

This is the earliest drawing for Alternate Proposal with only the front elevation of one plug visible. Oldenburg incorporated a collaged rendering by the Venturi office to represent the Gilbert façade and characteristically made his plug addition appear colossal in relation to the architecture, drawn at the lower right-hand corner. The Venturi wing is presented on the scale of sculpture, suggesting a comparison between both objects in a "poetry of scale" and providing the punch line of Oldenburg's witty dialogue with Venturi's self-consciously "decorated shed."