The Architectural Imagination, the exhibition from the U.S. Pavilion of the 2016 Venice Biennale, is returning to the United States. Opening on February 11th at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the exhibition will bring the 12 proposed projects for Detroit back to their home city.
Organized by the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and curated by Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon, the exhibition was first shown at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale. The show advocates for the power of architecture to construct culture and catalyze cities, with Detroit as the setting for a larger conversation about world cities. Projects in the show are presented through large models, drawings, and interactive virtual reality.
The show includes work by;
A(n) Office, Detroit, Michigan
Marcelo López-Dinardi; V. Mitch McEwen
BairBalliet, Columbus, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois
Kelly Bair; Kristy Balliet
Greg Lynn FORM, Los Angeles, California
Greg Lynn
Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia
Mack Scogin; Merrill Elam
Marshall Brown Projects, Chicago, Illinois
Marshall Brown
MOS Architects, New York, New York
Hilary Sample; Michael Meredith
Pita & Bloom, Los Angeles, California
Florencia Pita; Jackilin Hah Bloom
Present Future, Houston, Texas
Albert Pope; Jesús Vassallo
Preston Scott Cohen Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Preston Scott Cohen
SAA/Stan Allen Architect, New York, New York
Stan Allen
T+E+A+M, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thom Moran; Ellie Abrons; Adam Fure; Meredith Miller
Zago Architecture, Los Angeles, California
Andrew Zago; Laura Bouwman
The opening of the exhibition will include an introduction by Dean Robert Fishman of the Taubman College and a presentation by exhibition curators Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon. The exhibition will be on show from February 11th through April 16th, 2017, and will be free to the public at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan.