15th Venice Architecture Biennale (2016): US Pavilion
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15th Venice Architecture Biennale (2016): US Pavilion
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Alternate Title:
Twelve Proposals to Regenerate Detroit
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Twelve Proposals to Regenerate Detroit
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BairBalliet, The Next Port of Call, 2016. Dock, port of entry, customs checkpoint, and waterfront entertainment venues. Speculative project for Detroit’s riverfront United States Post Office.
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BairBalliet, The Next Port of Call, 2016. Dock, port of entry, customs checkpoint, and waterfront entertainment venues. Speculative project for Detroit’s riverfront United States Post Office.
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Creator:
Cynthia C. Davidson (American exhibition curator, born 1952); Mónica Ponce de León (American exhibition curator, born ca. 1966)
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Cynthia C. Davidson (American exhibition curator, born 1952); Mónica Ponce de León (American exhibition curator, born ca. 1966)
Creator
Location:
exhibition: Venice, Veneto, Italy
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exhibition: Venice, Veneto, Italy
Location
Location Note:
Giardini della Biennale, United States Pavilion
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Giardini della Biennale, United States Pavilion
Location Note
GPS:
45.429167 12.356944
GPS
45.429167 12.356944
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Date:
2015-2016 (creation)
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2015-2016 (creation)
Date
Cultural Context:
American
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American
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Twenty-first century
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Twenty-first century
Style Period
Work Type 1:
traveling exhibition
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traveling exhibition
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Work Type 2:
model (representation)
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model (representation)
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Classification:
Architecture and City Planning
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Architecture and City Planning
Classification
Material:
paper; plastic; wood; glass; VR headsets
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paper; plastic; wood; glass; VR headsets
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Technique:
construction (assembling)
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); models (representations); urban renewal
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architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); models (representations); urban renewal
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Description:
Exhibition in the US Pavilion, entitled The Architectural Imagination and curated by Cynthia Davidson and Mónica Ponce de León, featured a large array of drawings, models, videos, and interactive exhibits (including VR headsets) presenting the results of an open call to advance architectural solutions for four semi-abandoned industrial areas in Detroit. The selected sites, somehow symbolic of both the decline and the potential of regeneration, are those of Dequindre Cut, of an abandoned light industrial building in the Mexicantown area; of a former U.S. Postal Service sorting facility on the city’s riverfront, and of the disused Packard Automotive Plant. Among the over 250 designs submitted, the curators selected the projects by twelve US-based teams. The competition and exhibition was organized by the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. After being shown in Venice, the exhibit returned to Detroit, where it was shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. (Source: Architects Newspaper; http://www.archpaper .com/)
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Exhibition in the US Pavilion, entitled The Architectural Imagination and curated by Cynthia Davidson and Mónica Ponce de León, featured a large array of drawings, models, videos, and interactive exhibits (including VR headsets) presenting the results of an open call to advance architectural solutions for four semi-abandoned industrial areas in Detroit. The selected sites, somehow symbolic of both the decline and the potential of regeneration, are those of Dequindre Cut, of an abandoned light industrial building in the Mexicantown area; of a former U.S. Postal Service sorting facility on the city’s riverfront, and of the disused Packard Automotive Plant. Among the over 250 designs submitted, the curators selected the projects by twelve US-based teams. The competition and exhibition was organized by the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. After being shown in Venice, the exhibit returned to Detroit, where it was shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. (Source: Architects Newspaper; http://www.archpaper .com/)
Description
Image Description:
United States Post Office: Team; BairBalliet, Chicago and Columbus, OH; Present Future, Houston; Preston Scott Cohen Inc., Cambridge, MA.
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United States Post Office: Team; BairBalliet, Chicago and Columbus, OH; Present Future, Houston; Preston Scott Cohen Inc., Cambridge, MA.
