milwaukee WISCONSIN

On April 5th, 2013, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning will host the biennial Urban Edge Award Symposium, titled “Evolutionary Infrastructure / Evolving Practices” and curated by Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss of WEISS/MANFREDI. Expanding the definition of “infrastructure” to address an escalating set of design challenges that are at once cultural, architectural, and environmental, the symposium will host a series of cross-disciplinary talks and discussions between innovative architects, artists, ecologists, engineers, and theoreticians.

“Evolutionary Infrastructure / Evolving Practices,” w/ MANFREDI, WEISS, EASTERLING, REYNOLDS, BUNGE, & more.
Friday, 04/05
10.00am–9.00pm / UWM
Milwaukee, WI 53201

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ann arbor MICHIGAN & chicago ILLINOIS

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

McLain CLUTTER & Kyle REYNOLDS: The Empty Pavilion is a meditation on Detroit’s evacuated urban context and an experiment in architecture’s ability to activate a latent public in the city. The project aspires to distribute just enough material across empty space – an element Detroit has in excess – to make that space legible and promote interaction. From a distance, the project engages the onlooker in a visual game of fleeting figuration. The pavilion is conceived as a collection of architectural figures drawn-in-space.

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