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FRINGE: New Centers for Architecture and Urbanism Exhibition
Spring 2023
CURATED AND ORGANIZED BY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LESLIE LOK.
COORDINATED BY DESIGN TEACHING FELLOW HANXI WANG (B.ARCH. '18).
EXHIBITION ASSISTANCE BY SOPHIA CHEN (B.ARCH. '23), JIALIANG (HUNTER) HUANG (M.ARCH. '24), AND CYNTHIA KUO (M.ARCH. '24).AUGMENTED REALITY INTERFACE BY YICHEN JIA (B.ARCH. '18).
The 2023 Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium Exhibition highlighted the work of leading creative experts around the world who explore the integration of regional material, technology, and spatial practices in the rural-urban territories of East and Southeast Asia. Curated around the touchstones of material, technology, and agency, the exhibition offered a dive into an expansive range of projects across geographical and cultural contexts. The images and large-scale drawings showcase specific construction details, material systems, and design innovations unique to each project's particular context. The interactive AR exhibition, which includes 3D-scanned models of material samples, building details and components, interior spaces, and landscapes, offered an immersive experience to view and interact with specific aspects of the exhibited work at full scale. The exhibition provided an interactive experience of works that challenge preconceived notions of the rural-urban binary and proposed exciting potentials for rethinking construction technologies, sustainability, and citizen agency in the built environment.
The exhibition features the work of:
1+1>2 Architects, Amateur Architecture Studio, ArchiUnion, Bangkok Project Studio, DnA Design and Architecture, Drawing Architecture Studio, Future Cities Laboratory, Rural-Urban Building Innovation Laboratory, Rural Urban Framework, Studio Anna Heringer, SUP Atelier
