"Envelope" Exhibition
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
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Pratt Manhattan Gallery presents "Envelopes," a sustainable architecture exhibition that includes brand new work that examines the architectural skins of buildings and their role as a sensorial space that envelopes the body. The exhibition will run from March 5 through May 5, 2010 and will be celebrated with an opening reception on Thursday, March 4 from 6-8 p.m. The exhibition and opening reception are FREE and open to the public.
The exhibition is guest-curated by Christopher Hight, an associate professor at Rice University's School of Architecture. His inspiration for the exhibition title and concept originated from the parallels between the envelope of a building and the envelope of the human skin; the building envelope repeats the metaphor of the building as a body and as a prosthetic second skin that allows human beings to exist within a hostile environment. The work in the show explores relationships between systems -- human, animal, plant, and energy flow -- as a site for architectural innovation in the 21st century.
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Schedule
from March 05, 2010 to May 05, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-03-04 from 18:00 to 20:00
Artist(s)
!ndie Architecture, HouMinn Practice, Mary Ellen Carroll, MEC design studios, Kevin Topek, Carlise Vandervoort, Michael U. Hensel, Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel, OCEAN Design Research, Nataly Gattegno, Jason Kelly Johnson, Future Cities Lab, Philippe Rahm, Tobias Emilsson, Jonah Fritzell, Marcelyn Gow, Ulrika Karlsson, Chris Perry, servo, Weathers