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| Hansha Reflection House, Japan. Designed by Kevin Lim / Studio SKLIM. - Photo by Jeremy San |
Vertical Urban Factory
Exhibition Hall – Paid Admission
Sept 13 – Dec 9
Can factories be re-integrated into urban centres and present sustainable solutions for future self-sufficient cities? A renowned exhibition and research project presents the history and provokes the future for urban factories coming to the DX from New York via Detroit. It features a timeline comparing industrial technology, social issues, and factory design over the centuries. There is an in depth look at over 30 factories – illustrated with over 200 photographs, diagrams, drawings, models, and historic films. Both historic and contemporary examples of urban factories are displayed including – American Apparel in Los Angeles and the VW “Transparent Factory” in Dresden Germany (designed as a marketing tool). If entrepreneurs and urban planners reconsidered the potential for building factories vertically in cities, this will in turn reinforce and reinvest in a natural feedback loop leading to a new sustainable urban industrial paradigm. Visitors can imagine how the city would be if we brought factories back into urban centres – with additional skilled jobs and vital mixed uses. Local manufacturing is a significant topic in today’s economy – this exhibits shows concepts for the future. Cleaner and greener production could make vertical urban factories the engines of urban revitalization.
Sept 13 – Dec 9
Can factories be re-integrated into urban centres and present sustainable solutions for future self-sufficient cities? A renowned exhibition and research project presents the history and provokes the future for urban factories coming to the DX from New York via Detroit. It features a timeline comparing industrial technology, social issues, and factory design over the centuries. There is an in depth look at over 30 factories – illustrated with over 200 photographs, diagrams, drawings, models, and historic films. Both historic and contemporary examples of urban factories are displayed including – American Apparel in Los Angeles and the VW “Transparent Factory” in Dresden Germany (designed as a marketing tool). If entrepreneurs and urban planners reconsidered the potential for building factories vertically in cities, this will in turn reinforce and reinvest in a natural feedback loop leading to a new sustainable urban industrial paradigm. Visitors can imagine how the city would be if we brought factories back into urban centres – with additional skilled jobs and vital mixed uses. Local manufacturing is a significant topic in today’s economy – this exhibits shows concepts for the future. Cleaner and greener production could make vertical urban factories the engines of urban revitalization.
Curated by architectural historian and critic, Nina Rappaport.
A project of New York Foundation for the Arts
Considering the Quake: Seismic Design on the Edge
A project of New York Foundation for the Arts
Considering the Quake: Seismic Design on the Edge
Lobby of the Design Exchange
Sept 13 – Nov 9
Many speak of architecture as both a science and art, but few ever truly witness the “science” part of architecture. Behind the building’s skin lies much of its initial premise, developed between the union of architect and engineer; an intersecting communication, creating unparalleled synchronicity when each profession just plainly gets it right. What if we could bring these two seemingly disparate elements under the roof of one comprehensive exhibit; and do this through the principle of earthquake engineering? A domain thought of most singularly under an engineer’s autonomous control. Exhibit will display various projects that surpass conventional approaches to seismic design and portray the relationship between the architect and engineer (will feature full scale seismic technology, architectural and structural models, renderings, animation and other multimedia platforms). Design meets practical application. Examples: From ARUP's Hermès Building featuring the work of Renzo Piano Architects in Tokyo, Japan and their York University Subway Station with Foster and Partners in Toronto, to Daniel Libeskind's Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, to Cast Connex's seismic technology that will be included in New York City's World Trade Center 3 design.
Curated by Dr. Effie Bouras, Postdoctoral Fellow and Professor Ghyslaine McClure, P.Eng, of McGill University, Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics.
With contributions from the Canadian Seismic Research Network.
Sept 13 – Nov 9
Many speak of architecture as both a science and art, but few ever truly witness the “science” part of architecture. Behind the building’s skin lies much of its initial premise, developed between the union of architect and engineer; an intersecting communication, creating unparalleled synchronicity when each profession just plainly gets it right. What if we could bring these two seemingly disparate elements under the roof of one comprehensive exhibit; and do this through the principle of earthquake engineering? A domain thought of most singularly under an engineer’s autonomous control. Exhibit will display various projects that surpass conventional approaches to seismic design and portray the relationship between the architect and engineer (will feature full scale seismic technology, architectural and structural models, renderings, animation and other multimedia platforms). Design meets practical application. Examples: From ARUP's Hermès Building featuring the work of Renzo Piano Architects in Tokyo, Japan and their York University Subway Station with Foster and Partners in Toronto, to Daniel Libeskind's Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, to Cast Connex's seismic technology that will be included in New York City's World Trade Center 3 design.
Curated by Dr. Effie Bouras, Postdoctoral Fellow and Professor Ghyslaine McClure, P.Eng, of McGill University, Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics.
With contributions from the Canadian Seismic Research Network.