PLAY (things) /

On Friday, October 12th 2018 PLAY (things), an exhibition of juried pavilion design proposals, will open at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum as part of the 2018 ACSA Fall Conference PLAY with the Rules. PLAY (things) coincides with the Villa Terrace exhibition House of Risk by artists Vanessa Diaz and Sylvie Rosenthal. The Exhibition Opening Reception schedule is:

6:30-7:00PM:
“Wander + Ponder” the Installations throughout Villa Terrace

7:00-7:30PM:
Informal Pavilion Exhibition Q+A between Artists/Designers + Audience w/ Moderation by Nikole Bouchard and Conference Co-Chairs

7:30-8:00PM:
Meet + Eat / Think + Drink

Architectural practice is a serious business. It must often contend with the constraints and parameters that govern design and construction. Under a broader umbrella, the discourse on architecture more freely interrogates both norms and their deviations. If the discipline of architecture can be understood as a bridge between theory and praxis, can architects re-think both rules and play?

PLAY (things) explores how rules relate to the production of architecture. Both within and outside academia, architecture is continually confronted with a myriad of constraints: budget, site, program, codes, schedule, structure, clients, accreditation, etc. How can these parameters be mobilized to ends that rethink the role of rules in architecture? Can rules be a form of play? Rather than limiting what we can do, how might rules be rewritten (or recast) to generate new possibilities for architectural production? How can play influence rules, such that the latter operate as part of a speculative enterprise that manifest new forms of expression?

Today, there are seemingly more experimental architectural attitudes and movements than ever. There is also less capital available to test that experimentation on prototypical building typologies. As such, pavilions have become the de-facto medium for built architectural experimentation. Pavilion competitions and exhibitions are pervasive and run the gamut. PLAY (things) is a collection of pavilion proposals by a variety of forward-thinking designers who have critically re-examined the role of the pavilion in contemporary architectural discourse and production.

Pavilion exhibitors include:

MIES.zip : Compressed Constructions

James Lowder
Assistant Professor Adjunct
The Cooper Union
Misako Murata
Lecturer
University of Pennsylvania

The Thrill of Threshold or Circle, Jerk

McLain Clutter
Associate Professor
University of Michigan
Cyrus Penarroyo
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan

Pavilion of Fluff

Karen Lange
Professor
California Polytechnic State University
Jackson Bower
Studio 400 18
Ben Clark
Studio 400 18
Studio 400 18

XYYXXY Accessible Restroom Pavilion

Sarah Lorenzen
Professor
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Principal
TOLO Architecture
Peter Tolkin
Principal
TOLO Architecture

Inventory

Ang Li
Assistant Professor
Northeastern University

PLURAL TERRITORIES: No Permission Required

Karla Sierralta
Assistant Professor
University of Hawai’i, Manoa
Brian Strawn
Senior Research Associate
University of Hawai’i, Manoa

Shelf Life

Ellie Abrons
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Adam Fure
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Meredith Miller
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Thom Moran
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan

Ground Game

Outpost Office
Ashley Bigham
Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
Erik Herrmann
Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University

Commodity, Plumpness, Delight

Emily White
Assistant Professor
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Casey Benito
Lecturer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Material Agency

Brian Osborn
Assistant Professor
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

PLAY (things) Curators and PLAY with the Rules Co-Chairs are:

Jasmine Benyamin
Associate Professor
UW–Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning
Nikole Bouchard
Assistant Professor
UW–Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning
Whitney Moon
Assistant Professor
UW–Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning
Kyle Reynolds
Associate Professor
UW–Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning
Mo Zell
Department of Architecture Chair + Associate Professor
UW–Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning

Shana McCaw
Senior Curator
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
Bob Greenstreet
Dean
UW–Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning
National Endowment for the Arts