| ARTitecture: Multipurpose Academic Building Art-In-Architecture Project Proposals Exhibition at the Guarracino Family Gallery Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons Wentworth Institute of Technology | Beatty Hall 550 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115 Exhibition open to the public April 7 – 20, 2017 Mon-Thu 7-11 | Fri 7-6 | Sat 8-6 | Sun 11-10 ARTitecture is an exhibition of art-in-architecture project proposals for the new Multipurpose Academic Building to be constructed on the campus of Wentworth Institute of Technology. Eighteen graduate and senior architecture students analyzed the design of the new building, developed by the Boston firm Leers Weinzapfel, and conceived complementing public art features. The assignment was to develop a schematic proposal for an innovative, transformative, permanent art-in-architecture project at an individual or multiple sites within or surrounding Wentworth’s new Multipurpose Academic Building. Concepts could encompass the following:
Summary of general criteria for the project:
On view are project descriptions, schematic drawings and renderings as well as basic maquettes feature projects by Lamia AlMuhanna, Ali Alquadi, Fabiana Casale Hernandez, Sabine DeShazo, Sam Fernandes, Alec Foucault, Carla Gautier-Castro, Merna Haddad, Gizelle Hourani, Madison Lopes, Crystal Montas, Dan Pham, Brian Sandford, Micaila Sheridan, Cristina Sidoli Tronchi, Katya Stassen, Seantel Trombly and Brandon Werner. The proposals are on view in the Guarracino Family Gallery at the Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons from April 7 through 20, 2107. The public is invited to a breakfast reception on Tuesday, April 11 from 9 to 10 a.m. with the ARTitecture seminar students and faculty, Christina Lanzl. Many thanks to Wentworth's Department of Architecture, the Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons, the Divistion of Technology Services and many others for supporting the project. | Summary of Project Context Wentworth proposes to construct a Multipurpose Academic Building ("MpA Building" or the "Project"). The Project is designed to meet the next evolution in the collegiate study of several engineering disciplines by providing modern academic space for Wentworth's existing student body and to enhance the campus experience in a new "state-of-the-art" building. At approximately 64 feet in height and approximately 69,000 gross square feet, the MpA Building will contain laboratories, student learning and group meeting space, offices, and support/storage space on floors two through four, and a first-floor maker space, manufacturing, and gathering space intended to invite the campus population to experience first-hand displays of Wentworth's engineering capabilities and teachings. The MpA Building will accommodate Wentworth's transition from providing engineering technology programs to engineering and innovation programs, such as a new biological engineering program. This transition requires new and different teaching and learning spaces and configurations that will promote more collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches to the curriculum. The Project, which is a response to the evolution of engineering education at Wentworth, is intended to meet the needs of the existing student body, and is not driven by, or expected to result in, a measurable increase in enrollment. Source: Wentworth EPNF, Jan. 2017 Multipurpose Academic Building/MpA Art-In-Architecture PROPOSALS Lamia AlMuhanna: Looking Into Someone's Eyes MpA Lobby Façade along The Pike Ali Alquadi: Touches the Earth Lightly MpA Façade, Parker Street Fabiana Casale Hernandez: Intertwined The Pike at MpA and Lobby Sabine DeShazo: Digital Wrap MpA Quad-side, South Corner Sam Fernandes: Reinventing the Pike The Pike, Huntington Avenue to Parker Street Alec Foucault: Shifting Light MpA Vestibule Carla Gautier-Castro: Pike Unfolded MpA along The Pike Merna Haddad: On the Power of Knowledge MpA First Floor Lobby Gizelle Hourani: An Inspired Path The Pike at MpA Madison Lopes: Diversity, Integrity and Interaction MpA Main Entrance, Parker Street Crystal Montas: Under the Forest's Light MpA Glass Facades Dan Pham: Flicker The Pike at MpA Brian Sandford: Contact Light (or An Effort in Defense of Gravity), MpA Interior Atriums/Staircases Micaila Sheridan: Showcasing the Space MpA Lobby Façade along The Pike Cristina Sidoli Tronchi: Path of Lights MpA First Floor Lobby Katya Stassen: Making Waves MpA and The Pike Seantel Trombly: Moving Path MpA Lobby Façade along The Pike Brandon Werner: Egosyntonometrics The Pike at MpA |
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9 Comments
10/25/2018 04:47:29 am
Eagerly waiting for the next one. It was very useful exhibition last time. 3/14/2019 12:56:02 pm
My apologies about the delayed response. I really do appreciate your interest and hope to offer another art-in-architecture seminar in the future.
jasmine torres
3/14/2019 12:27:13 pm
this is so interesting to read, thank you for sharing this post, I might have to come and visit this place. 3/14/2019 12:53:08 pm
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to welcoming you on campus. 3/15/2019 01:56:49 pm
Your interest is appreciated. To learn more about the Wentworth Architecture program please visit 10/23/2019 01:49:54 am
This is the right blog for anyone who wants to find out about this topic. You realize so much its almost hard to argue with you (not that I actually would want? Ha-ha). You definitely put a new spin on a topic that’s been written about for years. Great stuff, just great! 10/23/2019 01:59:42 am
Thank you for your enthusiasm when it comes to art in architecture. 11/4/2021 03:08:15 am
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