The Architectural Imagination Taubman Fellowship at the US Pavilion for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale
Group photo of the 2016 Taubman Venice Fellows at Liberty Resarch Annex
The Architectural Imagination Rotunda Entry and Descriptive Text Venice, Italy US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo Credit: Salam Rida 2016
Exhibition room for the Post Office Site in Detroit, MI Projects by: Present Future, Preston Scott Cohen Inc., and BairBalliet Venice, Italy The Architectural Imagination US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo Credit: Salam Rida 2016
Exhibition room for the Post Office Site in Detroit, MI Projects by: Present Future, Preston Scott Cohen Inc., and BairBalliet Venice, Italy The Architectural Imagination US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo Credit: Salam Rida 2016
Exhibition room for the Packard Plant Site in Detroit, MI Projects by: T+E+A+M, Greg Lynn FORM, and SAA/Stan Allen Venice, Italy The Architectural Imagination US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo Credit: Salam Rida 2016
Exhibition room for the Packard Plant Site in Detroit, MI Projects by: T+E+A+M, Greg Lynn FORM, and SAA/Stan Allen Venice, Italy The Architectural Imagination US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo Credit: Salam Rida 2016
Exhibition room for the Mexican Town Site in Detroit, MI Projects by: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, A(n) Office, and Pita and Bloom Venice, Italy The Architectural Imagination US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo Credit: Salam Rida 2016
Exhibition room for the Mexican Town Site in Detroit, MI Projects by: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, A(n) Office, and Pita and Bloom Venice, Italy The Architectural Imagination US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo Credit: Salam Rida 2016
Exhibition room for the Dequindre Cut Site in Detroit, MI Projects by: MOS, Zago Architecture, and Marshall Brown Projects Venice, Italy The Architectural Imagination US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo Credit: Salam Rida 2016
The 2016 US Pavilion curators, and the University of Michigan selected 6 Taubman Fellows to assemble and install the Architectural Imagination exhibition in Venice, Italy. Under the guidance of Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon, Senior Exhibition Designer Brian Butterfield worked directly with the Taubman Fellows to complete the exhibition.
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Taubman Venice Fellows:
Kristen Gandy, Salam Rida, Christopher Locke, Rubin Quarcoopome, Dijana Tsai, and Ramon Hernandez
Deliverables:
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Art Handling and crate documentation of 39 individual crates comprising of all parts of the 12 architectural projects exhibited.
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Assembly of architectural models from 12 unique projects.
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Assembly and installation of exhibition shelves.
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Precise, measured, and secure installation of all framed works from the 12 architectural projects.
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Material handling and design project solutions for each unique room in the pavilion.
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Communication with local crafts workers.
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Vinyl exhibition text installation on 18 walls in the pavilion.
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Opening ceremony docents serving as experts on each project in the pavilion.
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Communication with press and architects as needed.
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Project Architects: Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure, Meredith Miller, Thom Moran, Hilary Sample, Michael Meredith, Jackilin Hah Bloom, Florencia Pita, Greg Lynn, Merrill Elam, Mack Scogin, Stan Allen, Andrew Zago, Marshall Brown, Preston Scott Cohen, Kelly Bair, Kristy Balliet, Laura Bouwman, Jesus Vassallo, Albert Pope, Marcelo Lopez-Dinardi, V. Mitch McEwen
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LOG Venice Team: Brendan Bashin-Sullivan, Chelsea Spencer
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MPdL Studio Venice Team : Austin Kaa, Lauren Bebry, Clay Montgomery
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Taubman College Leadership: Deniz McGee- Project Manager, Amber LaCroix- Marketing Communications