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Architecture acts

Architecture acts

Art Institute of Chicago. School, Lynn Tomaszewski, Michael H. Newman, Theaster Gates, Andrew Santa Lucia, Jeremy Ohmes

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In the 2014-15 GFRY Studio course led by Theaster Gates, students renovate an abandoned building on Chicago's South Side into a neighborhood performance center and meditation couryard. Using materials from a nearby demolished building and other found objects, they created the Back of House: St Laurence Monastery and Gardens while learning the techniques of design-build and DIT (do-it-together) projects from the initial designing stages to the opening of the installation/exhibition to the public.

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OL Work ID
OL43403464W

Subjects

ArchitectureConservation and restorationBuildingsRemodeling for other useArtStudy and teachingUrban renewal

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