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Hello from the edge—of architecture. Architecture is a powerful thing. It shapes our everyday experiences and builds new visions of the future. The edge is a space of publicness—an invitation to struggle and debate. The edge of architecture is where we discover and test new ideas, experiment, collaborate, and innovate. To celebrate and explore the edge SUPERFRONT is please to launch Public, a new initiative which will guide the organization’s 2014 competitions, public programs, and services to investigate key questions of ‘public’ in the city and emerging architectural practices.

Public Summer 2013 “Urban Forest”

SUPERFRONT’S PUBLIC SUMMER 2013 Pavilion Urban Forest was designed by architects Jieun Yang and Ji Young Kim. Urban Forest is a threshold where fast-paced urban life and the slow meandering of a natural oasis are extended and integrated. As a facilitator of public exchange and movement, the pavilion reflects the intimacy of bodily interaction and accentuates urban and community context. Urban Forest is a network of flexible responses to the changing time, weather, and environment that subverts the fixed nature of the architectural form and embraces the agility of urban life.

Public Summer 2012 Library of Immediacy

SUPERFRONT and Figment in celebrated the third annual Public Summer installation Library of Immediacy on Governors Island, Saturday, July 21 from 2-5 pm. The Library of Immediacy was designed and constructed by the architectural duo, saA, who are Amy Chang and Seo Young Shin. The opening included a performance by artist Devin Kenny, live Music by Alex Berne, and Sonnet Boom! with Ama Birch. Located on the Parade Grounds on Governors Island, The Library of Immediacy hosted an ongoing, community-curated installation by The People’s Library and artist collective, DADDY, on weekends from July 21st-September 23rd.

Spotlight on: SUPERFRONT at Van Alen Books

On Thursday February 16th, SUPERFRONT and collaborators stopped by Van Alen Books to discuss the work of translating the interdisciplinary programs, events, and exhibits of SUPERFRONT into publications such as Making Space, Unplanned: Research and Experiments at the Urban Scale, and Detroit: A Brooklyn Case Study. Mitch McEwen, David Turnbull, Francisca Benitez, Chloë Bass, and Prerana Reddy shared their thoughts and reflections.

Crown Heights Participatory Urbanism

SUPERFRONT Architect-in-Residence 2010 Manuel Avila has been chosen as one of 10 winners for the Institute of Urban Design‘s By…

Public Summer 2011 Weightless Pull

SUPERFRONT’s 2011 Public Summer installation emphasized our commitment to not merely space for artists but to public space as sites…

Detroit: A Brooklyn Case Study

DETROIT: A BROOKLYN CASE STUDY, SUPERFRONT’s first exhibit of 2011, considers Detroit both as a specific city and as a…

ARCHEOGRAPHY II A VOID

Ping Kwan Organized by Mitch McEwen and MonstaH Black, SUPERFRONT A VOID is an online exhibition designed by Ping Kwan…

Artists Who Play Well With Others Architects

SUPERFRONT is proud to present ARTISTS WHO PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS ARCHITECTS, a summer group show on view at the…

Public Summer 2010 Hoop Canopy

The first annual Public Summer program, developed from the theme of Temporary Publics, features a jury-selected installation designed by KIT,…

Unplanned

SUPERFRONT is proud to present UNPLANNED: Research and Experiments at the Urban Scale, the first SUPERFRONT LA exhibit of 2010….

Cypher on Urban Affairs

SUPERFRONT’s Cypher on Urban Affairs leverages the intelligence of local activists, artists, and community leaders into the design of a…

Making Space: SUPERFRONT Architects-in-Residence 2009

SUPERFRONT presents the work of Francisca Benitez and Pawel Niedzwiecki in MAKING SPACE, the inaugural exhibit of the SUPERFRONT Architects-in-Residence program. For both Benitez and Niedzwiecki, site specificity and environment provide significant themes for investigation.