From October 17 to 30, a temporary prefab “neighborhood” in Philadelphia will offer an optimistic view of what a revitalized city might look like in the near future. A Clean Break, curated by Minima Gallery, will be a central event of DesignPhiladelphia, an annual series of lectures, studio tours, and exhibitions organized by the Design Center at Philadelphia University. Part of Minima’s show will take place in a vacant lot on South Broad Street, just down the street from Philadelphia City Hall (1901).
A Clean Break opens three days before the closing of a similar exhibition in New York City: MoMA’sHome Delivery. According to curators Barry Bergdoll and Peter Christensen, Home Delivery was “about the process of making architecture ... and the process of making an architecture show.” But A Clean Break, for which planning began in January, focuses on how prefab can be integrated, realistically, into a cityscape. As Oliver explains, “We’re asking ‘what is the potential for urban infill?’”
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