Third Floor Hallway Gallery

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Beyond the Frame

Beyond the Frame—SITU Research | October, 2022

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Taipei Music Center

Lyrical Urbanism: The Taipei Music Center | April, 2022

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One to One | 1:1 | February, 2020

One to One | 1:1 | February, 2020

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Tailoring Form: A Brief History of the Template | November, 2019

Tailoring Form: A Brief History of the Template | November, 2019

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Pigs, Pots and Philodendrons: Pedro&Juana | April, 2018

Pigs, Pots and Philodendrons: Pedro&Juana | April, 2018

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New York City Beaches: Coney Island & Rockaway at the Turn of the 20th Century | October, 2017

New York City Beaches: Coney Island & Rockaway at the Turn of the 20th Century | October, 2017

For over three decades the School of Architecture has held exhibitions in the third floor hallway of the Foundation Building. The hallway is roughly 115 feet long and includes six large panels on its west wall. It runs along a heavily trafficked corridor between the School’s shared design studio for 1st through 4th year students and separate studios for Thesis and graduate students. The School has developed a robust hallway exhibition program, and three to four exhibitions are held in the Hallway Gallery each semester. These shows typically feature new work by faculty, invited guests, and students as well as material selected from the Architecture Archive’s Collections. Recent hallway exhibitions have included Beyond the Frame—SITU Research (2022); Lyrical Urbanism: The Taipei Music Center (2022); One to One | 1:1 (2020); Tailoring Form: A Brief History of the Template (2019); Gabriel Feld: Building Prints (2019); Pigs, Pots & Philodendrons: Pedro&Juana (2018); and New York City Beaches: Coney Island & Rockaway at the Turn of the 20th Century (2017). 

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