Everything’s on the Table

Photo of Everything's on the Table installation for Tallin Biennale

An installation that reframes the dining table by students of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture is on view at the Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) at the Estonian Museum of Architecture, running from September 7 through November 20, 2022. Everything’s on the Table is the result of a Spring 2022 workshop class co-taught by Acting Dean Hayley Eber AR’01 and adjunct professor Mae-Ling Lokko based on a Fall 2021 seminar taught by Professor Lokko that explored design in the context of culinary practices. Other alumni participants include Tilok Costa AR'22, Foivos Geralis MAR'22, Tiam Schaper AR'22, Xinyi Guo AR'22 and Sanjana Lahiri AR'22. To read more about the installation, please click here, here and here.

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