MACDONALD + SCHUMANN ARE 22-23 UNIVERSITY DESIGN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP WINNERS, PART OF 'EXHIBIT COLUMBUS' TEAM
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Assistant Professors of Architecture Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann have been named 22-23 University Design Research Fellows, part of a national team selected to participate in the fourth cycle of Exhibit Columbus. In this cycle, Exhibit Columbus will feature a group of artists, architects, and landscape architects who value collaborative co-create to create meaningful and active public spaces.
Exhibit Columbus is a program of Landmark Columbus Foundation and an exploration of community, architecture, art, and design that activates the modern legacy of Columbus, Indiana. It creates a cycle of programming that uses this context to convene conversations around innovative ideas and commissions site-responsive installations in a free, public exhibition.
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The theme of this year's of Exhibit Columbus, Public by Design, builds on the legacy of Columbus, Indiana to explore how collaborations between communities and designers can revitalize and reimagine historic downtowns as equitable, beautiful, healthy, and joyful places. Public by Design serves as a platform for many communities to become energized about the values of inclusivity, care, and generosity. This cycle celebrates creative methods of collaboration that communities and designers can use to grow a sense of belonging and connection in public spaces.
Starting with the October 2022 Symposium, the voices, memories, and dreams of the many communities of Columbus will be amplified and celebrated in the design process. The 2023 Exhibition will feature temporary installations throughout downtown that will grow from the ideas explored in the Symposium, collaborations with community partners, and the creative imagination of the participants. The installations can serve as prototypes for permanent change in the urban core of this city and examples for other communities to consider.
Public by Design represents an opportunity to play new and transformative roles in shaping a public life that is more connected to public places and public institutions.
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Exhibit Columbus recently announced four J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Recipients along with seven University Design Research Fellows (UDRF), including UVA's MacDonald and Schumann. This group of architects, artists, and landscape architects will continue the tradition of having talented and internationally-recognized participants involved with Exhibit Columbus. Each will bring their own innovative creative process and experience with community engagement to this cycle.
22-23 J. IRWIN AND XENIA S. MILLER PRIZE RECIPIENTS AND PARTNERS
“In collaboration with the Community Curators, we were able to meaningfully align the J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Recipients with public institutions in Columbus. These Miller Prize participants are remarkable for their creative approaches to community-based design and their capacity to work across many scales, from the scale of urban design to the creation of tactile and interactive environments."
(2022–23 Curatorial Partners)
— Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO / Bartholomew County Public Library
Mexico City
— PORT / Mill Race Center
Philadelphia and Chicago
— Practice for Architecture Urbanism (PAU) / City of Columbus Department of Public Works
New York City
— Studio Zewde / Columbus Parks and Recreation
New York City
22-23 UNIVERSITY DESIGN RESEARCH FELLOWS (UDRF)
“The University Design Research Fellows represent a cross-section of artists, architects, and landscape architects working in the U.S. at this moment. It’s an impressive group whose research is advancing important work on sustainable materials and community-based design in the public realm.”
(2022–23 Curatorial Partners)
— Joseph Altshuler and Zack Morrison
School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Chicago, IL
— Esteban Garcia Bravo
Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
— Jessica Colangelo and Charles Sharpless
University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, Fayetteville, AR
— Deborah Garcia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture, Cambridge, MA
— Molly Hunker and Greg Corso
Syracuse University School of Architecture, Syracuse, NY
— Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann
University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville, VA
— Halina Steiner, Tameka Baba, Forbes Lipschitz and Shelby Doyle
Austin E. Knowlton School at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and
Iowa State University College of Design, Ames, IA
The University Design Research Fellows (UDRF) were selected through a national, open call competition for full-time university professors whose work is deeply rooted in design research. Professors were asked to respond to recommendations from the 2021 downtown activation study developed by James Lima Planning and Development (JLP+D) that looked at ways to activate the historic core of downtown Columbus. JLP+D’s work is supported by the City of Columbus and a National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town Grant.”
All of the participants will be in Columbus for the upcoming Symposium, which takes place October 21-22 in downtown Columbus. Moving away from the traditional format of a symposium, Public by Design will place the many communities of Columbus at the center of the conversations and do this in a public format by creating specific opportunities for engagement between the designers and the citizens of Columbus. Exhibit Columbus is designed to be responsive to the needs and desires of the community it serves, while connecting with a national audience. The Symposium will be followed by design presentations by the selected teams to take place on February 24-25. The Exhibition, including designed experiences using Columbus’ heritage as inspiration and context while highlighting a visionary community's role in growing a vibrant, sustainable, and equitable city, will launch in August 2023.
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22-23 Exhibit Columbus Curatorial Partners
Paola Aguirre, Urban Designer at BORDERLESS; Chris Merritt, Landscape Architect at Merritt Chase; Lauren M. Pacheco, Civic and Cultural Artist at Steel Studio Foundation; Bryony Roberts, Designer, Writer, Educator at Bryony Roberts Studio; Raymund Ryan, Curator at Large at The Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art; and Holly Warren, Assistant Director for the Arts at City of Bloomington.
The Curatorial Partners will work closely with the Directors of four key downtown Columbus organizations as a way to focus on social infrastructure in the heart of the community: Jason Hatton, Executive Director, Bartholomew County Public Library; Dave Hayward, City Engineer and Executive Director of Public Works, City of Columbus; Mark Jones, Director, Parks and Recreation Department, City of Columbus; Dan Mustard, Executive Director, Mill Race Center
