Living Anatomy

Living Anatomy assembles global works of contemporary collective housing that enhance quality of life by embracing a multiplicity of uses and the complexities of how people live.  Six themes emerge as the anatomy of living in this exhibit. Each reflects the dualistic ambitions of urban housing as it seeks at once to embrace the dynamism of its urban condition and to foster the intimacy of family and communal life.

The exhibit dissects the components of a residential space into its comprising elements inclusive of scale, sounds, sight, and social traits, distributing these as spatial atmospheres across the length of the Druker Gallery at Harvard’s GSD.

1:1 imagery of occupation within the interior space of each housing project is paired with plan and other drawings. . Immersive photographs anchor each atmosphere and produce dioramas in the galley; they articulate a dimension of a room, define an edge, or extend the space of the gallery into the perspective of the photographed living space.

Project Team:

Curatorial Team:  Megan Panzano, MArch’10 + Design Critic in Architecture, Harvard GSD, Daniel Rauchwerger, MDes ’15, and Matt Gin, PhD candidate; Design Team: Megan Panzano, Lead Designer, with Daniel Rauchwerger; Curatorial Research: Patrick Herron, MArch ’16; Pamphlet Design: Forrest Jessee; Department of Exhibitions and Communications:  Dan Borelli, MDes ’12, David Zimmerman Stuart, Travis Dagenais; Installation Team:  Ray Coffey, Anita Kan, Sarah Lubin, Jesus Matheaus, Jack Mauch, Joanna Vouriotis + Liz Welch; Exhibit photos: Justin Knight

This exhibition was initiated by Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean of the Faculty of Design and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design;  with special thanks to Pat Roberts, Beth Kramer, and Ben Prosky

The Druker Gallery, Gund Hall, Harvard fall 2015 - spring 2016

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