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The spotlight's on architecture in three new exhibitions at I space
Melissa
Mitchell, News Editor
217-333-5491; melissa@uiuc.edu
Mary
Antonakos, I space coordinator
312-587-9976
10/6/2006
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —
The emphasis will be on architecture in three new shows on view Oct.
13 through Nov. 11 at I space,
the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• “Green Design and Planning in Architecture” focuses
on the work of Kenneth Yeang, principal architect at T.R. Hamzah &
Yeang International, an architectural firm based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
with offices in Beijing and Shenzhen, China; London; and Sydney. Yeang,
who specializes in the ecologically responsive, or sustainable, design
of skyscrapers and other large-scale buildings, was in residence at
the U. of I.’s School of Architecture during the spring 2006 semester as the Distinguished Endowed Plym Professor
in Architecture.
The I space exhibition includes models, presentation boards and banners
showcasing Yeang’s inventive approach to “green” design
– with examples of architecture, urban design and master planning.
• “Critical Dualities: Front
of House/ Back of House”
pairs U. of I. architecture professor Thomas Kamm’s designs for
spaces used for the most public form of art – performance –
with those for the most private form of architecture – the home.
Exhibited work includes set designs by Kamm for theater, dance and
contemporary opera performances by David Byrne, Philip Glass, Tony
Kushner, Mikel Rouse and Robert Wilson, as well as hybrid performance
spaces commissioned by academic institutions and theater ensembles,
and sensitively placed home additions.
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• “Here
+ There” features public memorials designed
by U. of I. architecture professor Jeffery Poss. Each of the highlighted
projects strikes a balance between the need to memorialize, the
opportunities inherent in the site or locale, and the need to formulate
universal values that transcend the specific criteria of the commission.
According to Poss, his work weaves together landscape, sculpture
and architecture to create “primal forms that utilize a minimum
of means to express a maximum of collective, archetypal meanings.”
An opening reception is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the
gallery, 230 W. Superior St., Chicago.
I space gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
