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30S | AGENCY at Venice Biennale

> AGENCY has been selected to exhibit at the Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia), acting as ambassadors for SUPERFRONT in collaboration with At Work With at the Nordic Pavilion to realize “30S”, a crowdsourced video installation addressing the role of the architect in the design of public space.  Project Description The project expands the…

30S | Submission Guidelines

> AGENCY has been selected to exhibit at the Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia), acting as ambassadors for SUPERFRONT in collaboration with At Work With at the Nordic Pavilion to realize “30S”, a crowdsourced video installation addressing the role of the architect in the design of public space. Please see Exhibit Description for more…

eme3 | Social Architecture and Networks

AGENCY will participate in a  public debate entitled “Social Architecture and Networks” at eme3 2010 in Barcelona.  Partners Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller will join Nicolas Bonnenfant ofCOLOCO, and members of Arquitecturas Colectivas and DJ Arquitectura in questioning the position of social architecture in contemporary practice. The debate will be held on October 7, 2010 from 20:00 to 22:00 at the Centro de Cultura Contemporanea Barcelona . …

AGENCY at Eme3 2010

AGENCY has been selected to exhibit work in the International Architectural Market at eme3 2010, an annual international architectural festival and exhibit in Barcelona.  This year’s exhibition will include work from several design firms from around the world who are interrogating the status quo in the fields of architecture and design.  Projects will be displayed as…

AGENCY at Sofia Architecture Week

Sofia Architecture Week 2010, the third annual international architectural exhibition and forum in Sofia, Bulgaria, from October 15-22. The theme of this year’s exhibition is Periphery, and will include work and presentations concerning peripheral environments throughout the EU and around the world, including Estonia, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, and Roma and Sinti communities in Eastern Europe. AGENCY…

Seeking Space | Event Recap

  Thank you to all who attended Seeking Space | Appropriated Environments in Long Island City, AGENCY’s public program in LIC earlier this month. The public discussion at the Noguchi Museum Education Space drew a wonderful crowd, including students, designers, architects, artists, and local residents interested in the unique character of their community.  We were pleased to meet…

Seeking Space

AGENCY is developing a public program entitled Seeking Space| Appropriated Environments in Long Island City, an investigation of the unique conditions that give rise to vital and vibrant public space in otherwise neglected and forgotten urban zones. EVENT DESCRIPTION On the edge of the most densely populated metropolis in the US, Long Island City is host…

Super Levee Urban Farm | Competition Boards

What exactly is a Super Levee Urban Farm?  Click on the original competition boards below, or download the PDF here to find out.

ONE PRIZE Award Ceremony and Exhibition

> Join AGENCY at the ONE PRIZE Award Ceremony and Exhibition at the Trespa Showroom on Thursday, July 29 at 6:30PM. AGENCY’s winning proposal will be exhibited, along with the work of our co-winner and four competition finalists. Speakers at the event will include: Adrian Benepe (Commissioner, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation) Dickson Despommier…

AGENCY Wins ONE Prize

AGENCY’s speculative proposal for a new coastal urban infrastructure has been selected as a co-winner of the ONE PRIZE, an international design competition for creating productive green space in cities hosted by Terreform 1. Our proposal, entitled Super Levee Urban Farm, orchestrates a networked ecology of indigenous and agricultural plant and wildlife to protect existing and emerging cities…