MIT School of Architecture + Planning - Exhibition

 From Obsolescence to Sustainability

A Century of Architectural Change
Exhibition: May 7 – August 16, M-F 9AM – 5PM
Opening Reception: May 7, 5:30 – 7PM 
Gallery Talk: May 14, 12:15 – 1PM; Curator Daniel Abramson,
 Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Tufts University

From Obsolescence to Sustainability: A Century of Architectural Change traces the concept of obsolescence in the built environment through its evolution in architecture, economics and culture and the subsequent development of sustainability. It consists of an extended timeline with images, photographs and text, and seven thematic panels focused on Factory Sheds, Megastructures, Indeterminacy, Expendability, Brutalism, Preservation and Sustainability.

Wolk Gallery Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 7-338 Cambridge MA 02139 Monday - Friday, 9AM – 5PM

http://sap.mit.edu/resources/portfolio/obsolescence/