Announcing the Full Schedule for the 2023 Exhibit Columbus Design Presentations, Public by Design
J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Recipients, University Design Research Fellows, Communication Designer, and High School Design Team to present design concepts related to public engagement and downtown activation
Columbus, Indiana — The 2023 Exhibit Columbus Design Presentations will be held all day at The Commons on Saturday, February 25, and feature thirteen presentations of design concepts that will become installations in a free, public exhibition, Public by Design.
This free, in-person event will begin at 8:00 am with coffee and pastries from Lucabe Coffee Co., a locally-owned business with a downtown shop. Throughout the day-long event, attendees will see short presentations by each of the Exhibit Columbus participants and then have the opportunity to provide feedback before they are constructed for the exhibition that opens on August 26 of this year. Attendees have the option to purchase a ticket for a buffet-style lunch offered by Fresh Take Kitchen, another locally-owned, downtown business.
“This part of Exhibit Columbus is a rare opportunity to see some of the most creative and talented architects, artists, and designers working today as they showcase their ideas and explain how they connect to Columbus and beyond,” said Richard McCoy, Executive Director of Landmark Columbus Foundation, the organization responsible for the program Exhibit Columbus. “With our curators, we are building a very special moment that builds off of our theme, Public by Design, to create meaningful connections between people and the public spaces they share.”
The day will unfold over the course of four sessions, starting with Communications Designer Chris Grimley of Signals (Boston, MA), who will provide an early look at the exhibition map and discuss how visitors to the 2023 Exhibition will be able to explore installations along a featured route. Attendees will then explore the twelve other sites and hear what will be created at each one. Exhibit Columbus will have multiple ways for attendees to provide feedback on the concepts being presented.
The six Exhibit Columbus Curatorial Partners, who created the theme for this cycle and led the selection of each participant, will provide feedback as well.
“We are excited about this special event as we reveal all of the design concepts connected to this cycle, Public by Design,” said the Curatorial Partners. “Each participant visited Columbus for the 2022 Symposium, and now we get to see what they are proposing to create and how they arrived at their idea. Public engagement is really key to this year’s theme.”
The day will also feature the special guest Matthew Graham, the seventh Indiana State Poet Laureate, reading a poem from his new collection, The Geography of Home (Galileo Press, 2018).
Event Details
The Design Presentations are organized to mimic the exhibition route with the map as a guide. Tickets are free; register through Eventbrite. AIA continuing credits are available.
Session One 8:30 am – 10:45 am
Communication Design, Signals, Chris Grimley
PAU | Practice for Architecture and Urbanism
Molly Hunker and Greg Corso (Syracuse University)
Joseph Altshuler and Zack Morrison (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Session Two 11:15 am – 12:45 pm
Jessica Colangelo and Charles Sharpless (University of Arkansas)
Halina Steiner, Tameka Baba, Forbes Lipschitz, and Shelby Doyle (The Ohio State University and Iowa State University)
Studio Zewde
Lunch 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Session Three 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
PORT
Esteban Garcia Bravo and Maria Clara Morales (Purdue University)
High School Design Team
Session Four 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Deborah Garcia (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann (University of Virginia)
Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO
2022–23 Exhibit Columbus Participants
Awarded to renowned national and international design practices who share J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller’s commitment to the transformative power of designing with public spaces, four J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Recipientswere commissioned to activate the public spaces of popular downtown Columbus sites and create the most highly anticipated installations of the exhibition.
J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Recipients
Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO
Mexico City
Library Plaza at Bartholomew County Public Library
Community Curator: Jason Hatton
PAU
New York City
The Commons (civic infrastructure)
Community Curator: Dave Hayward
PORT
Philadelphia and Chicago
Mill Race [Senior] Center
Community Curator: Dan Mustard
Studio Zewde
Harlem
Mill Race Park
Community Curator: Mark Jones
Awarded to leading professors of architecture, landscape architecture, and design from North American universities, seven University Design Research Fellows were selected 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”.
University Design Research Fellows
Joseph Altshuler and Zack Morrison
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture
Urbana-Champaign and Chicago, IL
Esteban Garcia Bravo and Maria Clara Morales
Purdue University Department of Computer Graphics Technology
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, Shelby Doyle
The Ohio State University Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture and Iowa State University School of Design
Columbus, OH and Ames, IA
Communication Design
Chris Grimley
Signals
Boston, MA
High School Design Team
Instructor: Darin Johnson, Trinity Carter, Haniel Cruz, Anushka Damle, Mariana DeLuca, Alexander DePaul, Isabel Garduno, Owen Hebert, Brooke Leslie, Sam Loheide, Nettie Meeks, Max Nash, Judah Nickoll, Bryce Olson, Ashley Perez, Gloria Phillips, Grishma Pitkar, Joycee Redman, Beatriz Santana, Trent Tyree, Vaughan Williams
Curatorial Partners
Paola Aguirre
Urban Designer, BORDERLESS
Chris Merritt
Landscape Architect, Merritt Chase
Lauren M. Pacheco
Civic and Cultural Artist, Steel Studio Foundation
Bryony Roberts
Designer, Writer, Educator, Bryony Roberts Studio
Raymund Ryan
Curator at Large, The Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art
Holly Warren
Assistant Director for the Arts, Economic and Sustainable Development Department, City of Bloomington
Press Contact
Elizabeth Kubany
KUBANY, LLC
elizabeth@kubany.com
Landmark Columbus Foundation Contact
Jamie Goldsborough
jamie@landmarkcolumbus.org
