MCA Santa Barbara Invites Architects To Do Anything But Architecture In New Exhibition

 

Atelier Manferdini, Arlecchino, December 2010- May 2012, CNC cut wood structure, CNC cut and folded aluminum panels with powder coating finish, and printed vinyl, 12 x16 x 4 ft., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Courtesy the Artist

Atelier Manferdini, Arlecchino, December 2010- May 2012, CNC cut wood structure, CNC cut and folded aluminum panels with powder coating finish, and printed vinyl, 12 x16 x 4 ft., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Courtesy the Artist

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) welcomes six prominent Los Angeles-based architects as they present original designs that are anything but architecture. In “Almost Anything Goes: Architecture and Inclusivity,”  Amorphis LA, Atelier Manferdini, Ball Nogues Studio, Design Bitches, DO/SU Studio Architecture and Variate Labs present their work,  embracing cross-fertilization, collaboration and adaptation to create new methodologies for research and implementation in the fields of architecture and beyond.

The exhibition is on view from January 5 –April 13.
The architects are:

Ramiro Diaz Granados, Amorphis LA
Elena Manferdini, Atelier Manferdini
Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues,Ball Nogues Studio
Catherine Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph, Design Bitches
Doris Sung,DO/SU Studio Architecture
Miles Kemp, Variate Labs

The opening reception for this exhibit is January 4 from 6–8 p.m. MCASB is located at 653 Paseo Nuevo.

—Leslie Dinaberg

 

Originally published in Santa Barbara SEASONS on December 31, 2013.