Studio Gang to Design the National Building Museum’s 2017 Summer Installation

September 1, 2016

Studio Gang has been selected to design the National Building Museum’s next summer installation. The temporary structure will be the latest in the Museum’s annual Summer Block Party series, following ICEBERGS by James Corner Field Operations, which remains open through September 5, 2016. Previous summer collaborations include The BEACH by Snarkitecture and the BIG Maze by the Bjarke Ingels Group.

This is the latest in a series of collaborations between the National Building Museum and Studio Gang. Gang presented a translucent curtain made of marble for the 2003 exhibition Masonry Variations; she presented a lecture for the Museum’s 2009 Women of Architecture series on Transforming Skylines and Communities; and in 2010 Gang served as an advisor to the Museum’s Intelligent Cities project.

“We are delighted to embark on a new collaboration with Studio Gang over the next year” said Chase W. Rynd, executive director of the National Building Museum. “With their creativity and impeccable design credentials, they are poised to reimagine the possibilities of this series.”

With the concept for next summer’s installation now in development, Studio Gang intends to engage the spirit of creative experimentation that has defined the success of the Summer Block Party series. From architect-designed Mini Golf, to the BIG Maze, the BEACH, and ICEBERGS, the series presents innovative, interactive experiences that temporarily transform the Museum’s historic home and challenge visitor perceptions of the built environment.

“It’s great to return to the National Building Museum, where our Marble Curtain was such an important early project for Studio Gang, one that informed our thinking about material innovation and research,” said Jeanne “We are looking forward to building on the legacy and energy of the Summer Series, in the historic space of the Museum’s Great Hall.”

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