February 2012
8 posts
New/Public
The posts below are the films we produced for the New/Public portion of In Form at the BSA Space.
A growing array of cultural spaces in Boston have increased the range of urban amenities available to residents and visitors. Within the last two years, the transformation of the city’s cultural realm has included museums, public libraries, civic information centers, and community infrastructures...
WatchCommunity Rowing
WatchBoston Harbor Islands Pavilion
WatchCambridge Public Library
WatchA short film about producing In Form. Produced by Keith Lagreze.
Housing Chicago: Cabrini-Green to Parkside of Old... →
mas-studio:
(Old Town Village West townhomes, a new mixed-income development, ca. 2009; looming in the background is the William Green Homes high-rise, part of Cabrini-Green, demolished 2011. Photo by Lawrence J. Vale)
“In 1929 a treatise by sociologist Harvey Zorbaugh famously depicted the Near North Side of Chicago as divided into The Gold Coast and the Slum. [1] Within a generation the...
Explaining
“What’s most exciting about In Form is its story about a mode of architectural engagement that Boston has fostered and benefitted from, one that can be particularly instructive to young architects today, and one that many other cities can’t boast. Very few of the projects in the Legible City group came about through typical means – they are the result of opportunism on the part of...
In Form
Yesterday saw the end of install and beginning of a new phase of our work as curators and content creators. For this one we became professional vinyl installers, wrote text, made a newspaper, edited short films, developed an interactive iPad installation, built a 20 foot model, welded frames, hung things from beams with clamps, dug into archives, found original artifacts for each and every piece...