Teo Quintana

Building Studio Gang, Art Institute of Chicago

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Exhibition synopsis

Studio Gang, 2012

Setting record attendance during its run at the Art Institute of Chicago, the SGA’s first solo exhibition, “Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects,” examined twelve built and unbuilt projects through the lens of four major issues facing contemporary architecture: its relationship to nature, the development of dense urban areas, the integration of the ideas of community members, and architecture and performance.

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Environments design

There are times when a summer internship pans out nicely. This was one of them. I participated in this exhibition as an environments designer, working on the layout of the materials within the space, the design of the “rope rooms,” and fabrication of site specific furniture. Most days I worked at the office, but as my favorite ones where when I went to the foundry to make full-size mock-up with Schuyler, the fabrication lead.