Big, Hot & Sticky
On ViewJune 27-August 23, 2024
CuratorsDalia Munenzon and Maggie Tsang
CuratorsDalia Munenzon and Maggie Tsang
Design DirectionDora Godfrey
PhotographyCourtesy of Jason Chen
Big, Hot, and Sticky spotlights Houston as a novel urban ecosystem: a constellation of highways, waterways, air-conditioned buildings, remnant prairies, and possums. This exhibition invites seven designers to respond to Houston’s provocation through critical histories, design research, and speculative projects rooted in the city’s urban landscape: How are environments, climates, and cultures co-constructed? What is the future of this notoriously air-conditioned, car-centered, energy capital?
This was the first exhibition I had the opportunity to work on during my time at Architecture Center Houston. I collaborated closely with Maggie Tsang, Dept., and Dalia Munenzon, GULFLAB, to create an exhibition experience that invites viewers to consider what it looks like to live in a city that is Big, Hot, and Sticky.
I inherited an established visual system for the exhibition from designer Dora Goddfrey, which posed my primary challenge: maintaining its integrity while developing materials across print, space, and social media.
This was the first exhibition I had the opportunity to work on during my time at Architecture Center Houston. I collaborated closely with Maggie Tsang, Dept., and Dalia Munenzon, GULFLAB, to create an exhibition experience that invites viewers to consider what it looks like to live in a city that is Big, Hot, and Sticky.
I inherited an established visual system for the exhibition from designer Dora Goddfrey, which posed my primary challenge: maintaining its integrity while developing materials across print, space, and social media.