2024-05-20T10:17:53-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150060203/the-open-workshop-s-new-exhibition-at-the-yerba-buena-center-for-the-arts-asks-how-we-can-live-together Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-04-16T15:11:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5m/5m3sfezvxlbgmlzm.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em>New Investigations in Collective Form, a</em>n exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,&nbsp;<em></em>presents a series of design experiments by <a href="https://archinect.com/theopenworkshop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Open Workshop</a>,&nbsp;a Bay Area design research office founded by architect and urban designer Neeraj Bhatia.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hw/hwxxrs9y3d252hnz.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hw/hwxxrs9y3d252hnz.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The Open Workshop: New Investigations in Collective Form, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2018. (Exhibition Poster)Courtesy Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Image by: The Open Workshop.</figcaption></figure><p>Inspired by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4015/fumihiko-maki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fumihiko Maki</a>&rsquo;s seminal text&nbsp;<em>Investigations in Collective Form</em>, the exhibition tests how architecture can empower the diverse voices that make up the public realm and examines how collectivity can be formed today. The exhibition will feature models and drawings showcasing the office&rsquo;s past projects and the concepts and theoretical explorations that guided them.&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0l/0l0lwsg6a190iui0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0l/0l0lwsg6a190iui0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The Open Workshop, Field of Representation, 2018. Installation view,The Open Workshop: New Investigations in Collective Form, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2018. Courtesy Yerba Buena Cen...</figcaption></figure>