CULTURE NOW
The CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CONDITION
instigate transformative change on struggling U.S. cities by
thom mayne Toidentifying
and exploiting existing networks that promote spatial,
karen lohrmann
dylan barlow
emily cheng
grady gillies
cheng ha
christopher harris
matthew kendall
wayne ko
jai kumaran
layton petersen
stacey rigley
clayton taylor
bryan tranbarger
sepa sama
yang wang
economic, and ecological change- as a catalyst for addressing urban
problems at a national scale via a series of localized, generative events.
These events will introduce current and future systems supporting art,
culture, education, media and production to provoke reactivation and
resuscitation of the American city at a variety of scales and magnitudes.
Funding for Suprastudio 2010-2011 has been generously
provided by:
Herta and Paul Amir
Joyce and Aubrey Chernick
Ralph and Shirley Shapiro
Hathaway Dinwiddie
F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.
Buro Happold
Davis Langdon
John A. Martin & Associates
Balfour Beatty Construction
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
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CONTEMPORARY
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Flint, MI
Farah’s Market 3rd ave.
photo by City-Data
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CULTURE NOW
THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CONDITION
UCLA’s M.Arch II Suprastudio 2010/11 is a year long postprofessional research and design initiative at the city scale.
It is an immersive investigation of the intersections of public
policy and urban design, of contemporary culture and its
spatial manifestations.
Encouraged by international initiatives and intended as a
critical extension of existing programs in the U.S., the studio’s
aim is to stimulate transformative change on struggling
U.S. cities by identifying and exploiting existing networks
that promote spatial, economic, and ecological change - as
a catalyst for addressing urban problems nationally via a
series of localized, generative events. These events will
introduce current and future systems supporting art, culture,
education, media and production to reactivate the American
city at a variety of scales and magnitudes.
We are unwilling to concede to the current economic climate
and the resultant decline of creative capital, both of which
have triggered demographic and cultural slippage. We seek
to launch the necessary dialogue about the nature of arts
and culture in the American city. The arts as such expand
discourse; now the nature of this very conversation is in
question. Our goal is to advance this conversation throughout
society and institutions, to study the significance of the arts to
this country and to the identity of our cities.
While defining current urban and cultural crises, we also
test models for cultural urbanism and identify the critical
mass of initiatives, activities, and interventions necessary for
both temporal and permanent transformation. We recognize
the inherently collaborative nature of cultural production
and its simultaneously localized and connective operational
scale. As such, we will engage established cultural centers
as well as remote cultural outposts, the site-specific as well
as the broadly strategic. Our proposed cultural imperative
will involve transient arts events and urban interventions
to catalyze long-term cultural, social and economic
development.
The Suprastudio is articulated into four project phases, of
which this publication marks the midterm.
Topic Identification: The summer session produced
an overview of international cultural initiatives providing
knowledge on the programmatic, economic, social and
structural background of festivals, institutions and their
locations. This research operates as the foundational
data for our continued investigations and informs the
development of a nationwide model for cultural initiatives
and policies. Selected research was published in our first
newsprint Culture Now - Grey Zones and presented in the
first of a series of exhibitions at UCLA’s gallery.
Problem Definition: The fall quarter’s research was
aimed at framing the state of contemporary American cities
with a maximum population of 400,000, at the development
of selection criteria and the understanding of geographical,
demographic and cultural diversity and identities. A
number of 273 cities were evaluated, leading to a catalogue
of criteria pointing to issues and potentials. Realizing
the limits of city ranking, we extended our search toward
trends and movements, realizing the growing influence that
communities, economics and politics, innovation and media
have on the perception of a place.
In articulating the potentials of 273, 130, 62, 17, and now 8
cities, we have highlighted recurring problems that provoke
the most diverse reactions and results. Neither the Top
Eight nor the next American city, these cities are prototypes,
all linked to tangible identities, the result of all possible
monocultures, too high expectations - too fast, shallow,
neglected in their contemporaneity, unseen.
The contemporary American condition is one of movement.
Derived from the country’s expansion west and its transfer
of resources along railroads, interstates and information
networks, we are most stable when in motion. This continual
migration and capitalistic environment fuels relentless
consumption of goods, people and land leaving discarded
resources and abandoned property in its wake in search of
the generic image of the American dream and the eternal
new. Urban Exhaustion is the visual manifestation of society’s
nomadic patterns and abandonment. Its latent and often
invisible counterparts are abuse and contamination. It is
here, in the absence of activity, that a ripe opportunity for
reactivation occurs, through the arts and their ability to reflect
society and help rearticulate the homogenous cityscape.
Program Definition: Defining cities has coincided with
identifying and understanding policies, programming
and funding opportunities. Encouraged by the National
Endowment for the Arts initiative to connect arts agencies,
local leaders, federal agencies and the philanthropic sector,
we extended our investigation into cities to that of suitable
sites within or in close proximity to the selected cities.
The departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
Transportation (DOT), the National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
the General Services Administration (GSA), among others,
provide broad information on the state, logics and logistics
of American cities, which, together with our earlier findings
have directed us towards predominantly disregarded, and
therefore often available, contaminated sites, brownfields or
Superfund sites as listed with the EPA.
The fact that these sites are reclaimed with Federal funds
ought to lead to their reintegration into public life and space.
Their actual state makes them not only a measure of what
has been lost or deliberately excluded but, once identified,
highlights potentials for a hybridized initiative connecting
local issues with cultural production simultaneously
activating and broadcasting urbanity.
Project Implementation: Cultural production builds
on the experience of framing issues of society and location.
In recent history, land art, conceptual art and photography
have all derived from the need to frame space and its
manifestations. Film, music, landscape, design, architecture
and public space, as cultural scapes or combining form,
respond to contemporary conditions and thereby define new
territories.
We will not take on the role of artists, nor curators.
Embracing current challenges, changes and potentials of
the architectural profession, we seek to define, establish,
program and implement what drives contemporary urbanity
and culture, the territory of which has indeed expanded, to
reactivate the complexity inherent in the city: transformation,
dialogue, education.
January 2011
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URBAN
EXHAUSTION
The overuse and subsequent decline of urban environments
is a common problem in many mid-size cities across the
United States. Through the exploitation of industrial,
social or ecological resources, cities shrink, production
centers fade and environmental resources are tapped
leaving foreclosed homes, abandoned warehouses and
unclaimed land behind as tarnished territories desperate for
repurposing.
These contaminated sites, once definitive of a city’s
development, now stand as the visual manifestation of
urban exhaustion, an idea that permeates the city fabric and
breeds anxiety about a community’s future. It is in these
locations where opportunity resides and a cultural armature
can intertwine with the social, political and economic
mechanisms of the city to realize a new potential.
Symptoms of Urban Exhaustion
The investigation of the contemporary American city yielded
a series of symptoms contributing to the fatigue of our urban
environments. These issues exist at a broad, national scale
but can be quickly identified at a regional, city-specific level.
They are the struggling city personified.
NEGATIVE IDENTITY: The presence and agglomeration of
high crime, economic deterioration and increasing vacancy
provoke negative sentiments with regard to a city’s overall
perception. The resulting image forecasts a city without
purpose and more frequently, the economic, cultural and
social generators that fuel a city’s growth and prosperity
begin to leave. Visitors, investors and its inhabitants are
discouraged from participating in the cultivation of city life.
FORECLOSURES: The recent economic downturn coupled
with high unemployment and the transitory lifestyle of the
average American, homes are the first and most expensive
asset to be left behind. When intensified, this condition
produces porous neighborhoods which remain utility rich in
services, but purpose poor.
MONOCULTURE: Cities dependent on one form of culture or
production, such as gambling or the transfer of goods, can
create not only a homogenous way of life, but a homogenous
cityscape. This focused specialization is sustainable until
there is an increase of external competition or a declining
demand. A city unable to adapt to contemporary needs
ultimately declines, leaving visual remnants of vibrancy, now
lost.
UNEMPLOYMENT: Migrating industries and economic
upheaval produces fewer jobs for a city’s inhabitants. At
the beginning of 2010, the US unemployment rate was at
an all time high of 10.6% displacing workers and inducing
additional strain on cities already attempting to cope with less
production and more human capital to sustain.
STRESSED RESOURCES: A consume-and-discard society will
produce a strain on natural resources when human demand
ultimately surpasses environmental supply. Endless energy
consumption, contamination of water aquifers and the prolific
development of the American landscape disregard the limits
of our surrounding environment and help accelerate the
expenditure of additional assets without replacement.
FAILING INDUSTRY: As material demands fade or production
centers move to other cities and countries, physical and
psychological residuals remain. Cities that identify with one
type of production, such as automobiles or transportation,
can often see entire populations and profits leave in tandem
with the departure of its main industry.
This just in:
California has the Largest number of arts-supporting non-profit organizations (14,768).
122,000: Number of American non-profit organizati
Americans hosts the Arts Prize which offers $250,000 to the best art exhibited. Anyone can enter and anyone can vote on their favorite work of art. The ev
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Contaminated Sites
A common thread among each of the components of urban exhaustion is the
emergence of the contaminated site, a physical byproduct of the voracious
consumption of goods, people and land. These locations, littered across
the American landscape and further articulated in our urban fabric, contain
residual hazardous substances in its air and soil from previous use, and await
cleansing and rehabilitation.
Federal Programs
In researching the exhausted urban condition, we came across several
federal initiatives supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) that quantify and address contaminated sites. The Brownfield and
Superfund programs of the EPA aim to return contaminated properties to
clean sites for reuse. This process produces a number of positive externalities
including increased local tax bases, facilitated job growth, repurposed existing
infrastructure and the removal of developmental pressures off of open land
while simultaneously improving and protecting the environment.
As the incorporation of the EPA’s programs on contaminated sites allowed a
focus on properties in need of ecological attention, the Mayor’s Institute on
City Design (MICD) program under the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
concentrates on the role of arts and culture at the city scale. MICD brings
together mayors and design professionals from across the United States to
discuss options for urban development and incorporate the arts into the city
evolution process. The program also locates arts initiatives within individual
cities and provides funding for the implementation of programs designed to
rehabilitate both the cultural and urban fabric of individual American cities.
Additional federal agencies such as the General Services Administration (GSA)
and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) serve as a
backdrop for a possible collaborative effort at a national level while directly
addressing issues related to urban exhaustion from a design perspective. The
overlapping agendas and locations of these federal initiatives coupled with our
own city selection produces sites ready for cultural intervention and immediate
reactivation.
Harvey, IL
Dixie Square Mall
photo by A SYN
ions dedicated to Arts and Culture.
45: Median age of Arts participants.
1.4%: Percentage of artists in the US labor force.
Nearly 2 million
vent transforms the city for two weeks. During that time, the population of Grand Rapids grows from 193,710 to 334,219 people. All prize money is donated
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Oakland
CA
409,189 | Raleigh
NC
405,612 | Colorado Springs
CO
399,827 | Tulsa OK 389,625 | Minneapolis
MN 385,378 | Arlington TX 380,085 | Honolulu HI 374,658 | Wichita KS
372,186 | St. Louis MO 356,587 | New Orleans LA 354,850 | Tampa FL 343,890 | Santa
CA340,338 | Anaheim CA 337,896 | Cincinnati OH 333,012 | Bakersfield CA 324,463 | Aurora CO 323,348
316,179 | Pittsburgh PA 311,647 | Riverside CA 297,841 | Lexington-Fayette KY 296,545 | Stockton CA 287,578 | Corpus Christi TX
Anchorage AK 286,174 | St. Paul city MN 281,253 | Newark NJ 278,154 | Plano TX 273,613 | Buffalo NY 270,240 | Henderson NV 256,445 | Fort Wayne IN
Greensboro NC 255,124 | Lincoln NE 254,001 | Glendale AZ 253,209 | Chandler AZ 249,535 | St. Petersburg FL 244,324 | Jersey City NJ 242,503 | Scottsdale AZ 237,844 | Orlando FL 235,860 | Madison WI
VA 233,333 | Birmingham AL 230,131 | Winston-Salem NC 229,828 | Durham NC 229,171 | Laredo TX 226,124 | Lubbock TX 225,859 | Baton Rouge LA 225,388 | North Las Vegas NV 224,387 | Chula Vista CA 223,739 | ChesaGilbert AZ 222,075 | Garland TX 222,013 | Reno NV 219,636 | Hialeah FL 218,896 | Arlington VA 217,483 | Irvine CA 209,716 | Rochester NY 207,294 | Akron OH 207,209 | Boise ID 205,707 | Irving TX 205,541 | Fremont CA 205,517 |
Spokane WA 203,268 | Modesto CA 202,743 | Montgomery AL 202,124 | Yonkers NY 201,066 | Des Moines IA 200,538 | Tacoma WA 199,638 | Shreveport LA 199,244 | San Bernardino CA 198,411 | Fayetteville NC 198,071 | Glendale CA 196,882 |
194,343 | Grand Rapids MI 193,710 | Huntington Beach CA 193,366 | Mobile AL 193,205 | Newport News VA 193,172 | Little Rock AK 191,933 | Moreno Valley CA 191,754 | Columbus GA 190,414 | Amarillo TX 189,392 | Fontana CA 188,013 |
Knoxville TN 185,100 | Fort Lauderdale FL 184,892 | Salt Lake City UT 183,102 | Worcester MA182,882 | Huntsville AL 179,652 | Tempe AZ 178,519 | Brownsville TX 176,859 | Jackson MS 175,021 | Overland Park KS 174,907 | Aurora
CA 172,901 | Tallahassee FL 172,574 | Providence RI 171,909 | Rancho Cucamonga CA 171,809 | Ontario CA 171,603 | Chattanooga TN 171,350 | Santa Clarita CA 169,174 | Garden Grove CA 166,332 | Vancouver WA 165,742 | Grand Prairie
T
163,226 | Sioux Falls SD 158,008 | Springfield MO 157,630 | Santa Rosa CA 157,468 | Rockford IL 157,280 | Springfield MA 155,580 | Salem OR 155,469 | Port St. Lucie FL 154,410 | Cape Coral FL 154,202 | Dayton OH 153,843 | Eugene OR
153,
151,027 | Alexandria VA 150,006 | Joliet IL 147,648 | Pembroke Pines FL 146,600 | Paterson NJ 145,835 | Pasadena TX 145,789 | Lancaster CA 145,776 | Hayward CA 144,291 | Salinas CA 144,278 | Hampton VA 144,236 | Palmdale CA 143,985 |
Pasadena
Hollywood FL142,622 | Lakewood CO 141,937 | Torrance CA 140,317 | Escondido CA 140,170 | Fort Collins CO 138,733 | Syracuse NY 138,560 | Bridgeport CT 137,298 | Orange CA 136,990 | Cary NC136,637 | Elk Grove CA 135,285 | Savannah GA 134,699 | Sunnyva
Fullerton CA 132,620 | McAllen TX 132,225 | Columbia SC 129,333 | Carrollton TX 129,209 | Cedar Rapids IA 127,764 | McKinney TX 127,672 | Sterling Heights MI 127,176 | Bellevue WA 126,626 | Coral Springs FL 126,518 | Waco TX 126,222 | Elizabeth NJ 125,285 |
Topeka KS 124,331 | Hartford CT 124,060 | Thousand Oaks CA 123,520 | New Haven CT 123,330 | Denton TX 122,830 | Concord CA 122,224 | Visalia CA 122,111 | Olathe KS 121,962 | El Monte CA 121,447 | Independence MO 121,180 | Stamford CT 121,026 | Simi Valley
Springfield IL 118,033 | Thornton CO 117,628 | Abilene TX 117,180 | Gainesville FL 116,616 | Evansville IN 116,584 | Roseville CA 115,677 | Charleston SC 115,638 | Peoria IL 115,520 | Athens-Clarke GA 114,983 | Lafayette LA 114,915 | Vallejo CA 114,622 | Lansing M
Clara CA 111,997 | Flint MI 111,475 | Victorville CA 110,921 | Costa Mesa CA 110,419 | Beaumont TX 110,110 | Miami Gardens FL 109,332 | Manchester NH 109,279 | Westminster CO 109,180 | Miramar FL 109,176 | Norman OK 109,062 | Cambridge MA 108,771 | Midla
Elgin IL 107,519 | Waterbury CT 107,143 | Downey CA 107,117 | Clearwater FL 106,081 | Billings MT 105,845 | West Covina CA 105,464 | Round Rock TX 105,424 | Murfreesboro TN 105,209 | Lewisville TX 105,170 | West Jordan UT 104,968 | Pueblo CO 104,877 | San Bu
IN 104,215 | Fairfield CA 103,586 | Erie PA 103,571 | Rochester MN 103,486 | High Point NC 103,368 | Richardson TX 103,201 | Richmond CA 103,165 | Burbank CA 103,121 | Berkeley CA 102,804 | Pompano Beach FL 102,609 | Norwalk CA 102,508 | Frisco TX 102,413 |
| Green Bay WI 101,412 | Wilmington NC 101,350 | Davenport IA 101,335 | Wichita Falls TX 101,314 | Antioch CA 101,181 | Palm Bay FL 100,999 | Odessa TX 100,810 | Centennial CO 100,557 | Boulder CO 100,160 | Oakland CA 409,189 | Raleigh NC 405,612 | Colorado S
380,085 | Honolulu HI 374,658 | Wichita KS 372,186 | St. Louis MO 356,587 | New Orleans LA 354,850 | Tampa FL 343,890 | Santa Ana CA340,338 | Anaheim CA 337,896 | Cincinnati OH 333,012 | Bakersfield CA 324,463 | Aurora CO 323,348 | Toledo OH 316,179 | Pittsbur
Corpus Christi TX 287,439 | Anchorage AK 286,174 | St. Paul city MN 281,253 | Newark NJ 278,154 | Plano TX 273,613 | Buffalo NY 270,240 | Henderson NV 256,445 | Fort Wayne IN 255,890 | Greensboro NC 255,124 | Lincoln NE 254,001 | Glendale AZ 253,209 | Chandle
Orlando FL 235,860 | Madison WI 235,419 | Norfolk VA 233,333 | Birmingham AL 230,131 | Winston-Salem NC 229,828 | Durham NC 229,171 | Laredo TX 226,124 | Lubbock TX 225,859 | Baton Rouge LA 225,388 | North Las Vegas NV 224,387 | Chula Vista CA 223,739 | Ch
218,896 | Arlington VA 217,483 | Irvine CA 209,716 | Rochester NY 207,294 | Akron OH 207,209 | Boise ID 205,707 | Irving TX 205,541 | Fremont CA 205,517 | Richmond VA 204,451 | Spokane WA 203,268 | Modesto CA 202,743 | Montgomery AL 202,124 | Yonkers NY 201,066
CA 198,411 | Fayetteville NC 198,071 | Glendale CA 196,882 | Augusta-Richmond GA 194,343 | Grand Rapids MI 193,710 | Huntington Beach CA 193,366 | Mobile AL 193,205 | Newport News VA 193,172 | Little Rock AK 191,933 | Moreno Valley CA 191,754 | Columbus GA 190
TN 185,100 | Fort Lauderdale FL 184,892 | Salt Lake City UT 183,102 | Worcester MA182,882 | Huntsville AL 179,652 | Tempe AZ 178,519 | Brownsville TX 176,859 | Jackson MS 175,021 | Overland Park KS 174,907 | Aurora IL172,950 | Oceanside CA 172,901 | Tallahassee F
Chattanooga TN 171,350 | Santa Clarita CA 169,174 | Garden Grove CA 166,332 | Vancouver WA 165,742 | Grand Prairie TX 163,351 | Peoria AZ 163,226 | Sioux Falls SD 158,008 | Springfield MO 157,630 | Santa Rosa CA 157,468 | Rockford IL 157,280 | Springfield MA 155,5
153,843 | Eugene OR 153,272 | Pomona CA 152,367 | Corona CA 151,027 | Alexandria VA 150,006 | Joliet IL 147,648 | Pembroke Pines FL 146,600 | Paterson NJ 145,835 | Pasadena TX 145,789 | Lancaster CA 145,776 | Hayward CA 144,291 | Salinas CA 144,278 | Hampton
KS 143,209 | Hollywood FL142,622 | Lakewood CO 141,937 | Torrance CA 140,317 | Escondido CA 140,170 | Fort Collins CO 138,733 | Syracuse NY 138,560 | Bridgeport CT 137,298 | Orange CA 136,990 | Cary NC136,637 | Elk Grove CA 135,285 | Savannah GA 134,699 | Sunn
McAllen TX 132,225 | Columbia SC 129,333 | Carrollton TX 129,209 | Cedar Rapids IA 127,764 | McKinney TX 127,672 | Sterling Heights MI 127,176 | Bellevue WA 126,626 | Coral Springs FL 126,518 | Waco TX 126,222 | Elizabeth NJ 125,285 | West Valley City UT 125,096 | C
123,330 | Denton TX 122,830 | Concord CA 122,224 | Visalia CA 122,111 | Olathe KS 121,962 | El Monte CA 121,447 | Independence MO 121,180 | Stamford CT 121,026 | Simi Valley CA 120,921 | Provo UT 119,775 | Killeen TX 119,512 | Springfield IL 118,033 | Thornton CO 11
115,638 | Peoria IL 115,520 | Athens-Clarke GA 114,983 | Lafayette LA 114,915 | Vallejo CA 114,622 | Lansing MI 113,802 | Ann Arbor MI 112,920 | Inglewood CA 112,241 | Santa Clara CA 111,997 | Flint MI 111,475 | Victorville CA 110,921 | Costa Mesa CA 110,419 | Beaum
Norman OK 109,062 | Cambridge MA 108,771 | Midland TX 108,668 | Arvada city CO 108,208 | Allentown PA 107,815 | Elgin IL 107,519 | Waterbury CT 107,143 | Downey CA 107,117 | Clearwater FL 106,081 | Billings MT 105,845 | West Covina CA 105,464 | Round Rock TX
Buenaventura (Ventura) CA 104,423 | Lowell MA 104,390 | South Bend IN 104,215 | Fairfield CA 103,586 | Erie PA 103,571 | Rochester MN 103,486 | High Point NC 103,368 | Richardson TX 103,201 | Richmond CA 103,165 | Burbank CA 103,121 | Berkeley CA 102,804 | P
Daly City CA 102,165 | Green Bay WI 101,412 | Wilmington NC 101,350 | Davenport IA 101,335 | Wichita Falls TX 101,314 | Antioch CA 101,181 | Palm Bay FL 100,999 | Odessa TX 100,810 | Centennial CO 100,557 | Boulder CO 100,160 | Oakland CA 409,189 | Raleigh NC
Honolulu HI 374,658 | Wichita KS 372,186 | St. Louis MO 356,587 | New Orleans LA 354,850 | Tampa FL 343,890 | Santa Ana CA340,338 | Anaheim CA 337,896 | Cincinnati OH 333,012 | Bakersfield CA 324,463 | Aurora CO 323,348 | Toledo OH 316,179 | Pittsburgh PA 3
Anchorage AK 286,174 | St. Paul city MN 281,253 | Newark NJ 278,154 | Plano TX 273,613 | Buffalo NY 270,240 | Henderson NV 256,445 | Fort Wayne IN 255,890 | Greensboro NC 255,124 | Lincoln NE 254,001 | Glendale AZ 253,209 | Chandler AZ 249,535 | St. Petersb
VA 233,333 | Birmingham AL 230,131 | Winston-Salem NC 229,828 | Durham NC 229,171 | Laredo TX 226,124 | Lubbock TX 225,859 | Baton Rouge LA 225,388 | North Las Vegas NV 224,387 | Chula Vista CA 223,739 | Chesapeake VA 222,455 | Gilbert AZ 222,075 | Garl
207,294 | Akron OH 207,209 | Boise ID 205,707 | Irving TX 205,541 | Fremont CA 205,517 | Richmond VA 204,451 | Spokane WA 203,268 | Modesto CA 202,743 | Montgomery AL 202,124 | Yonkers NY 201,066 | Des Moines IA 200,538 | Tacoma WA 199,638 | Shrevepor
194,343 | Grand Rapids MI 193,710 | Huntington Beach CA 193,366 | Mobile AL 193,205 | Newport News VA 193,172 | Little Rock AK 191,933 | Moreno Valley CA 191,754 | Columbus GA 190,414 | Amarillo TX 189,392 | Fontana CA 188,013 | Oxnard CA 187,535 | Knox
AL 179,652 | Tempe AZ 178,519 | Brownsville TX 176,859 | Jackson MS 175,021 | Overland Park KS 174,907 | Aurora IL172,950 | Oceanside CA 172,901 | Tallahassee FL 172,574 | Providence RI 171,909 | Rancho Cucamonga CA 171,809 | Ontario CA 171,603 | Chattan
Prairie TX 163,351 | Peoria AZ 163,226 | Sioux Falls SD 158,008 | Springfield MO 157,630 | Santa Rosa CA 157,468 | Rockford IL 157,280 | Springfield MA 155,580 | Salem OR 155,469 | Port St. Lucie FL 154,410 | Cape Coral FL 154,202 | Dayton OH 153,843 | Eugene
Pines FL 146,600 | Paterson NJ 145,835 | Pasadena TX 145,789 | Lancaster CA 145,776 | Hayward CA 144,291 | Salinas CA 144,278 | Hampton VA 144,236 | Palmdale CA 143,985 | Pasadena CA 143,667 | Naperville IL 143,661 | Kansas City KS 143,209 | Hollywood
Syracuse NY 138,560 | Bridgeport CT 137,298 | Orange CA 136,990 | Cary NC136,637 | Elk Grove CA 135,285 | Savannah GA 134,699 | Sunnyvale CA 133,963 | Warren MI 133,873 | Mesquite TX 133,509 | Fullerton CA 132,620 | McAllen TX 132,225 | Columbia SC 12
Bellevue WA 126,626 | Coral Springs FL 126,518 | Waco TX 126,222 | Elizabeth NJ 125,285 | West Valley City UT 125,096 | Clarksville TN 124,565 | Topeka KS 124,331 | Hartford CT 124,060 | Thousand Oaks CA 123,520 | New Haven CT 123,330 | Denton TX 122,8
| Stamford CT 121,026 | Simi Valley CA 120,921 | Provo UT 119,775 | Killeen TX 119,512 | Springfield IL 118,033 | Thornton CO 117,628 | Abilene TX 117,180 | Gainesville FL 116,616 | Evansville IN 116,584 | Roseville CA 115,677 | Charleston SC 115,638 | Peoria
MI 112,920 | Inglewood CA 112,241 | Santa Clara CA 111,997 | Flint MI 111,475 | Victorville CA 110,921 | Costa Mesa CA 110,419 | Beaumont TX 110,110 | Miami Gardens FL 109,332 | Manchester NH 109,279 | Westminster CO 109,180 | Miramar FL 109,176 | N
Elgin IL 107,519 | Waterbury CT 107,143 | Downey CA 107,117 | Clearwater FL 106,081 | Billings MT 105,845 | West Covina CA 105,464 | Round Rock TX 105,424 | Murfreesboro TN 105,209 | Lewisville TX 105,170 | West Jordan UT 104,968 | Pueblo CO 104,877
103,571 | Rochester MN 103,486 | High Point NC 103,368 | Richardson TX 103,201 | Richmond CA 103,165 | Burbank CA 103,121 | Berkeley CA 102,804 | Pompano Beach FL 102,609 | Norwalk CA 102,508 | Frisco TX 102,413 | Columbia MO 102,324 | Gresham O
Falls TX 101,314 | Antioch CA 101,181 | Palm Bay FL 100,999 | Odessa TX 100,810 | Centennial CO 100,557 | Boulder CO 100,160 | Oakland CA 409,189 | Raleigh NC 405,612 | Colorado Springs CO 399,827 | Tulsa OK 389,625 | Minneapolis MN 385,378 | A
Tampa FL 343,890 | Santa Ana CA340,338 | Anaheim CA 337,896 | Cincinnati OH 333,012 | Bakersfield CA 324,463 | Aurora CO 323,348 | Toledo OH 316,179 | Pittsburgh PA 311,647 | Riverside CA 297,841 | Lexington-Fayette KY 296,545 | Stockton CA
Plano TX 273,613 | Buffalo NY 270,240 | Henderson NV 256,445 | Fort Wayne IN 255,890 | Greensboro NC 255,124 | Lincoln NE 254,001 | Glendale AZ 253,209 | Chandler AZ 249,535 | St. Petersburg FL 244,324 | Jersey City NJ 242,503 | Scottsdale AZ
Salem NC 229,828 | Durham NC 229,171 | Laredo TX 226,124 | Lubbock TX 225,859 | Baton Rouge LA 225,388 | North Las Vegas NV 224,387 | Chula Vista CA 223,739 | Chesapeake VA 222,455 | Gilbert AZ 222,075 | Garland TX 222,013 | Reno NV
207,209 | Boise ID 205,707 | Irving TX 205,541 | Fremont CA 205,517 | Richmond VA 204,451 | Spokane WA 203,268 | Modesto CA 202,743 | Montgomery AL 202,124 | Yonkers NY 201,066 | Des Moines IA 200,538 | Tacoma WA 199,638 | Shreve
Richmond GA 194,343 | Grand Rapids MI 193,710 | Huntington Beach CA 193,366 | Mobile AL 193,205 | Newport News VA 193,172 | Little Rock AK 191,933 | Moreno Valley CA 191,754 | Columbus GA 190,414 | Amarillo TX 189,392 | Fontana
UT 183,102 | Worcester MA182,882 | Huntsville AL 179,652 | Tempe AZ 178,519 | Brownsville TX 176,859 | Jackson MS 175,021 | Overland Park KS 174,907 | Aurora IL172,950 | Oceanside CA 172,901 | Tallahassee FL 172,574 | Providence
Clarita CA 169,174 | Garden Grove CA 166,332 | Vancouver WA 165,742 | Grand Prairie TX 163,351 | Peoria AZ 163,226 | Sioux Falls SD 158,008 | Springfield MO 157,630 | Santa Rosa CA 157,468 | Rockford IL 157,280 | Springfield MA 155
| Eugene OR 153,272 | Pomona CA 152,367 | Corona CA 151,027 | Alexandria VA 150,006 | Joliet IL 147,648 | Pembroke Pines FL 146,600 | Paterson NJ 145,835 | Pasadena TX 145,789 | Lancaster CA 145,776 | Hayward CA 144,291 | Salin
ville IL 143,661 | Kansas City KS 143,209 | Hollywood FL142,622 | Lakewood CO 141,937 | Torrance CA 140,317 | Escondido CA 140,170 | Fort Collins CO 138,733 | Syracuse NY 138,560 | Bridgeport CT 137,298 | Orange CA 136,990 | Cary
MI 133,873 | Mesquite TX 133,509 | Fullerton CA 132,620 | McAllen TX 132,225 | Columbia SC 129,333 | Carrollton TX 129,209 | Cedar Rapids IA 127,764 | McKinney TX 127,672 | Sterling Heights MI 127,176 | Bellevu
Valley City UT 125,096 | Clarksville TN 124,565 | Topeka KS 124,331 | Hartford CT 124,060 | Thousand Oaks CA 123,520 | New Haven CT 123,330 | Denton TX 122,830 | Concord CA 122,224 | Visalia CA 122,111 | Olathe
Simi Valley CA 120,921 | Provo UT 119,775 | Killeen TX 119,512 | Springfield IL 118,033 | Thornton CO 117,628 | Abilene TX 117,180 | Gainesville FL 116,616 | Evansville IN 116,584 | Roseville CA 115,677 | Charle
114,915 | Vallejo CA 114,622 | Lansing MI 113,802 | Ann Arbor MI 112,920 | Inglewood CA 112,241 | Santa Clara CA 111,997 | Flint MI 111,475 | Victorville CA 110,921 | Costa Mesa CA 110,419 | Beaumont TX
109,180 | Miramar FL 109,176 | Norman OK 109,062 | Cambridge MA 108,771 | Midland TX 108,668 | Arvada city CO 108,208 | Allentown PA 107,815 | Elgin IL 107,519 | Waterbury CT 107,143 | Downey C
| Round Rock TX 105,424 | Murfreesboro TN 105,209 | Lewisville TX 105,170 | West Jordan UT 104,968 | Pueblo CO 104,877 | San Buenaventura (Ventura) CA 104,423 | Lowell MA 104,390 | South B
High Point NC 103,368 | Richardson TX 103,201 | Richmond CA 103,165 | Burbank CA 103,121 | Berkeley CA 102,804 | Pompano Beach FL 102,609 | Norwalk CA 102,508 | Frisco TX 102,413 | C
WI 101,412 | Wilmington
NC 101,350 | Davenport IA 101,335 | Wichita Falls TX 101,314 | Antioch CA 101,181 | Palm Bay FL 100,999 | Odessa TX 100,810 | Centennial CO 100,557 | Bould
CO 399,827
| Tulsa OK 389,625 | Minneapolis MN 385,378 | Arlington TX 380,085 | Honolulu HI 374,658 | Wichita KS 372,186 | St. Louis MO 356,587 | New O
337,896 | Cincinnati OH 333,012 | Bakersfield CA 324,463 | Aurora CO 323,348 | Toledo OH 316,179 | Pittsburgh PA 311,647 | Riverside CA 297
287,439 | Anchorage AK 286,174 | St. Paul city MN 281,253 | Newark NJ 278,154 | Plano TX 273,613 | Buffalo NY 270,240 | Henderson NV 2
| Glendale AZ 253,209 | Chandler AZ 249,535 | St. Petersburg FL 244,324 | Jersey City NJ 242,503 | Scottsdale AZ 237,844 | Orlando FL 2
Winston-Salem NC 229,828 | Durham NC 229,171 | Laredo TX 226,124 | Lubbock TX 225,859 | Baton Rouge LA 225,388 | North Las Ve
222,075 | Garland TX 222,013 | Reno NV 219,636 | Hialeah FL 218,896 | Arlington VA 217,483 | Irvine CA 209,716 | Rochester NY 207
205,517 | Richmond VA 204,451 | Spokane WA 203,268 | Modesto CA 202,743 | Montgomery AL 202,124 | Yonkers NY 201,066 | De
Shreveport LA 199,244 | San Bernardino CA 198,411 | Fayetteville NC 198,071 | Glendale CA 196,882 | Augusta-Richmond GA 194
Huntington Beach CA 193,366 | Mobile AL 193,205 | Newport News VA 193,172 | Little Rock AK 191,933 | Moreno Valley CA 191,7
190,414 |
Amarillo TX 189,392 | Fontana CA 188,013 | Oxnard CA 187,535 | Knoxville TN 185,100 | Fort Lauder
Lake
City UT 183,102 | Worcester MA182,882 | Huntsville AL
179,652
178,519 | Brownsville TX 176,859 | Jackson MS
Overland Park KS 174,907 | Aurora IL172,950 |
172,901 | Tallahassee FL 172,574 |
171,909 | Rancho Cucamonga CA
171,603 | Chattanooga TN
Clarita CA 169,174 |
166,332 | Vancouver
Prairie TX 163,351 |
163,226 | Sioux
158,008 |
MO 157,630 |
Rosa CA
157,468 |
Tacoma WA
T
Merced-Atwater CA
New Orleans LA
CITY SCAN
As a critical extension of the NEA’s Mayor Institute on
City Design program, the Suprastudio intends to address
contemporary urban issues by identifying a series of U.S.
cities that are struggling to persevere. The selection of
these prototypical cities will provide an opportunity to
develop a program that engages both the existing city fabric
as well as the effects of urban exhaustion.
The cities were selected via information scans of both hard
and soft data.
Hard Data
In order to work at a manageable scale, only cities with a
population between 50,000 and 400,000 inhabitants were
analyzed. First, a hard data scan was used to reduce the
list of cities that require immediate action. This scan
incorporated figures and statistics from the U.S. Census
Bureau including demographic data and population migration
as well as national unemployment and foreclosure trends.
are artists.
Artists are 3.5 times more likely to be self-employed.
Half of all artists live in 30 metropolitan areas.
Largest public arts funder in
DeVos, a private entrepreneur.
The Doors become the house band at the Whiskey a Go-Go on the Sunset Strip, June 1966.
Michael Jackson unveils his Moonw
WEEK 24/42 SUPRASTUDIO 7
Ana
| Toledo OH
287,439 |
255,890 |
235,419 | Norfolk
peake VA 222,455 |
Richmond VA 204,451 |
Augusta-Richmond GA
Oxnard CA 187,535 |
IL172,950 | Oceanside
TX
163,351 | Peoria AZ
,272 |
Pomona
CA 152,367 | Corona CA
CA 143,667 | Naperville IL 143,661
| Kansas City KS 143,209 |
ale CA 133,963 | Warren
MI
133,873 | Mesquite TX 133,509 |
West Valley City
UT 125,096 | Clarksville TN 124,565 |
y CA 120,921 |
Provo
UT 119,775 | Killeen TX 119,512 |
MI 113,802 |
Ann Arbor MI
112,920 | Inglewood CA 112,241 | Santa
and TX
108,668 | Arvada
city CO 108,208 | Allentown PA 107,815 |
uenaventura (Ventura) CA
104,423 | Lowell MA 104,390 | South Bend
| Columbia
MO 102,324 |
Gresham OR 102,295 | Daly City CA 102,165
Springs CO
399,827 | Tulsa OK
389,625 | Minneapolis MN 385,378 | Arlington TX
rgh PA
311,647 | Riverside
CA
297,841 | Lexington-Fayette KY 296,545 | Stockton CA 287,578 |
er AZ
249,535 | St.
Petersburg FL 244,324 | Jersey City NJ 242,503 | Scottsdale AZ 237,844 |
hesapeake
VA 222,455 | Gilbert AZ
222,075 | Garland TX 222,013 | Reno NV 219,636 | Hialeah FL
6 | Des
Moines IA 200,538 | Tacoma
WA 199,638 | Shreveport LA 199,244 | San Bernardino
0,414 |
Amarillo TX 189,392 |
Fontana CA 188,013 | Oxnard CA 187,535 | Knoxville
FL 172,574 |
Providence RI 171,909 |
Rancho Cucamonga CA 171,809 | Ontario CA 171,603
|
580 | Salem
OR 155,469 | Port St.
Lucie FL 154,410 | Cape Coral FL 154,202 | Dayton OH
VA 144,236 |
Palmdale CA 143,985 |
Pasadena CA 143,667 | Naperville IL 143,661 | Kansas City
nyvale CA
133,963 | Warren MI
133,873 | Mesquite TX 133,509 | Fullerton CA 132,620 |
Clarksville TN
124,565 | Topeka KS 124,331 | Hartford CT 124,060 | Thousand Oaks CA 123,520 | New Haven CT
17,628 | Abilene TX 117,180 | Gainesville FL 116,616 | Evansville IN 116,584 | Roseville CA 115,677 | Charleston SC
mont TX 110,110 | Miami Gardens FL 109,332 | Manchester NH 109,279 | Westminster CO 109,180 | Miramar FL 109,176 |
X 105,424 | Murfreesboro TN 105,209 | Lewisville TX 105,170 | West Jordan UT 104,968 | Pueblo CO 104,877 | San
Pompano Beach FL 102,609 | Norwalk CA 102,508 | Frisco TX 102,413 | Columbia MO 102,324 | Gresham OR 102,295 |
C 405,612 | Colorado Springs CO 399,827 | Tulsa OK 389,625 | Minneapolis MN 385,378 | Arlington TX 380,085 |
311,647 | Riverside CA 297,841 | Lexington-Fayette KY 296,545 | Stockton CA 287,578 | Corpus Christi TX 287,439 |
burg FL 244,324 | Jersey City NJ 242,503 | Scottsdale AZ 237,844 | Orlando FL 235,860 | Madison WI 235,419 | Norfolk
land TX 222,013 | Reno NV 219,636 | Hialeah FL 218,896 | Arlington VA 217,483 | Irvine CA 209,716 | Rochester NY
rt LA 199,244 | San Bernardino CA 198,411 | Fayetteville NC 198,071 | Glendale CA 196,882 | Augusta-Richmond GA
xville TN 185,100 | Fort Lauderdale FL 184,892 | Salt Lake City UT 183,102 | Worcester MA182,882 | Huntsville
nooga TN 171,350 | Santa Clarita CA 169,174 | Garden Grove CA 166,332 | Vancouver WA 165,742 | Grand
e OR 153,272 | Pomona CA 152,367 | Corona CA 151,027 | Alexandria VA 150,006 | Joliet IL 147,648 | Pembroke
FL142,622 | Lakewood CO 141,937 | Torrance CA 140,317 | Escondido CA 140,170 | Fort Collins CO 138,733 |
29,333 | Carrollton TX 129,209 | Cedar Rapids IA 127,764 | McKinney TX 127,672 | Sterling Heights MI 127,176 |
830 | Concord CA 122,224 | Visalia CA 122,111 | Olathe KS 121,962 | El Monte CA 121,447 | Independence MO 121,180
a IL 115,520 | Athens-Clarke GA 114,983 | Lafayette LA 114,915 | Vallejo CA 114,622 | Lansing MI 113,802 | Ann Arbor
Norman OK 109,062 | Cambridge MA 108,771 | Midland TX 108,668 | Arvada city CO 108,208 | Allentown PA 107,815 |
| San Buenaventura (Ventura) CA 104,423 | Lowell MA 104,390 | South Bend IN 104,215 | Fairfield CA 103,586 | Erie PA
OR 102,295 | Daly City CA 102,165 | Green Bay WI 101,412 | Wilmington NC 101,350 | Davenport IA 101,335 | Wichita
Arlington TX 380,085 | Honolulu HI 374,658 | Wichita KS 372,186 | St. Louis MO 356,587 | New Orleans LA 354,850 |
287,578 | Corpus Christi TX 287,439 | Anchorage AK 286,174 | St. Paul city MN 281,253 | Newark NJ 278,154 |
Z 237,844 | Orlando FL 235,860 | Madison WI 235,419 | Norfolk VA 233,333 | Birmingham AL 230,131 | WinstonV 219,636 | Hialeah FL 218,896 | Arlington VA 217,483 | Irvine CA 209,716 | Rochester NY 207,294 | Akron OH
eport LA 199,244 | San Bernardino CA 198,411 | Fayetteville NC 198,071 | Glendale CA 196,882 | Augustaa CA 188,013 | Oxnard CA 187,535 | Knoxville TN 185,100 | Fort Lauderdale FL 184,892 | Salt Lake City
e RI 171,909 | Rancho Cucamonga CA 171,809 | Ontario CA 171,603 | Chattanooga TN 171,350 | Santa
5,580 | Salem OR 155,469 | Port St. Lucie FL 154,410 | Cape Coral FL 154,202 | Dayton OH 153,843
nas CA 144,278 | Hampton VA 144,236 | Palmdale CA 143,985 | Pasadena CA 143,667 | Napery NC136,637 | Elk Grove CA 135,285 | Savannah GA 134,699 | Sunnyvale CA 133,963 | Warren
ue WA 126,626 | Coral Springs FL 126,518 | Waco TX 126,222 | Elizabeth NJ 125,285 | West
e KS 121,962 | El Monte CA 121,447 | Independence MO 121,180 | Stamford CT 121,026 |
eston SC 115,638 | Peoria IL 115,520 | Athens-Clarke GA 114,983 | Lafayette LA
X 110,110 | Miami Gardens FL 109,332 | Manchester NH 109,279 | Westminster CO
CA 107,117 | Clearwater FL 106,081 | Billings MT 105,845 | West Covina CA 105,464
Bend IN 104,215 | Fairfield CA 103,586 | Erie PA 103,571 | Rochester MN 103,486 |
Columbia MO 102,324 | Gresham OR 102,295 | Daly City CA 102,165 | Green Bay
der CO 100,160 | Oakland CA 409,189 | Raleigh NC 405,612 | Colorado Springs
Orleans LA 354,850 | Tampa FL 343,890 | Santa Ana CA340,338 | Anaheim CA
7,841 | Lexington-Fayette KY 296,545 | Stockton CA 287,578 | Corpus Christi TX
256,445 | Fort Wayne IN 255,890 | Greensboro NC 255,124 | Lincoln NE 254,001
235,860 | Madison WI 235,419 | Norfolk VA 233,333 | Birmingham AL 230,131 |
egas NV 224,387 | Chula Vista CA 223,739 | Chesapeake VA 222,455 | Gilbert AZ
7,294 | Akron OH 207,209 | Boise ID 205,707 | Irving TX 205,541 | Fremont CA
es Moines IA
200,538 |
Tacoma WA 199,638 |
4,343 |
Grand
Rapids MI 193,710 |
754 |
Columbus GA
rdale FL
184,892 | Salt
2|
Tempe AZ
175,021 |
Oceanside CA
Providence RI
171,809 | Ontario CA
171,350 | Santa
Garden Grove CA
WA 165,742 | Grand
Peoria AZ
Falls SD
Springfield
Santa
Flint MI
Toledo OH
A
US INTERSTATES
Cleveland OH
Atlantic City NJ
US METRO AREAS
UNEMPLOYMENT
low
high
Mobile AL
FORECLOSURES
low
high
selectedSelected
cities
Cities
cities investigated
Cities
Examined
Greensboro NC 255,124
“City - population”
“City”
- “Population”
EPA REGIONS AND SUPERFUND SITES
The existing EPA system divides the country into 10 regions
allowing a categorical scan of contaminated sites for
possible redevelopment. The ability to tap into this preestablished database enables a selection of both city and site
with real potential, confronting real issues.
n an urban area: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs annual budget $118m.
First municipality to support art collection: Chicago, 1914.
walk during a television special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Motown, March 25, 1983.
Ozzy Osborne bites the head off a bat, January 20, 1982.
RACIAL TENSION
Culture intervention?
MEND A HISTORIC CITY
NEGATIVE IDENTITY
APPLY CULTURE TO BRIDGE GAPS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRENDS.
- from hurricane and racial tension
+ from rich cultural history
CULTURAL CAPITAL
MARDI GRAS, JAZZ, THEATER, VISUAL
EDUCATION INCORPORATION
ART AND CULTURE INTRODUCED INTO CURRICULUM TO MEND TENSIONS?
TION
ORTS
ZED
EPARATED FROM CITY
paration
ENGAGE WATERFRONT/DOWNTOWN
CCESS TO BEACH, WATER REC
to nearest beach
RE
REACTIVATION OF
ABANDONED BLDGS
s NOLA, Savannah - untouched area in dtown n-hoods
NEW URBANISM AS
REBUILDING SOLUTION?
E DUE TO KATRINA
Mobile and surrounding Gulf communities
possible
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE PORT
INSURANCE
Influx of tourists
sue after Katrina
LARGE CONTAINER STORAGE FACILITY
RCES
ECOLOGICAL FOCUSED INITIATIVE
+ CONTEMPORARY ART ?
N
eive Katrina/Oil spill coverage
SPACE 301: CONTEMPORARY ARTS
New space part of urban redevelopment, inclu. music stage
ACTIVE IN “TRADITIONAL” ARTS
Symphony, ballet and opera all well-attended
ENERGY IMPROVEMENT GRANT
2010 recipient from Department of Energy
DEMOGRAPHICS
“the block”
Legal graffiti rock for citizen comments
LEADERS
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACTIVE IN IMPROVING CITY
Grassroots movement: bike lanes to downtown
ACTIVE MAYOR
“FLINT FUTURE NOW”
Non-profit to improve community
I Q U I LT
Initiative connecting parks and cultural districts
IDENTITY
‘Real Art Ways’ has art edu. program
tagreted at young students
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
HUGE METRO AREA TO PULL FROM
With 1.1 Million people to pull from the audience has potential to be greatly expanded
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
VERY
ACTIVE ARTS COUNCIL
Self proclaimeed role of “Filing your social calender” with arts and culture
INSURANCE CITY
High crime has been one of Hartfords biggest challenges in the
past decade
LEADERS
FUNDERS
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
RIVER SPLITS CITY
Separation of downtown/arts and education center
BRIDGES AS SITE FOR ART?
URBAN VOIDS - PARKING LOTS
URBAN INFILL
Asphalt and cars take up majority of downtown space
Densification of urban center
NETWORKS
HISTORY
RECOGNIZED AS
SUSTAINABLE CITY
Active in brownfield regeneration, water, renewable energy
MONOCULTURE
Furniture city trying to diversify with autos, education, healthcare
INDUSTRY
FURNITURE CITY TO DESIGN CITY
Expand image to include all design fields
IDENTITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
DIALOGUE VS PARTICIPATION
Create counter event using same audience
WORK W/ EXISTING ART INSTITUTIONS
Numerous art and music venue to partner with
2 LEED CERTIFIED ART VENUES
Public/institutions demand ecological responsibility
LARGE AUDIENCE/PARTICIPATION
High cultural/arts demand precursor to success?
DEMOGRAPHICS
FUNDERS
ANTI ARTPRIZE?
ARTPRIZE makes art accessible to general public but doesn’t provoke thought
CULTURAL DEMAND
LEADERS
RECOGNITION OF REGIONAL PLAYERS
DEVOS FAMILY - MONOPOLY ON INFLUENCE?
Focus on smaller advocacy groups as partners
DeVos family supports many issues inclu. art, healthcare, education
CITY DNA
A soft data scan filtered the results to create a more tangible
and recognizable survey of the city. This scan was framed by
a series of metrics conceived by Suprastudio to help identify a
city’s problems and potentials:
BIRTHPLACE OF MARDI GRAS
Racial tension and segregation part of city history
DIVERSE ECONOMY, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
7.8% unemployment below national average in production city
downtown, white in suburbs
LOCATION
egregation part of city history
33% of workforce in AG
NEW CONTEMPORARY
ART GALLERY
FUTURE of FARMING
LAND ART, CORRIDOR
N
DEMAND +
SPACE=
OPPORTUNITY
E
NT
ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION
EDUCATION REFORM
INCREASE IN
STUDENTS
UC Chancellor
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey calls
for more culture
“CULTIVATING a cultural COMMUNITY”
se port
ACTIVE INTEREST
cruise tourist destination in
future
S prison holding
gal immigrants
air.
URE: border crossing
ssing on the U.S.-Mexico border.
40% adults without high
school diplomas
G INDUSTRY
: Mall turned university
Institution to create cultural
intersections at border
Manifesta 6 at Cyprus attempted to
create an educational institute at the
border of two warring regions.
MALL turned UNIVERSITYturned.......
creation of educational institutes that support language +
culture
“it promised to be a place of fun and commerce and
where two countries could come together to celebrate their uniqueness based on both geography
and shared history”
http://amigoland.blogspot.com
Active university
collaboration to restore the
intention of Amigoland
mall near border transitions to
university
IMAGE
A city ordinance ecouraging street performers in streets
INDUSTRY
LANDSCAPE
GEOGRAPHY: The location, both physical and spatial,
connected via landscapes and infrastructural networks
LANDSCAPE, URBAN FABRIC, ACCESSIBILITY, NETWORKS
IMAGE: The real and perceived story of the city through its
history and its industry
HISTORY, HERITAGE, INDUSTRY, IDENTITY
CULTURE: The recognition of a city’s creative capital through
initiatives, institutions and education
ARTS ECOLOGY, EDUCATION, CULTURAL DEMAND
PEOPLE: Human capital involving a city’s inhabitants as well
as its leaders, power brokers and funders
DEMOGRAPHICS, LEADERS, FUNDERS
To map a city’s metrics and the relationships between them,
flow diagrams were generated as a visual reference. The
connective tissue between these metrics demonstrated
that common urban issues of failing industry, monoculture,
negative identity, unemployment, foreclosure and stressed
resources existed at a national scale in tandem with strains
on educational and environmental sustainability. It also
recognized the potential energy that rests in each of these
cities through existing and future networks of innovative
technology, expanding infrastructure, cultural engagement
and active leadership. It is in this untapped potential that the
resuscitation of the struggling American city is most possible.
CULTURE
PEOPLE
GEOGRPAHY
BUSKING ORDINANCE
NETWORKS
DEMOGRAPHICS
IMAGE
7th HIGHEST CRIME RATE IN U.S.
High crime has been one of Hartfords biggest challenges in the past decade
ACCESSIBILITY
CULTURE
RACIAL TENSION
Due to de-industrialization?
FUTURE of FARMING
UC MERCED
HISTORY
LAND ART, CORRIDOR
LACK OF EDUCATION
INDUSTRY
CENTRAL VALLEY FARMING COMMUNITIES
IDENTITY
MONOCULTURE
DEMAND +
SPACE=
OPPORTUNITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
UNEMPLOYMENT
EDUCATION
DUE TO IMMIGRANT LABOR
ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION
6th Largest $ producing
AG land in country
INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION REFORM
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
INCREASE IN
STUDENTS
MICHELLE OBAMA
PROMOTES UC MERCED
Gives her only commencement speech of
2009 and commends the students and the
focus of education in the central valley
FUNDERS
UC Chancellor
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey calls
for more culture
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
potential as a cruise port
of embarkation
ACTIVE INTEREST
cruise tourist destination in
future
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
LARGEST US prison holding
camp for illegal immigrants
Institution to create cultural
intersections at border
Manifesta 6 at Cyprus attempted to
create an educational institute at the
border of two warring regions.
Inhumane “tent city” with inadequate air.
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
MONOCULTURE: border crossing
MALL turned UNIVERSITYturned.......
Eagle Pass, the busiest rail crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border.
creation of educational institutes that support language +
culture
40% adults without high
school diplomas
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
FAILING INDUSTRY
CULTURAL DEMAND
“it promised to be a place of fun and commerce and
where two countries could come together to celebrate their uniqueness based on both geography
and shared history”
http://amigoland.blogspot.com
AMIGOLAND: Mall turned university
PEOPLE
CULTURAL DEMAND
Coffee/Arts House new community hub
UNIVERSITY CORRIDOR CREATED
connecting two universities through downtown street
IMAGE
INSTITUTIONS
GEOGRPAHY
EDUCATION
CULTURE
“GOOD BEANS CAFE”
NETWORKS
ARTS ECOLOGY
PEOPLE
Became weekend newspaper in 2009
GEOGRPAHY
CULTURE
ARTS INITIATIVE =
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
LARGEST US CITY W/O DAILY NEWSPAPER
DEMOGRAPHICS
Active university
collaboration to restore the
intention of Amigoland
LEADERS
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
mall near border transitions to
university
GROWING CITY
THE MOST LIVABLE AREA IN THE COUNTRY
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
PORT OF TACOMA
PORT RENEW
INFRASTRUCTURE REUSE
ONE OF PRIMARY INTERNATIONAL PORTS ON THE WEST COAST
NETWORKS
MOST WALKABLE CITY
HISTORY
CITY IMAGE CHANGING
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WELL DEVELOPED
DOWNTOWN REVIVAL
CULTURAL DISTRICT AND THEATRE DISTRICT
INDUSTRY CITY TO ART CITY
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
UNIVERSITY EXPANSION WITH
BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP
HISTORIC DISTRICT
5 HISTORIC DISTRICTS WELL PRESERVED
ACTIVE ARTISTS
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
ARTISTS MOVING FROM SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
PUBLIC INVOLVED ART
PROGRAM
ON BROWNFIELDS
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
MUSEUM OF GLASS
DEMOGRAPHICS
MURAL ART PROGRAM
LEADERS
STRONG SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT
CULTURE OF CREATIVE
INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAM
FUNDERS
STAGE ANOTHER UFO
LANDING
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
To attract people to city, take advantage of UFO folklore momentum
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
Established
image
from largest radio telescope + 1960’s UFO landing
MONO CULTURE
little variety of food - american, & mexican
LANDART
HISTORY
IMAGE
SPOT LIGHT
Global attention from Katrina and Tourism
GEOGRPAHY
NEXT RUST BELT
IMAGE
DISCUSSION OF ENERGY AND ITS IMPACT ON
CITIES. CAN CULTURE START A DIALOGUE TO
TRANSFORM A NATIONS PROBLEM?
POPULATION: 193,710 (CITY) / 778,009 (METRO)
FUTURE OF ENERGY
GRAND RAPIDS
ALL GULF OIL FIELDS
TOP 5 US CITY IN CRIME
Four times the national average... Due to de-industrialization?
ART EDUCATION
MI
biggest challenges in the
ELECTRIC CAR = FUTURE?
Chevy Volt maufacturing plant in city
Precedent - large landscape project in “Very Large
Array”
city surrounded by open space - always present.
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
LOW ARTS
EDUCATION
ARTS ECOLOGY
CULTURE
VERY
ACTIVE ARTS COUNCIL
Self proclaimeed role of “Filing your social calender” with arts and culture
TY
1970s to 2010
NEW CONTEMPORARY
ART GALLERY
ACCESSIBILITY
HISTORY
PEOPLE
HUGE
METRO AREA TO PULL FROM
With 1.1 Million people to pull from the audience has potential to be greatly expanded
GM EMPLOYMENT 80,000 TO 8,000
GEOGRPAHY
ART EDUCATION
‘Real Art Ways’ has art edu. program
tagreted at young students
LAND ART, FILL VOIDS
HISTORY
IMAGE
I Q U I LT
Initiative connecting parks and cultural districts
POPULATION: 136,924 (CITY) / 1,188,241(METRO)
A city ordinance ecouraging street performers in streets
HARTFORD
BUSKING ORDINANCE
CT
nges in the past decade
“Buick City” adjacent to river
NEGATIVE IDENTITY
DECLING INSUSTRY, CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Although there is a university in the city there are no arts or humanities majors
EDUCATION
COMMUNITY ARTS PARTY
INSTITUTIONS
NMIT edu. program (workshop)
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
Datil Holiday Craft Fair
ENERGY CO-OP BOARD SUES OWNERS
city understands idea of cultural fair
In attempt to block new bi-laws that would expose board members pay, among other
oversight.
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
One
of the first women unions
founded in Butte
NETWORKS
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
project potential
Evel Knievel..Butte’s famous son
ACCESSIBILITY
HISTORY
IMAGE
RATE IN U.S.
Re-programming of “Buick City”
CULTURE
INITIATIVE for ART BASED CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT WORKS
IDENTITY
“Buick City” adjacent to river
PEOPLE
Learn from
Rio Nuevo
PEOPLE
increases nightlife + activity
CULTURE
Provide youth oriented programs..
PEOPLE
connects downtown with jobs
CULTURE
CREATE VENUES FOR ART
FLINT
A successful urban development that focuses less on profits
s work when there
e land locked in near
n there is night life
sector jobs. We have
INDUSTRY
ARTS ECOLOGY
GEOGRPAHY
MI
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
nfinished despite
n
POPULATION: 316,851 (CITY) / 650,955 (METRO)
creation of urban projects to revitalize community
ed and will
r work
LARGEST US BROWNFIELD SITE
33% of workforce in AG
URBAN FABRIC
“CULTIVATING a cultural COMMUNITY”
GEOGRPAHY
IMAGE
HISTORY
PEOPLE
OSURES
NETWORKS
HOW DO URBANITY AND
LANDSCAPE CO-EXIST?
1100+ HOMES DEMOLISHED
“THE RICHEST HILL ON EARTH”
Potential as a new media district
project potential
by 19th century due to copper, gold, iron
Longest open brothel in US
Dumas Brothel, closed in 1982
STRESSED RESOURCES
ACTIVE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
BERKELY PIT: largest Superfund site due to copper, gold, iron contamination
in promoting sustainability
ARTS ECOLOGY
AMERICA’S LARGEST SUPERFUND SITE
EDUCATION
Federally declared
INSTITUTIONS
Montanans would like to see expanded technology used to
overcome geographic isolation, provide services and lessen
communication barriers.
CULTURAL DEMAND
“Operational Arts Blueprint Plan for 2008- 2013”
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
FUNDERS
Existing arts plan provides a
feasibility in generating public
interest towards a new arts
program
“OPERATIONAL ARTS BLUEPRINT
PLAN FOR 2008- 2013”
establishes framework for Arts Education, Economic Vitality, Promotion
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
FUTURE OF ENERGY
+ URBAN RE-USE?
FORECLOSURES
GLASS PRODUCTION
PLANTS CLOSED IN URBAN CENTER
HISTORY
IMAGE
Consideration of a cross cultural junction
estinations in US
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
FORECLOSURE
CULTURE
ation law leads to racial profilnflicts
LANDSCAPE
GEOGRPAHY
GEOGRPAHY
HOW DO CULTURES AND
POLITICS CO-EXIST?
CA
IMAGE
“CULTIVATING OUR COMMUNITY”
Beautification project of 16 landscape sites
TITY
PEOPLE
NYC AND EAST COAST CONNECTIONS, MOST TRAVELED AIRPORT IN NATION
SOLAR ENERGY
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION
SOLAR RESEARCH
FAILING INDUSTRY
IS CULTURE PART OF THIS?
ARTS ECOLOGY
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT
OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURE AS INDUSTRY
CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS
BY FRANK GEHRY
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
GLASS PAVILION
BY SANAA
LESS THAT 1% OF FUNDING FROM GOVT.
America’s Favorite Art Museum
BY MODERN ART NOTES-DC BASED BLOG
LEADERS
FUNDERS
LIVE WORK
CREATE TOLEDO
ARTOMATIC 419!
ART IN TARTA
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
M O N O C U LT U R E
Inbetween place, not known for any one thing.
New
York Artists
To buy affordable studio/live spaces & commuting to New York
NETWORKS
Ken Jones
HISTORY
IMAGE
CULTURE, ARTIST, PROJECTS
Fine Art Consultant - demand generator
INDUSTRY
90 Minute Bus Ride From NYC
IDENTITY
Lafayette
College
Active Arts Partner -
ARTS ECOLOGY
CULTURE
FUNDERS
DRAWING FROM NYC
2010 WORLD MAYOR PRIZE
EXTENSIVE TRANSIT
SYSTEM
PEOPLE
LEADERS
3 STADIUMS HOST TO MANY TEAMS
CORY BROOKER
POPULATION:80,608 (CITY) / 245,321 (METRO)
CULTURAL DEMAND
REDUCED CRIME
MERCED
LARGE SPORTS CULTURE
TX
MENTS ABANDONED
nomic crisis and bankruptcy
FOCUS ON
PUBLIC HOUSING
LANDSCAPE
AGRICULTURE BASE
POPULATION:176,000 [metro] / 885,000 [city]
EXPRESS RAIL LINE FUNDED BY CASINOS
Funded by casinos (Harrah’s) to increase visitors
OPEN IN 1997
BROWNSVILLE
How can funds divert through community/people?
PAC MOST VISITED IN US
INSTITUTIONS
DEMOGRAPHICS
CULTURE FOR
BLUE COLOR
AMERICA
WA
INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY
BAD FOR BUSINESS
urism to casinos
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
LARGEST PORT ON EAST COAST
POPULATION: 199,638 (CITY) / 3,407,848(METRO)
Who is target audience and are they interested in us?
IDENTITY
INDUSTRIAL SITES
TACOMA
LARGE AUDIENCE, BUT ART?
s - 12,000 CASINO JOBS LOST
INDUSTRY
NM
Engage audience outdoors... connecting w/ adj towns
NT
NEW MODELS
FOR PUBLIC
HOUSING
POPULATION: 8,924 (CITY) / 18,092 (METRO)
WORLD’S LONGEST BOARDWALK
NEGATIVE IDENTITY
CRIME, RACIAL TENSION, CORRUPTION
SOCORRO
ER CITY GOVT
CULTURE
CREATION OF
ARTS ECOLOGY
TH
DISTRIBUTION
ghborhoods
PEOPLE
ENTERTAINMENT = CULTURE?
NJ
INDUSTRY DIVERSITY
NETWORKS
HISTORY
POPULATION:278,157 (CITY) / 19,069,796 (METRO)
Renewable sources to power casino electricity?
GAMBLING
LIQUOR
SEX
NEWARK
ENTITY
RE
ECOLOGICAL CRITIQUE
ACCESSIBILITY
MT
Five 400’ towers - majority used for wasterwater plant
ITION IN ADJ. STATES
ing initiatives
LAST 3 MAYORS CONVICTED OF CRIMES
POPULATION: 40,563 [metro]
WIND FARM
LOW TRUST IN GOVT.
URBAN FABRIC
BUTTE
REVEL CASINO - NEW BUT EMPTY
Finished exterior, empty interior due to funding issues
LANDSCAPE
OH
Flat landscape + tall towers + expressway/advertising/Venturi
POPULATION: 316,851 (CITY) / 650,955 (METRO)
VISIBLE APPROACH + BILLBOARD DENSITY
walk
TOLEDO
GEOGRPAHY
Media interventions, advertising, art platform?
G STRIP
PA
WETLAND TOURISM/ENGAGEMENT
GEOGRPAHY
24/42
POPULATION: 26,653 (CITY) / 816,012 (METRO-LEHIGH VALLEY)
WEEK
EASTON
SUPRASTUDIO
8
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
NO CONTEMPORARY ART
VENUES
MAINSTREET
INITIATIVE
Downtown Revitalization Program -Historic Building +
Art Museum?
Artists who do move here have to show their
worksomewhere else
LEADERS
FUNDERS
ACTIVE
MAYOR
Art Advocate Salvatore Panto
Americans donated $12.2b to Arts, Culture, and Humanities in 2003.
Smithsonian Institution annual budget $761m.
Institute of Museum and Library Servic
The Beatles make their American television debut on February 11, 1964.
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson die in a plane c
LEADERS
Creation of an arts ecology
that will stimulate jobs
FUNDERS
WATERFRONT SEPARATED FROM CITY
PAC MOST VISITED IN US
OPEN IN 1997
FOCUS ON
PUBLIC HOUSING
CULTURE, ARTIST, PROJECTS
EXTENSIVE TRANSIT
SYSTEM
BP SELLS ALL GULF OIL FIELDS
URBAN FABRIC
NEXT RUST BELT
SPOT LIGHT
Culture intervention?
ARTS ECOLOGY
CULTURAL CAPITAL
CULTURALLY
DRIVEN CITY
MARDI GRAS, JAZZ, THEATER, VISUAL
Global attention from Katrina and Tourism
AZBY FOUNDATION
1.2 MILLION A YEAR TO ARTS AND RELIEF EFFORTS
STATE DECENTRALIZED
AID CUTBACKS
BY SANAA
LESS THAT 1% OF FUNDING FROM GOVT.
America’s Favorite Art Museum
LIVE WORK
CREATE TOLEDO
BY MODERN ART NOTES-DC BASED BLOG
ARTOMATIC 419!
ART IN TARTA
LANDSCAPE
negative city image?
CAPITAL
CITY
gives it a national relevance
ACCESSIBILITY
and expectations
NETWORKS
City Island
possible venue in the center of the city
POOR CULTURAL REP. FOR
STATE
Capital city that has bad track record for artist support
IDENTITY
ECONOMICALLY UNSTABLE
6.5%
Unemployment
One of the Nations lowest unemployment rates
CULTURE
PEOPLE
GEOGRPAHY
POPULATION: 47,196 (CITY) / 528,892 (METRO)
Delinguent on debt payment for incinerator project
ARTS ECOLOGY
PEOPLE
CULTURE
IMAGE
WA
NEGATIVE IDENTITY
JAZZ & MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Among the 7 Universities in Harrisburg, only one has an Art Major
& its religous college
city understands idea of cultural fair
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
VanGo
ARTIST SUES CITY OVER DEFACING HIS WORK
Holacaust memorial is “restored” in park by city using different materials, changing its
meaning.
Susquehanna Art Museum’s mobile
gallery sets precedent for moving art
LEADERS
PA Farm Show
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
NMIT education program (workshop)
GROWING CITY
PORT OF TACOMA
MOST WALKABLE CITY
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WELL DEVELOPED
DOWNTOWN REVIVAL
CULTURAL DISTRICT AND THEATRE DISTRICT
INDUSTRY CITY TO ART CITY
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
HISTORIC DISTRICT
5 HISTORIC DISTRICTS WELL PRESERVED
ARTISTS MOVING FROM SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
ON BROWNFIELDS
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
PUBLIC INVOLVED ART
PROGRAM
MUSEUM OF GLASS
DEMOGRAPHICS
MURAL ART PROGRAM
LEADERS
STRONG SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT
FUNDERS
UNIVERSITY EXPANSION WITH
BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP
ACTIVE ARTISTS
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
PORT RENEW
INFRASTRUCTURE REUSE
ONE OF PRIMARY INTERNATIONAL PORTS ON THE WEST COAST
CITY IMAGE CHANGING
COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAM
IDENTITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
URBAN IN-FILL
DOWNTOWN
REVIVAL
large amount of buildings abandoned in urban center
SUBURB/CITY
CONNECTION
mayor and NPO’s focus on downtown
SIN TAX=
$15 million
NEW PUBLIC
SPACES
300+ NPO’s
Cigarettes tax increase to support arts
Future plans developed
by interest groups
FUNDERS
CULTURE
HISTORY
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
VISIBLE APPROACH + BILLBOARD DENSITY
Flat landscape + tall towers + expressway/advertising/Venturi
REVEL CASINO - NEW BUT EMPTY
Finished exterior, empty interior due to funding issues
WIND FARM
Five 400’ towers - majority used for wasterwater plant
DECLINE DUE TO COMPETITION IN ADJ. STATES
PA, DE, MD, NY, CT all supporting new gambling initiatives
NEGATIVE IDENTITY
MONOCULTURE
ECOLOGICAL
CRITIQUE
Renewable sources to power casino electricity?
GAMBLING
LIQUOR
SEX
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
NETWORKS
HISTORY
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
DEC
PA, DE,
NEG
MO
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
IR
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
UN
Poverty
LEADERS
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
KATR
fleeing pop
NETWORKS
ECOL
DISA
HISTORY
INDUSTRY
LOW
IDENTITY
STRE
Worst pref
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULT
DRIV
Global atte
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
7th HI
High crime ha
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
I
H
p
LEADERS
FUNDERS
INDUSTRY DIVERSITY
CREATION OF
ARTS ECOLOGY
INEQUAL
WEALTH DISTRIBUTION
Resorts/Casinos vs. working-class neighborhoods
GOVERNOR TO TAKEOVER CITY GOVT
To “revive flagging economy”
WORLD’S LONGEST BOARDWALK
Engage audience outdoors... connecting w/ adj towns
LARGE AUDIENCE, BUT ART?
UNEMPLOYMENT
Who is target audience and are they interested in us?
Poverty, crime, corruption still primary issues - 12,000 CASINO JOBS LOST
INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY
2007 SMOKING BAN BAD FOR BUSINESS
Blamed for decreased tourism to casinos
How can funds divert through community/people?
EXPRESS RAIL LINE FUNDED BY CASINOS
FUNDERS
Funded by casinos (Harrah’s) to increase visitors
DEVELOPMENTS ABANDONED
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
HISTORY
ENTERTAINMENT = CULTURE?
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
CULTURE
IMAGE
Media interventions, advertising, art platform?
NEW MARINA DISTRICT BANKRUPTING STRIP
Patrons/revenue diverted from historic core and boardwalk
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
NEW MARIN
Patrons/revenue
WETLAND TOURISM/ENGAGEMENT
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
HISTORY
PUBLIC TRANSIT
DEVELOPMENT
LEADERS
CULTURE OF CREATIVE
INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
N
M
s
T
R
p
ARTS ECOLOGY
ACCESSIBILITY
RIVER SPLITS CITY
Separation of downtown/arts and education center
BRIDGES AS SITE FOR ART?
URBAN VOIDS - PARKING LOTS
URBAN INFILL
Asphalt and cars take up majority of downtown space
GEOGRPAHY
URBAN FABRIC
Densification of urban center
NETWORKS
RECOGNIZED AS
SUSTAINABLE CITY
Active in brownfield regeneration, water, renewable energy
MONOCULTURE
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
FUNDERS
Furniture city trying to diversify with autos, education, healthcare
INDUSTRY
FURNITURE CITY TO DESIGN CITY
Expand image to include all design fields
IDENTITY
EDUCATION
WORK W/ EXISTING ART INSTITUTIONS
Numerous art and music venue to partner with
INSTITUTIONS
2 LEED CERTIFIED ART VENUES
Public/institutions demand ecological responsibility
CULTURAL DEMAND
LARGE AUDIENCE/PARTICIPATION
High cultural/arts demand precursor to success?
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
ANTI ARTPRIZE?
Create counter event using same audience
RECOGNITION OF REGIONAL PLAYERS
DEVOS FAMILY - MONOPOLY ON INFLUENCE?
Focus on smaller advocacy groups as partners
DeVos family supports many issues inclu. art, healthcare, education
FAILING INDUSTRY
agriculture + green advancement
to provide jobs
agriculture cycles
UNEMPLOYMENT CAPITAL OF
AMERICA
Stimulus grant provides millions for
green jobs
NETWORKS
UNEMPLOYMENT: 30.4%
Training facilities for new green
industries
15% in 2007
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
When summer ends, so does a lot of the
broccoli, lettuce and wheat harvesting that
provides paychecks http://uspoverty.change.org
ARTS ECOLOGY
“Opening Minds Through the Arts” provides
students with art education opportunities
high hopes for a solar energy
project
New York Times”
EDUCATION
Connecting the youth to programs of
solar advancement projects
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
Demonstrates a need for development
of an arts ecology
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
Creation of an arts ecology
that will stimulate jobs
FUNDERS
STAGE ANOTHER UFO
LANDING
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
To attract people to city, take advantage of UFO folklore momentum
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
Established image
from largest radio telescope + 1960’s UFO landing
MONO CULTURE
little variety of food - american, & mexican
LANDART
HISTORY
Precedent - large landscape project in “Very Large
Array”
city surrounded by open space - always present.
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
LOW ARTS
EDUCATION
Although there is a university in the city there are no arts or humanities majors
COMMUNITY ARTS PARTY
INSTITUTIONS
NMIT edu. program (workshop)
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
FUNDERS
CULTURE
ARTS ECOLOGY
DIALOGUE VS PARTICIPATION
ARTPRIZE makes art accessible to general public but doesn’t provoke thought
ENERGY CO-OP BOARD SUES OWNERS
In attempt to block new bi-laws that would expose board members pay, among other
oversight.
Datil Holiday Craft Fair
city understands idea of cultural fair
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
F
H
HUR
Area p
HISTORY
IMAGE
LANDSCAPE
HISTORY
THE MOST LIVABLE AREA IN THE COUNTRY
URBAN FABRIC
HISTORY
POPULATION: 199,638 (CITY) / 3,407,848(METRO)
PEOPLE HAVE MONEY GOV. DOSN’T
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
INDUSTRY
HISTORY
3 MILE ISLAND
INDUSTRY
large amount of buildings abandoned in urban center
PEOPLE
GLASS PAVILION
HISTORY
IMAGE
CULTURE AS INDUSTRY
CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS
URBAN FABRIC
URBAN VOIDS
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
GEOGRPAHY
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT
OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY
LEADERS
FUNDERS
NETWORKS
FORECLOSURES
IMAGE
FAILING INDUSTRY
IS CULTURE PART OF THIS?
BY FRANK GEHRY
DEMOGRAPHICS
ACCESSIBILITY
CULTURE
SOLAR RESEARCH
EDUCATION
CULTURAL DEMAND
DYING CITY
URBAN FABRIC
PEOPLE
RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION
IMAGE
IMAGE
CULTURE
GEOGRPAHY
PEOPLE
OH
POPULATION: 316,851 (CITY) / 650,955 (METRO)
SOLAR ENERGY
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONS
LANDSCAPE
GEOGRPAHY
GLASS PRODUCTION
ARTS ECOLOGY
FUNDERS
Existing arts plan provides a
feasibility in generating public
interest towards a new arts
program
“OPERATIONAL ARTS BLUEPRINT
PLAN FOR 2008- 2013”
establishes framework for Arts Education, Economic Vitality, Promotion
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
HISTORY
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
FUNDERS
LANDSCAPE
URBAN FABRIC
ACCESSIBILITY
NETWORKS
HISTORY
IMAGE
FUTURE OF ENERGY
+ URBAN RE-USE?
FORECLOSURES
PLANTS CLOSED IN URBAN CENTER
IDENTITY
LEADERS
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
CULTURE
NETWORKS
DEMOGRAPHICS
PEOPLE
URBAN FABRIC
GEOGRPAHY
LANDSCAPE
ACCESSIBILITY
“Operational Arts Blueprint Plan for 2008- 2013”
LANDSCAPE
Due to economic crisis and bankruptcy
IMAGE
FUNDERS
ZEMURRAY FOUNDATION
CULTURAL DEMAND
AL
DEMOGRAPHICS
DONATES TO THE ARTS
1% OF BONDS IS FOR PUBLIC ART
Montanans would like to see expanded technology used to
overcome geographic isolation, provide services and lessen
communication barriers.
POPULATION
PERCENT FOR ART
Federally declared
INSTITUTIONS
MOBILE
CULTURAL DEMAND
LEADERS
EDUCATION INCORPORATION
ART AND CULTURE INTRODUCED INTO CURRICULUM TO MEND TENSIONS?
GEOGRPAHY
INSTITUTIONS
APPLY CULTURE TO BRIDGE GAPS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRENDS.
IMAGE
EDUCATION
MEND A HISTORIC CITY
NEGATIVE IDENTITY
- from hurricane and racial tension
+ from rich cultural history
AMERICA’S LARGEST SUPERFUND SITE
EDUCATION
CA
STRESSED RESOURCES
ARTS ECOLOGY
POPULATION:80,608 (CITY) / 245,321 (METRO)
IDENTITY
RACIAL TENSION
in promoting sustainability
MERCED
INDUSTRY
LOW
EDUCATION
Worst preforming School District in LA
MI
IMAGE
CULTURE
PEOPLE
GEOGRPAHY
HISTORY
ACTIVE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
BERKELY PIT: largest Superfund site due to copper, gold, iron contamination
TX
ECOLOGICAL
DISASTER
Dumas Brothel, closed in 1982
POPULATION:176,000 [metro] / 885,000 [city]
NETWORKS
CULTURE
KATRINA
fleeing population, urban destruction
DISCUSSION OF ENERGY AND ITS IMPACT ON
CITIES. CAN CULTURE START A DIALOGUE TO
TRANSFORM A NATIONS PROBLEM?
PEOPLE
ACCESSIBILITY
FUTURE OF ENERGY
CULTURE
LANDSCAPE
IMAGE
NJ
NYC AND EAST COAST CONNECTIONS, MOST TRAVELED AIRPORT IN NATION
PEOPLE
FUNDERS
DRAWING FROM NYC
2010 WORLD MAYOR PRIZE
Longest open brothel in US
STRESSED RESOURCES
COMMITTEE CREATED TO PURPOSE NEW PUBLIC SPACES DOWNTOWN
GEOGRPAHY
LEADERS
CORY BROOKER
CULTURE
DEMOGRAPHICS
REDUCED CRIME
3 STADIUMS HOST TO MANY TEAMS
GEOGRPAHY
LARGE SPORTS CULTURE
CULTURAL DEMAND
IMAGE
INSTITUTIONS
POPULATION:39,620 (CITY) / 266,668 (METRO)
EDUCATION
CULTURE FOR
BLUE COLOR
AMERICA
ATLANTIC CITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL SITES
LARGEST PORT ON EAST COAST
POPULATION: 193,710 (CITY) / 778,009 (METRO)
IDENTITY
project potential
by 19th century due to copper, gold, iron
HISTORY
NM
GEOGRPAHY
PEOPLE
CULTURE
IMAGE
NJ
POPULATION:278,157 (CITY) / 19,069,796 (METRO)
INDUSTRY
IDENTITY
“THE RICHEST HILL ON EARTH”
Potential as a new media district
IMAGE
OH
NEW MODELS
FOR PUBLIC
HOUSING
POPULATION: 431,639 (CITY) / 2,250,821 (METRO)
CRIME, RACIAL TENSION, CORRUPTION
CLEVELAND
NEGATIVE IDENTITY
GRAND RAPIDS
NETWORKS
IMAGE
LOW TRUST IN GOVT.
LAST 3 MAYORS CONVICTED OF CRIMES
URBAN FABRIC
INDUSTRY
project potential
Evel Knievel..Butte’s famous son
GEOGRPAHY
Racial tension and segregation part of city history
LANDSCAPE
NETWORKS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
IMAGE
CIVIL RIGHTS LOCATION
PEOPLE
FUNDERS
ACCESSIBILITY
One of the first women unions
founded in Butte
CT
African American population downtown, white in suburbs
PEOPLE
7.8% unemployment below national average in production city
RACIAL DIVIDE
GEOGRPAHY
DIVERSE ECONOMY, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
CULTURE
Racial tension and segregation part of city history
PEOPLE
BIRTHPLACE OF MARDI GRAS
CULTURE
CULTURAL DEMAND
PEOPLE
Symphony, ballet and opera all well-attended
POPULATION: 40,563 [metro]
New space part of urban redevelopment, inclu. music stage
ACTIVE IN “TRADITIONAL” ARTS
BUTTE
SPACE 301: CONTEMPORARY ARTS
EDUCATION
ACCESSIBILITY
MT
NO MEDIA ATTENTION
New Orleans and Florida receive Katrina/Oil spill coverage
Global attention from Katrina and Tourism
PA
TOLEDO
ECOLOGICAL FOCUSED INITIATIVE
+ CONTEMPORARY ART ?
POPULATION: 8,924 (CITY) / 18,092 (METRO)
IMAGE
GEOGRPAHY
PEOPLE
CULTURE
AL
POPULATION
MOBILE
LARGE CONTAINER STORAGE FACILITY
STRESSED RESOURCES
BP OIL SPILL - Tourism/fishing affected
HISTORY
POPULATION:336,644 (CITY) / 1,235,650 (METRO)
NEW ORLEANS LA NEWARK
Influx of tourists
Affordability of insurace an issue after Katrina
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONS
URBAN FABRIC
HISTORY
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE PORT
HIGH HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE
ARTS ECOLOGY
LANDSCAPE
Mobile and surrounding Gulf communities
City intends to resume when possible
HISTORY
HARRISBURG
NEW URBANISM AS
REBUILDING SOLUTION?
Area prone to hurricane damage
HISTORY
TACOMA
REACTIVATION OF
ABANDONED BLDGS
Historic preservation not as efficient as NOLA, Savannah - untouched area in dtown n-hoods
NO AMTRAK SERVICE DUE TO KATRINA
IDENTITY
GEOGRPAHY
FORECLOSURE
HURRICANE (KATRINA)
CA
NETWORKS
45 minute drive to nearest beach
POPULATION: 40,563 [metro]
ACCESSIBILITY
ENGAGE WATERFRONT/DOWNTOWN
LIMITED ACCESS TO BEACH, WATER REC
EL CENTRO
URBAN FABRIC
SOCORRO
GEOGRPAHY
Railroads and ports create separation
LANDSCAPE
PEOPLE
Demonstrates a need for development
of an arts ecology
GEOGRPAHY
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
CULTURE
INSTITUTIONS
IMAGE
Connecting the youth to programs of
solar advancement projects
CULTURE
EDUCATION
PEOPLE
New York Times”
GEOGRPAHY
high hopes for a solar energy
project
PEOPLE
“Opening Minds Through the Arts” provides
students with art education opportunities
GEOGRPAHY
NJ
ARTS ECOLOGY
CULTURE
IMAGE
When summer ends, so does a lot of the
broccoli, lettuce and wheat harvesting that
provides paychecks http://uspoverty.change.org
PEOPLE
ACTIVE
MAYOR
Art Advocate Salvatore Panto
FUNDERS
IDENTITY
POPULATION:39,620 (CITY) / 266,668 (METRO)
LEADERS
INDUSTRY
POPULATION:336,644 (CITY) / 1,235,650 (METRO)
Downtown Revitalization Program -Historic Building +
Art Museum?
Artists who do move here have to show their
worksomewhere else
15% in 2007
NEW ORLEANS LA ATLANTIC CITY
MAINSTREET INITIATIVE
NO CONTEMPORARY ART
VENUES
Training facilities for new green
industries
UNEMPLOYMENT: 30.4%
BROWNSVILLE
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
Stimulus grant provides millions for
green jobs
POPULATION: 136,924 (CITY) / 1,188,241(METRO)
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURE
CULTURE
EDUCATION
PEOPLE
Lafayette College
Active Arts Partner -
POPULATION: 40,563 [metro]
IMAGE
90 Minute Bus Ride From NYC
IDENTITY
ARTS ECOLOGY
PEOPLE
PA
POPULATION: 26,653 (CITY) / 816,012 (METRO-LEHIGH VALLEY)
EASTON
INDUSTRY
UNEMPLOYMENT CAPITAL OF
AMERICA
NETWORKS
HISTORY
Fine Art Consultant - demand generator
agriculture + green advancement
to provide jobs
agriculture cycles
HARTFORD
Ken Jones
HISTORY
ACCESSIBILITY
FAILING INDUSTRY
AZ
NETWORKS
URBAN FABRIC
POPULATION: 548,555 [CITY] / 1,023 [MET AREA]
To buy affordable studio/live spaces & commuting to New York
Inbetween place, not known for any one thing.
LANDSCAPE
TUCSON
New York Artists
M O N O C U LT U R E
ACCESSIBILITY
CA
URBAN FABRIC
GEOGRPAHY
LANDSCAPE
EL CENTRO
GEOGRPAHY
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EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL DEMAND
DEMOGRAPHICS
LEADERS
FUNDERS
ces annual budget $282m.
National Gallery of Art annual budget $167m.
JFK Center for the Performing Arts annual budget $20m.
The Smithsonian is the
crash on February 3, 1959, the day is now remembered as “The Day the Music Died.”
Warren Buffet Pledges $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates
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CLEVELAND
TACOMA
TOLEDO
EASTON
FLINT
TUCSON
HARRISBURG
BUTTE
MERCED-ATWATER
BATON ROUGE
SOCORRO
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DATA ANALYSIS
The combination of hard and soft data was compared and
contrasted through a series of matrices placing factors such
as city identity, arts ecology, infrastructural accessibility,
population density and cultural demand against one another.
Each of these factors can be measured via a spectrum of high
and low concentration and employed to elicit a shortlist of
cities where both critical problems and powerful possibilities
exist.
City Density:
DENSE
City Image:
POSITIVE
City Image:
NEGATIVE
City Density:
SPRAWL
world’s largest museum complex.
New York MoMA has $1.6b in assets.
The Smithsonian has 30 million visitors a year.
Top 5 housing bust cities: Las
Foundation, 2006.
Quentin Tarantino makes his directorial debut at the Sundance Film Festival at with Reservoir Dogs, 1992.
Michael Moore’s first film
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CITY Population > City Area > Density > Metro Population
cities listed in ascending order according to population
TUCSON, AZ
CLEVELAND, OH
NEW ORLEANS, LA
TOLEDO, OH
NEWARK, NJ
MOBILE, AL
GRAND RAPIDS, MI
BROWNSVILLE, TX
FLINT, MI
HARTFORD, CT
MERCED-ATWATER, CA
HARRISBURG, PA
EL CENTRO, CA
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
BUTTE, MT
EASTON, PA
GALVESTON, TX
2008 after Hurricane Ike
photo by Jason K.
SOCORRO, NM
Vegas, Detroit, Atlanta, Greensboro, Dayton.
Total HUD discretionary amount: $43b.
Michael Heizer’s earthwork Double Negative is completed in 1970.
Roger and Me debuts at the Telluride Film Festival, 1989.
The largest independent film festival, Sundance is founded in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1978.
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Fall Exhibition Wall @ UCLA Gallery
All information scans, data research and individual
notes were collected and displayed for Suprastudio’s fall
presentation in December 2010. The exhibition marked the
transition from Problem Definition through the survey of
cultural initiatives and city metrics to Project Definition where
the selection of contaminated sites within specific cities begin
to frame the project’s implementation going forward.
Photo by Layton Petersen
There have been 21 World Expos in the U.S. since they begun in 1851.
There are currently 650 film festivals in the U.S.
There are currently 252 music
It moves to skiing resort Park City, Utah in 1981 and changes from summer to winter to attract more attention from Hollywood.
According to Metropolis mag
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festivals in the U.S.
There are 1.5 million non-profit organizations in the U.S. and 122,223 are dedicated to the arts and culture.
Arts supporting
gazine Jan 2011, the nations biggest donors:
Rockefeller (NYC) - $8.2M/yr - rebuilding New Orleans, creative spaces/artists in NYC; NEA (DC) - $5.1M/