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Design in 5 Charrette SKETCH 120: "Sketch Cypher Temporary Publics" hosted by SUPERFRONT and Design in 5, a group of the Architecture League, invites you to reconsider the possibilities of public architecture in this moment of temporal-typological crisis. Date: Saturday, May 15th Location: SUPERFRONT 1432 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn Time: 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm Jury DJ/rupture is a New York Based artist, DJ, and producer. He has collaborated with SUPERFRONT on the Architecture Mixtape programs, which are part of SUPERFRONT’s spring series: Cypher on Urban Affairs Geoff Manaugh is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor. He is the author of BLDGBLOG and the BLDBLOG Book nARCHITECTS was founded by principals Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang in 1999 is a New York-based architectural practice. Recent projects include Rising Currents at MoMA and the Switch Building. In 2004, nARCHITECTS was selected for the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program, for the project “Canopy.” Slade Architecture led by Hayes Slade and James Slade is a New York-based architectural practice founded in 2002. Recent projects include Barbie Shanghai and the Staten Island Zoo Registration is required. Registration for Sketch120 is $10 per person; registration for Architectural League members is $5. To register, click here. If you plan to participate in a team, please email Nick Anderson at [email protected] or call 212.980.3767 with the members of your team. Each teammate should register individually. Registrants will receive additional information on May 10th. REGISTER Participants will be randomly assigned a detailed program brief, submitted by community organizations through a SUPERFRONT open-call, with parameters for a semi-outdoor space to be managed for public activity in Brooklyn. You will have two hours to propose a design idea for construction. Refreshments will be available during the jury discussion following the charrette. After a critique and conversation with the invited jury the selection of the winning design will be announced via email the following day. The selected team's project will be given the chance to be built. Additional design development is allowed after selection. The installation will open on June 26th and run until August 15th. The selected team will have the opportunity to construct their design in a 1,000 square foot outdoor space behind the SUPERFRONT gallery in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, in collaboration with SUPERFRONT. Construction will be supported through donated materials from Materials For The Arts, o ther partners, and novice construction volunteers. Winners will be given a budget of $500 for additional supplies. The temporary outdoor installation will open on June 26th and will run until August 15th. ELIGIBILITY The charrette is open to all young designers five years or less out of school; whether you are a graphic, industrial, or fashion designer, an artist or architect, Design in 5 invites you to attend. For more information, visit http://archleague.org/2010/05/sketch-120-sketch-cypher-temporary-publics/ Sketch 120 is brought to you by Design in 5. Design in 5 is a new group of the Architectural League of New York, formed for designers of all disciplines 5 years or less out of school. Design in 5 responds to this youngest group of designers, providing unique opportunities and activities for exchanging ideas across disciplines, fostering camaraderie, and above all, having fun.