OBJECTILE ADVENTURES: THE FLOOR, Banham Fellow Exhibition

The UB School of Architecture and Planning will host a distinguished lineup of scholars, architects, and authors, along with a series of exhibitions, through its Spring 2026 Public Programs.

“OBJECTILE ADVENTURES: THE FLOOR” Banham Fellow Exhibition Opening
Mon. April 20, 5:00 PM,  Hayes Hall - Atrium

In this installation, a number of Objectiles have made a pause along their journey and taken on the use of “floor.” Within the paradigm of mass-produced, standardized, new building materials, floors are expected to be flat, neutral, and unobtrusive—background surfaces that support flexible, unspecified activity. But Objectiles are, by their very nature, not neutral. Their idiosyncratic physical characteristics are what telegraph their particular trajectory and make them Object-Projectiles in the first place. When these characteristics are designed into a floor, new affordances emerge. Slopes, hinges, ridges, moments of holding or lifting, challenge the idea of the floor as a passive plane and instigate new types of activities and engagement that are shaped by material difference.

We welcome you to join us either in person at UB’s South Campus or remotely via Zoom.