13:100 | Thirteen New York Architects Design for Ordos

13:100 | Thirteen New York Architects Design for Ordos October 11 – November 26 The Urban Center 457 Madison Avenue Opening reception: Friday, October 10 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. The Ordos 100 is a new residential development in the city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. One hundred emerging architects from around the world have each been invited to design a 10,700 square foot villa on lots ranging from a quarter to a half acre. With a master plan by artist Ai Weiwei and architect selection by Herzog & de Meuron, the Ordos 100 challenges conventional ideas about urban design, placemaking, and context. Criticized by some for its scale and environmental impact, applauded by others as a form of art practice, Ordos underscores and intensifies the complexities of contemporary architectural practice. This exhibition of the designs by the thirteen New York-based firms working in Ordos will explore the unique process of the undertaking and provoke a conversation about the role that design is playing in the development. Interviews were conducted with the participating architects to allow them to describe in their own words their experiences working in Ordos and how they feel about it now that the design phase has come to an end. Audio excerpts are included in the exhibition installation; extended interviews are available online as video podcasts here. Projects by: Barker Freeman Design Office Keller Easterling Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Lyn Rice Architects Multiplicities nARCHITECTS Normal Architecture Office OBRA Architects rsvp architects SINGLE speed DESIGN Slade Architecture Josh Uhl/Toshiko Mori Architect WORK Architecture Company Installation design: Project_ (Ana Miljacki and Lee Moreau with Benjamin Porto and Daniel Sakai) Gallery hours: Monday–Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Closed Thursdays) Admission is free. Related Program: Ordos 13 Friday, October 17 For more information, click here. The Architectural League NY