Some architects are also artists, and some artists have architecture backgrounds or are interested in architecture. In the world of public art and in the world of building development, people with dual backgrounds can have an advantage to see ideas from many different perspectives – technical, artistic, community.
In informal conversations we’ve started to think about how these two lines of study and practice can inform each other. It goes beyond asking architects and designers to use more local artisans in building specifications and furnishings…to discuss what makes for unique and site-specific design and how current codes may help or stand in the way.
Recently, a handful of folks with these blended backgrounds formed the nucleus of a backyard conversation that drew in interested parties from various disciplines and locations around the city, even one visiting from Seattle. The discussion was robust and thought-provoking. If this is a topic you, too, would like to pursue, contact Josh@claysquared.com or Margo@mynortheaster.com to get involved in the next conversation.
Andrew Lucio and Iroha Ito comprise the
architecture firm LUCITO. They were commissioned to create the art in one of the elevator lobbies of the new Public Service Center, and found their architecture background very helpful in coordinating with the builders and lighting designers. Andrew and Iroha were among the first to participate in the intersection conversation. The image is a detail from their work, Likeness of an Allegory, in which 40-some Minneapolis icons are visible from different angles in the lobby.
https://lucito.co/Likeness-of-an-Allegory