The first major retrospective of the 20th Century designer who revolutionized the American home followed Wright's career from his early experience as a theatrical set designer to furnishings and dinnerware to his highly influential "Guide to Easier Living," a textbook for increased domestic efficiency. The challenge was to create an environment that was evocative of Wright's spirit and emphasize the domestic nature of his work.
The project was to design the setting for Ecotopia: The Second ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, an exhibition showcasing contemporary views of the natural world in this current age of undeniable climatic change. The project had to be installed within two weeks on an extremely stringent budget, using mass production techniques accessible to a largely non-professional installation crew.
Green Community was the third in a series of sustainability exhibits at the National Building Museum and the first major exhibition in the United States to explore the complex process of creating and sustaining healthy communities. The exhibition looked at how communities are changing their global impact and explores a variety of sustainable planning strategies such as cleaning up and redeveloping brownfields and grayfields, transit-oriented planning, smart use of natural resources, land conservation, and minimizing waste.
