Kent State University’s (KSU) Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) will have its “Pop Up City” initiative featured at the Chicago Cultural Center for the “Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good” exhibit. The exhibit will run through Sept. 1.
According to KSU, “Pop Up City” is a temporary-use project intended to catalyze the use of some of Cleveland’s underutilized vacant places as havens for cultural arts and activities. The KSU CUDC project is one of 84 projects on display in the Chicago exhibit.
Terry Schwartz director of KSU’s CUDC said in a news release, “Short-term interventions allow us to activate the city and transform vacant buildings and sites, which are abundant in Cleveland.” Schwartz also said, “There is quite a lot of work involved in some of our temporary interventions, but we have a network of partners and friends who help us envision and implement pop-up projects in response to specific opportunities and needs.”
The “Pop Up City” initiative was also featured as a part of the official U.S. presentation at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale in Italy last year.