[Graysen Maxwell Babbitt - Figure-Forum - COVER IMG] Figure-Forum by Graysen Maxwell Babbitt
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Figure-Forum

PrizeWinner in Architectural Design / Cultural Architecture
University/SchoolColumbia University GSAPP
Lead ArchitectGraysen Maxwell Babbitt

The title of the project "Figure-Forum" is a play on words with the figure-ground. The ground becomes the landscape on which a collective of artworks is displayed, and the figure becomes how the museum is optimized as a symbol of contemporary art in Crown Heights, New York. The museum itself has no permanent collection, it is a forum of six smaller local institutions that, due to their proximity and shared space, curate new and unexpected shows. The legacy of a modernist plaza becomes a new ground for the folding and shifting nature of local art in the city.