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Come to the Table –

Deconstructing an Iconic Image as a Platform for Critical Conversation 2015

Come to the Table served as a companion installation to the 2015 Burnham Prize competition, Currencies of Architecture, which invited participants to create a single image responding to the biennial’s central question: What is the State of the Art of Architecture today?

The project was realized through a collaboration between the Chicago Architectural Club, the Chicago Architecture Center, AIA Chicago, Tigerman McCurry Architects, and the Art Institute of Chicago. The installation was featured in the Currencies of Architecture exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Center’s Santa Fe Building atrium, on view from September 30 to December 4, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois.

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Come to the Table is a temporary installation that repositions architectural discourse from the dominance of singular images toward a multiplicity of perspectives. Comprising 24 modular “pixels,” the reconfigurable table adapts to shifting formats and hierarchies, fostering inclusive dialogue on the State of the Art of Architecture during the inaugural Chicago Architectural Biennial. Co-designed with Carlo Parente for the Chicago Architectural Club’s 130th anniversary, the installation hosted conversations with professional and academic leaders responding to the biennial’s theme.

The work draws on Stanley Tigerman’s legacy, particularly his tenure as CAC president (1976–79) and his conceptual photo collage The Titanic—a provocation that challenged Chicago’s architectural community to confront Mies van der Rohe’s enduring influence. With Tigerman’s support and permission from the Art Institute of Chicago, the project incorporated 24 licensed reproductions of the collage into the table’s surface.

Upon exhibition closing, the signed reproductions were sold through a silent auction to benefit the Chicago Architectural Club, reinforcing the project’s dual role as both discursive platform and commemorative artifact.


For:Chicago Architectural Club

Co-Designer:Carlo Parente

Type: Installation and Dialogue Events

Partners / Collaborators: Chicago Architectural Club, the Chicago Architecture Center, AIA Chicago, Tigerman McCurry Architects, and The Art Institute of Chicago.

Team:Anjuli Maniam, CAC, Kate Keleman, CAB, Eleni Aroni, Sepideh Asadi, Melina De Olivera, Mina Rezailan.

Dialogues Around the Table:Changing Practices & Generations with Carol Ross Barney (Ross Barney Architects), David Woodhouse, and Andy Tinucci.Panel discussion with educators from the University of Illinois at Chicago (Penelope Dean, Associate Professor), IIT College of Architecture (Vedran Mimica, Associate Dean), and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Ben Nicholson, Professor). Nicholson reflected: “This generation of thinkers is beyond icons... I don’t think we have the mechanism to believe in icons.” Opening remarks with a quote from Stanley Tigerman: “This is a watershed period of great change... it is exciting to see things passed into new hands, onto the youngest generation and see what they do with it.” Unveiling of Stanley Tigerman’s new work The Epiphany to a standing-room-only audience.

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Come to the Table –

Deconstructing an Iconic Image as a Platform for Critical Conversation 2015

Come to the Table is a temporary installation that repositions architectural discourse from the dominance of singular images toward a multiplicity of perspectives. Comprising 24 modular “pixels,” the reconfigurable table adapts to shifting formats and hierarchies, fostering inclusive dialogue on the State of the Art of Architecture during the inaugural Chicago Architectural Biennial. Co-designed with Carlo Parente for the Chicago Architectural Club’s 130th anniversary, the installation hosted conversations with professional and academic leaders responding to the biennial’s theme.

The work draws on Stanley Tigerman’s legacy, particularly his tenure as CAC president (1976–79) and his conceptual photo collage The Titanic—a provocation that challenged Chicago’s architectural community to confront Mies van der Rohe’s enduring influence. With Tigerman’s support and permission from the Art Institute of Chicago, the project incorporated 24 licensed reproductions of the collage into the table’s surface.

Upon exhibition closing, the signed reproductions were sold through a silent auction to benefit the Chicago Architectural Club, reinforcing the project’s dual role as both discursive platform and commemorative artifact.

HIGHLIGHTS Come to the Table served as a companion installation to the 2015 Burnham Prize competition, Currencies of Architecture, which invited participants to create a single image responding to the biennial’s central question: What is the State of the Art of Architecture today? The project was realized through a collaboration between the Chicago Architectural Club, the Chicago Architecture Center, AIA Chicago, Tigerman McCurry Architects, and the Art Institute of Chicago. The installation was featured in the Currencies of Architecture exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Center’s Santa Fe Building atrium, on view from September 30 to December 4, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois.

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For:Chicago Architectural Club

Co-Designer:Carlo Parente

Type: Installation and Dialogue Events

Partners / Collaborators: Chicago Architectural Club, the Chicago Architecture Center, AIA Chicago, Tigerman McCurry Architects, and The Art Institute of Chicago.

Team:Anjuli Maniam, CAC, Kate Keleman, CAB, Eleni Aroni, Sepideh Asadi, Melina De Olivera, Mina Rezailan.

Dialogues Around the Table:Changing Practices & Generations with Carol Ross Barney (Ross Barney Architects), David Woodhouse, and Andy Tinucci.Panel discussion with educators from the University of Illinois at Chicago (Penelope Dean, Associate Professor), IIT College of Architecture (Vedran Mimica, Associate Dean), and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Ben Nicholson, Professor). Nicholson reflected: “This generation of thinkers is beyond icons... I don’t think we have the mechanism to believe in icons.” Opening remarks with a quote from Stanley Tigerman: “This is a watershed period of great change... it is exciting to see things passed into new hands, onto the youngest generation and see what they do with it.” Unveiling of Stanley Tigerman’s new work The Epiphany to a standing-room-only audience.