2021
April
16th Street Artist in Residence: Local artist, Isabelle Castro, utilized the space as a temporary studio space to paint a mural to be installed on 16th street.
March
Manufacturing Pod: Local entrepreneurs utilized the Mobile Design Box as a support space for their Manufacturing Pod which leverages 3D printing technology. The team, Natraj Shanker and Vikram Shanker displayed their technology and process in the windows of the space.
January - Ongoing
Commons for Sharing Knowledge: This installation, the result of the Marcus Prize Studio, supports various exhibitions and community based events with the Mobile Design Box. The construction and installation is ongoing.
16th Street Artist in Residence: Local artist, Isabelle Castro, utilized the space as a temporary studio space to paint a mural to be installed on 16th street.
March
Manufacturing Pod: Local entrepreneurs utilized the Mobile Design Box as a support space for their Manufacturing Pod which leverages 3D printing technology. The team, Natraj Shanker and Vikram Shanker displayed their technology and process in the windows of the space.
January - Ongoing
Commons for Sharing Knowledge: This installation, the result of the Marcus Prize Studio, supports various exhibitions and community based events with the Mobile Design Box. The construction and installation is ongoing.
2020
January
SARUP Impact on the City GALLERY NIGHT: See how SARUP students are impacting our neighborhoods and envisioning a future for transforming major sites in the City. Community Design Solutions (CDS) engages Milwaukee citizens and organizations as they design new community parks, civic gathering places, building enhancements, and adaptive reuse concepts for vacant buildings. Renderings of future projects, and photos of implemented ideas will be on display. You can also explore visions for leveraging the arena investment, transforming parking structures and vacant parcels long Michigan and Clybourn Avenues, and the renaissance future in the Harbor District. The Urban Design & Development Studio creates visions for how areas of downtown can be reinvented as the next vibrant destination in the City.
SARUP Impact on the City GALLERY NIGHT: See how SARUP students are impacting our neighborhoods and envisioning a future for transforming major sites in the City. Community Design Solutions (CDS) engages Milwaukee citizens and organizations as they design new community parks, civic gathering places, building enhancements, and adaptive reuse concepts for vacant buildings. Renderings of future projects, and photos of implemented ideas will be on display. You can also explore visions for leveraging the arena investment, transforming parking structures and vacant parcels long Michigan and Clybourn Avenues, and the renaissance future in the Harbor District. The Urban Design & Development Studio creates visions for how areas of downtown can be reinvented as the next vibrant destination in the City.
SARUP Impact on the City Gallery Night
2019
April
More Than One in Five is an exhibition hosted by the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) at UWM to showcase the work of the next generation of architects and designers at the Mobile Design Box. MIAD students will also be showcasing New Genre Work: Process- From Start to Finish where students present work exhibiting the process of collaborative temporary public art.
January
Community Artist : Iris Acevedo “Your One of a Kind” A Fashion Narrative about identity, healing and restoration.
UWM Architecture Studio : In Situ “Small is beautiful.” Exploring the aesthetic power of small-scale architectural interventions.
More Than One in Five is an exhibition hosted by the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) at UWM to showcase the work of the next generation of architects and designers at the Mobile Design Box. MIAD students will also be showcasing New Genre Work: Process- From Start to Finish where students present work exhibiting the process of collaborative temporary public art.
January
Community Artist : Iris Acevedo “Your One of a Kind” A Fashion Narrative about identity, healing and restoration.
UWM Architecture Studio : In Situ “Small is beautiful.” Exploring the aesthetic power of small-scale architectural interventions.
2018
October
Plywood Toys: ARCH 420 students embarked on an ambitious semester trying to understand the relationship between kids, play, and architecture. Using a limited vocabulary of simple shapes and a single material palette of 5/8” Baltic birch plywood students teamed up to design a construction toy for a child that is transformable. Inspiration was drawn from Ann Tyng’s Tyng Toy and Ray and Charles Eames’ The Toy.
July
Mass Matters: Assistant Professor Alex Timmer opens an exhibit of his studio “Mass Matters” at the Mobile Design Box on July 20th from 5-8pm. The studio focuses on using thermodynamics as the primary driver of design. Models, drawings and samples will be on display. Alex will present the work on Saturday July 21st from 11-12PM alongside Evelyn Patricia Terry who is also exhibiting her work “America: Guests Who Came To Dinner (and Stayed).”
April
People and Places: ARCH 320 design studio curated by Assistant Professor Kyle Reynolds shows the active and passive relationships between architecture and people. ZIP MKE 100 Milwaukee photos curated by Dominic Inouye, highlighting residents, architecture, and the relationship between the two at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
January
LIGHT MEDIUM Dark: Sculpting Daylight with Architecture, studio work from Associate Professor Kyle Talbott and “Studies in Space, a cinematic study in movement and architecture” film by Tate Bunker, Award-winning filmmaker at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
Plywood Toys: ARCH 420 students embarked on an ambitious semester trying to understand the relationship between kids, play, and architecture. Using a limited vocabulary of simple shapes and a single material palette of 5/8” Baltic birch plywood students teamed up to design a construction toy for a child that is transformable. Inspiration was drawn from Ann Tyng’s Tyng Toy and Ray and Charles Eames’ The Toy.
July
Mass Matters: Assistant Professor Alex Timmer opens an exhibit of his studio “Mass Matters” at the Mobile Design Box on July 20th from 5-8pm. The studio focuses on using thermodynamics as the primary driver of design. Models, drawings and samples will be on display. Alex will present the work on Saturday July 21st from 11-12PM alongside Evelyn Patricia Terry who is also exhibiting her work “America: Guests Who Came To Dinner (and Stayed).”
April
People and Places: ARCH 320 design studio curated by Assistant Professor Kyle Reynolds shows the active and passive relationships between architecture and people. ZIP MKE 100 Milwaukee photos curated by Dominic Inouye, highlighting residents, architecture, and the relationship between the two at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
January
LIGHT MEDIUM Dark: Sculpting Daylight with Architecture, studio work from Associate Professor Kyle Talbott and “Studies in Space, a cinematic study in movement and architecture” film by Tate Bunker, Award-winning filmmaker at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
2017
October
Little Details, Encaustic Artist Michael Westcott,UWM SARUP alumni Sarah Traver Billy Mikich, and student work from Highland Ave School at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
July
Historic Preservation Studio, Matt Jarosz; WasteCap WI
exhibit of “upcycled” reclaimed building components and Fresh Perspectives Artist Group that utilize their reclaimed components in their art at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
April
Towards a Cinematic Architecture, Assistant Professor Jasmine Benyamin and Avenues West Community Art Project: “Together we can” Connect a Neighborhood”, Future Milwaukee, Ali Kopyt at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
January
Place Acts, Associate Professor Arijit Sen and Express Yourself Milwaukee, Muneer Bahauddeen at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
Little Details, Encaustic Artist Michael Westcott,UWM SARUP alumni Sarah Traver Billy Mikich, and student work from Highland Ave School at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
July
Historic Preservation Studio, Matt Jarosz; WasteCap WI
exhibit of “upcycled” reclaimed building components and Fresh Perspectives Artist Group that utilize their reclaimed components in their art at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
April
Towards a Cinematic Architecture, Assistant Professor Jasmine Benyamin and Avenues West Community Art Project: “Together we can” Connect a Neighborhood”, Future Milwaukee, Ali Kopyt at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
January
Place Acts, Associate Professor Arijit Sen and Express Yourself Milwaukee, Muneer Bahauddeen at Near West Side (Historic Concordia neighborhood) at 753 North 27th Street, funding partner Wiegand Enterprises
Place Acts Exhibit Place Acts Exhibit
2016
January
Institute of Ecological Design, Professor Jim Wasley and Joint Effort Studio, Jesse Damrow, at The Historic Pritzlaff Building, funding partner Kendall Breunig, Sunset Investors
January
Milwaukee Arts Barge, SARUP Fellow Antonio Furgiuele and Mobility Matters, ReciproCITY, at The North End, funding partner Mandel, Inc.
Institute of Ecological Design, Professor Jim Wasley and Joint Effort Studio, Jesse Damrow, at The Historic Pritzlaff Building, funding partner Kendall Breunig, Sunset Investors
January
Milwaukee Arts Barge, SARUP Fellow Antonio Furgiuele and Mobility Matters, ReciproCITY, at The North End, funding partner Mandel, Inc.
Mobility Matters Exhibit Institute of Ecological Design Exhibit
2015
October
From Waste to Wonder Studio, Assistant Prof Nikole Bouchard and beintween, Keith Hayes, at The North End, funding partner Mandel, Inc.
July
Community Design Solutions, Professor Carolyn Esswein; Public artist, Jill Sebastian and Woodworker, Matthew Gramling, at The North End, funding partner Mandel, Inc.
January
Sou Fujimoto Architects, Marcus Prize Winner Sou Fujimoto and Furniture, Ryan Tretow (Milwaukee Creative Entrepreneur), at The North End, funding partner Mandel, Inc.
From Waste to Wonder Studio, Assistant Prof Nikole Bouchard and beintween, Keith Hayes, at The North End, funding partner Mandel, Inc.
July
Community Design Solutions, Professor Carolyn Esswein; Public artist, Jill Sebastian and Woodworker, Matthew Gramling, at The North End, funding partner Mandel, Inc.
January
Sou Fujimoto Architects, Marcus Prize Winner Sou Fujimoto and Furniture, Ryan Tretow (Milwaukee Creative Entrepreneur), at The North End, funding partner Mandel, Inc.
Waste to Wonder Exhibit Sou Fujimoto and Furniture Exhibit