EXIT Architecture

Humans have been enshrining and memorializing their dead for millennia. While rituals and symbolic forms vary widely across cultures and religions, all are rooted in similar desires: honoring a life and coping with loss. EXIT Architecture is a speculative look at designing for the afterlife in all of its potential architectural forms and new ways of marking our exit.

The realities of the world today have imposed restrictions and opportunities on internment. Rapid population growth, densifying urban areas, limited space, environmental concerns, and digitization are all factors that could lead architects to reimagine our own exit.

EXIT Architecture includes work by AD-WO, Aleksandr Mergold, ANAH, Bade Stageberg Cox, BEAU Architects, Giann Matias, Jason Vigneri-Beane, JeongChoi Works, KONYK Architecture, Lebbeus Woods, Michaela Metcalfe, Richard Ceccanti Aston, Roderick Cruz, Studio Ames, Yongwoo Park.

EXIT Architecture is the first curated exhibition of the Art Omi: Architecture program, where it was on view from January to March 2019. Subsequently, it traveled to Kean University, where it was on view until December 2019, and to Pratt Institute where it ran through February 2020.

Curators: Julia van den Hout, Kyle May, and Warren James
Identity Design: Original Copy
Commissioning Institution: Art Omi
Venues: Art Omi, Kean University, Pratt Institute