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Exhibition

Nature × Humanity

Oxman Architects
February 19–May 15, 2022
Floor 4

What is the role of an architect in the age of climate change? Since 2010, Oxman studio founder, Neri Oxman, has asked whether the materials, tools, and construction of architecture are sustainable moving forward. Through thought-provoking projects that use new biomaterials and fabrication techniques, Oxman rethinks all facets of the field with a singular objective: to transition from valuing human material wealth that stakes claim to land and resources to a focus on environmental health that restores and advances natural balance to mutually benefit all.

With nature as the primary client, the design practice upends the architectural legacy of a human-centered built environment and imagines a radically transformed future.


Exhibition Preview

Neri Oxman and The Mediated Matter Group, Aguahoja Pavilion (frontal view), 2018; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gift of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; © Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Photo: Matthew Millman
Neri Oxman and The Mediated Matter Group, Vespers Series II, Mask 01 for The New Ancient Collection, 2018; fabricated by Stratasys; private collection; photo: Yoram Reshef
OXMAN, Model for BioDiversity Pavilion, South Africa, 2021; © OXMAN, 2021; image: OXMAN
OXMAN, Model for Gemini Cinema, 2021 © OXMAN, 2021; image: OXMAN
Neri Oxman, Gemini chaise lounge, 2014; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; Photo: Matthew Millman
Neri Oxman and The Mediated Matter Group, Glass II prototype, 2017; © Massachusetts Institute of Technology; photo: The Mediated Matter Group
OXMAN, The Future of Mannahatta, 2021; © OXMAN, 2021; Photo: Matthew Millman
Neri Oxman and The Mediated Matter Group, Gallery View, 2022; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, © Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Photo: Matthew Millman


Presenting support for Nature X Humanity: Oxman Architects is provided by an anonymous donor. Generous support provided by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and The Sanger Family Architecture and Design Exhibition Fund.