Foreclosed Homeowners Inspire Museum’s Architects Show: James S. Russell

By James S. Russell - Tue Mar 13 04:01:00 GMT 2012

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A proposal for flexible housing to be built on an abandoned industrial site in Cicero, Illinois, by the Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang. It is one of five concepts for five cities envisioned in the exhibition "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream," at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

A proposal for flexible housing to be built on an abandoned industrial site in Cicero, Illinois, by the Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang. It is one of five concepts for five cities envisioned in the exhibition "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream," at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Photographer: James Ewing/Museum of Modern Art via Bloomberg

The New York architecture firm MOS proposes to insert housing in the underused streets near a train station in Orange, New Jersey. Their concept is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, as part of the exhibition "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream."

The New York architecture firm MOS proposes to insert housing in the underused streets near a train station in Orange, New Jersey. Their concept is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, as part of the exhibition "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream." Source: MoMA/MOS via Bloomberg

A rendering of the edge of Keizer, a suburb of Salem, Oregon, as imagined by the architecture firm WORKac. It posits higher density as a means of preserving nature. It is part of the exhibition "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream" at MoMA.

A rendering of the edge of Keizer, a suburb of Salem, Oregon, as imagined by the architecture firm WORKac. It posits higher density as a means of preserving nature. It is part of the exhibition "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream" at MoMA. Source: WORKac via Bloomberg

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For an almost empty residential tract in Rialto, California, architect Andrew Zago conceived houses draped with sheltering grill work on sites where property lines have been rearranged to make more efficient use of land. The project is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream."

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Foreclosed Homeowners Inspire Museum’s Architects Show: James S. Russell