Discuss “Shift: Words in the work”

When considered individually, the exhibits on display in the Edge Studio?s newest gallery ?? from ?Familiar? to ?Appeal? to ?Perception,? to the more exotically titled ?Vivace? and ?Jyoti? (words of Italian and Sanskrit origins, respectively) ? have little relation to each other. When observed as a whole, however, these works embody the paradox of modern public architecture and design, this juggling act between the desire to be accommodating and acceptable while also breathing imagination and sophistication.

Exclusively comprising recent projects by 13 Carnegie Mellon students, Shift: A Word about the Work is a chronicle of the interdisciplinary work that has recently emerged between the architecture and design departments. The gallery, organized...