Dupont Underground: Common Ground, Common Future
Type: Exhibition (Film)
Opening: Kibel Gallery, University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, April 3 2023
Closed: Kibel Gallery, University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, August 2023
Opening: Dupont Underground, February 28 2025
Closed: Dupont Underground, April 13 2025
This animated film was commissioned by MAPP+D and Dupont Underground. A 5-minute film analyzes the history behind Dupont Circle, and its transformation into a new type of art space in Washington, DC. Completed with University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation AND Dupont Underground
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The Dupont Underground: Layered History & Possible Futures is a specially commissioned animation investigating the once abandoned underground streetcar station that has been transformed into a cultural institution for arts and architecture in Washington, D.C. 's Dupont Circle. Drawing on a wide range of archival material, the animation explores each historic period of Dupont Circle’s development, the relationship between above ground and subterranean structures, and how the Dupont Underground is animating this previously underutilized space through art, architecture, and other cultural production.
At the confluence of architecture, planning, historic preservation, and real estate, the Dupont Underground is an exemplar of how the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation’s disciplines can produce synergistic opportunities for the improvement of cities and civic life.
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