Metro Test Zones, 2019

Extrapolation Factory

New Yorkers, actors and participants developed alternative futures for the city’s green spaces through workshops and theatrical experiments. Their proposals became a space for testing imagined infrastructure and social relationships.

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Research interests
Climate research · Infrastructure imagination · Participatory futures · Prototyping · Simulation

Exhibitions & related material

Exhibitions & public programs

2019 · ExhibitionOpen Call: Extrapolation FactoryThe Shed, New York. Participatory performance and scenario installation.

Articles, publications & talks

2019 · Podcast interview · Possibility HoursMetro Test ZonesScott Paterson in conversation with Chris Woebken and Elliott P. Montgomery, 30 December 2019.
2019 · Article · The Architect’s NewspaperGraham Foundation announces 2019 architectural research grants winnersFeatures Metro Test Zones and its approach to participatory futures, with project text supplied by the Graham Foundation.