DIS-ASSEMBLIES
RESEARCH & DESIGN LAB @MIT

‘DESIGNING HOW THINGS COME APART’
 
SHOW: All  SET—A  SET—B
09-01–24  THE WAREHOUSE:
A Flexible sound venue and classroom
PROJECT TYPE: Built 
OPENING: Fall 2024
VENUE: Dartmouth College
PROGRAM: 2,500 square foot
COLLABORATION: T+E+A+M architects and sonic artist Ash Fure

BRIEF:
A venue, classroom and performance space for spatial sound experiments.  The design includes a steel structural system that provides numerous rigging points for speakers, lights, and other materials, with a 24.2 channel Meyer speaker array, built-in DMX lighting and complete with custom made modular furniture. a fully reconfigurable space with a multichannel spatial audio system that invites artists to experiment sound.
CATEGORY:
TAG-3, TAG-4, TAG-22
05–15–24 PROOFING:
Resistant and ReadyPROJECT TYPE: Built / Mixed media installation
OPENING: Spring 2023
VENUE: Venice Architecture Biennale
VIDEO: Link to video
WEBSITE: Link to website
COLLABORATION: Essay w/ Deborah Garcia - Spring 2024

CATEGORY:
Disassembly, Lightweight,
Durable Materials
07–16–24 ANIMAL: 
A Listening Gym PROJECT TYPE: Built / Mixed media installation
OPENING: Spring 2023
VENUE: Yale Schwarzman Center
VIDEO: Link to Video
COLLABORATION: w/ Sonic artist Ash Fure

CATEGORY:
Tag-4, Tag-5, Tag-6
07–17–24 SOMEPARTS:
A Kit for LifePROJECT TYPE: Kit for perpetually reusable architectures and furnitures
OPENING: Spring 2021
TEAM: Delaney Mccraney & Ana Tang
VENUE: For sale and customization options
WEB: www.someparts.parts
CATEGORY:
Tag-1, Tag-3, Tag-5
04–23–24SOMEPARTS: 
Studio remodel
 PROJECT TYPE: Fully disassemble-able apartment renovation
OPENING: Spring 2020
TEAM: Delaney Mccraney
LOCATION: Ann Arbor, MI.
CATEGORY:
Tag-2, Tag-4, Tag-6



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