One of the last things you'd expect to find on a large vacant lot in downtown Philadelphia might be an exhibition full of progressive thinking on sustainable design. But from now until October 30th, A Clean Break will be putting a previously empty space to good use by showcasing low waste innovations for the urban environment.

A Clean Break Explores Sustainable Prefab Dwellings

In October a vacant lot on Broad Street will become a pop-up neighborhood with full-scale modern, sustainable and affordable homes designed by architects. In conjunction with DesignPhiladelphia and National Design Week 2008, the exhibition of modular and prefabricated homes will be on view to the public from October 17th to 30th at 313 South Broad at Spruce Street, with an opening on Oct 16th from 7:00 to 10:00 PM.

In October a vacant lot on Broad Street will become a pop-up neighborhood with full-scale modern, sustainable and affordable homes designed by architects. In conjunction with DesignPhiladelphia and National Design Week 2008, the exhibition of modular and prefabricated homes will be on view to the public from October 17th to 30th at 313 South Broad at Spruce Street, with an opening on Oct 16th from 7:00 to 10:00 PM.

A village grows at Design Philadelphia

You expect to see a rich panoply of architectural types when you walk along Broad Street in Center City. Tall office towers and boxy theaters. Classical banks and trendy restaurants. Subway entrances and newsstands. A darling, lipstick-red house with a front yard, a tiny porch, and solar cells.

PHILLY PREFAB EXHIBIT: A Clean Break

This week our Prefab Friday radar went crazy when it detected A Clean Break's green, prefab neighborhood in the City of Brotherly Love, hosted by Minima Gallery as a part of overall DesignPhiladelphia and National Design Week festivities. From October 17 to October 30 visitors can wander through a modern, green village featuring innovative design solutions from international architects and designers, including Alchemy Architects and Sustain Design/Altius Architecture. See what it means to live green in the neighborhood!

"A Clean Break" Prefab Neighborhood Opens Tonight at 7PM

I don't know how I forgot to post anything on this event until now. Get ready for lots of links in this post. A Clean Break sponsored and coordinated by Minima is part of the Design Philadelphia citywide event that is starting today and running for a week straight with over 90 programs scheduled.

ISA was asked to participate in the event a few months ago to specifically showcase the 100K House project along with other distinguished exhibitors. ISA has easily put in three nine man weeks (is that a term?) to prepare a smashing exhibit for this show. They've done a bang up job, so if you have time come on out to support them. The grand opening is tonight from 7PM - 10PM and we'll be getting there around 6PM to check out the final product. More details below:

Event: A Clean Break: Pop up Neighborhood

Where: 313 S Broad St across from Kimmel Center

When: Opening Oct 16th at 7PM and running until Oct 30th (11AM - 7PM)

Lastly, Brian from ISA and I (and maybe Nic) will be part of a panel on Saturday, October 25th in conjunction with this event. We will be sharing a table with Peter LaBonte of Modern Modular in Brooklyn. The subject is Deliberate Development. Check out the event calender for more information or to RSVP for the event which will be from 3:30 - 4:45.