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In this episode, we chat with Chicago-based designers Amanda Williams and Andres Hernandez, who were announced as the joint winners of the 2016 PXSTL Design-Build Competition in March. Co-founded by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Washington University’s Sam Fox School, both in St. Louis, the biennial program is aimed at using temporary pavilions to help revitalize blighted urban space. We talk with the pair about their plan for the site and their call-to-response design concept of "unbuilding."

Episode 2: Amanda Williams and Andres Hernandez, the 2016 PXSTL Design-Build Competition Winners [SoundCloud] + [iTunes]

This episode was produced by Chelsea Blahut, Hallie Busta, Austin Heller, and Lauren Honesty.

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The vacant lot which the design duo and their graduate class will transform within the city’s Grand Center neighborhood.
The vacant lot which the design duo and their graduate class will transform within the city’s Grand Center neighborhood.
The design will be realized in the spring of 2017, and will host events during the summer season.
The design will be realized in the spring of 2017, and will host events during the summer season.