London-based architecture collective Assemble is set to transform an outdoor courtyard at A/D/O in Brooklyn into a ?model factory? to explore utopian ideals of work. The Turner Prize-winning architects will use their first site-specific installation in the U.S. entitled ?A Factory As It Might Be? to depict a vision of how society should build and function using abundant, malleable materials.

The installation is set at A/D/O's courtyard in Brooklyn. Image Courtesy of Sam Nixon

London-based architecture collective Assemble is set to transform an outdoor courtyard at A/D/O in Brooklyn into a ?model factory? to explore utopian ideals of work. The Turner Prize-winning architects will use their first site-specific installation in the U.S. entitled ?A Factory As It Might Be? to depict a vision of how society should build and function using abundant, malleable materials.
A workshop within the factory will allow clay tiles to be produced for the factory's facade. Image Courtesy of Sam Nixon

?A Factory As It Might Be? will operate from February to April 2017 at A/D/O?s 23,000 square-foot-space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, a space allowing the public to work, explore, and participate in design exhibitions and events. Assemble?s installation forms part of the inaugural Design Academy at A/D/O, themed ?Utopia vs. Dystopia: Designing Our Imagined Futures.? The installation?s name was inspired by the title of an iconic essay by social activ...