Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis today announced that architect Amanda Williams and artist/educator Andres L. Hernandez have won the competition for the 2015–17 iteration of PXSTL, a design-build commission for a temporary structure that will transform a vacant lot into the site of community-based programs and events.
The selection panel, which comprised representatives from the Pulitzer and the Sam Fox School, based its decision on criteria that included the strength and creativity of their past work, innovation of approach and the potential to invite public engagement.
“I am very pleased that Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez have been selected as the winners for PXSTL,” said Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School and the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Collaboration in the Arts. “They are both remarkable individuals and will make a stellar team.”
Pulitzer Arts Foundation Director Cara Starke noted “we are thrilled that they will bring their experience working in cities marked by vacancy — along with an approach that is at once deeply thoughtful, bold and practical — to the St. Louis community.”
In addition, next fall Williams and Hernandez will teach an architecture studio as visiting faculty in the Sam Fox School’s Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design. Students will play a role in developing the winning concept, including aspects of its design, implementation and community engagement.
The final PXSTL design will be realized in spring 2017. Programming will take place that summer.
For the full announcement, visit Pulitzerarts.org or SamFoxSchool.wustl.edu.
Media Contacts
For additional information on PXSTL and Pulitzer Arts Foundation, please contact Katie Hasler Peissig, manager of communications, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, at khasler@pulitzerarts.org or 314-754-1850 ext. 235.
For additional information on PXSTL and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, please contact Liam Otten, senior news director, arts & humanities, Washington University in St. Louis, at liam_otten@wustl.edu or 314-935-8494.
