Utah Heritage Foundation

OPENING NIGHT Fluid Adagio - 20 May

Please join us to celebrate a new paradigm in the way we see space in our city.

50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City.   

Click here to buy tickets:  Dinner tickets 

7:00- Dinner will be served @ the Olive Bistro (57 West 200 South), tickets are 20.00, and are available here... or feel free to call the AIA Utah office at 801.532.1727 to reserve a spot. 

8:45- Opening remarks

9:00- Opening of Project, performance begins

We believe that once people begin to see interesting space like the installation "Sway'd" created by Daniel Lyman, our community will begin to see the palpable difference between an environment that is well thought out and designed versus the many mundane places that already exist. Our hope is that someday people in our community will demand richness in design that shapes the fabric of our city, making it ultimately a better place to live. This artistic piece helps tie downtown together with activity and interest while development of the new Ballet West building is on its way. 

The Young Architects Forum held a competition over a year ago, we had over 60 entries, 13 different countries, 25 from other states, and the winner came from here in Utah!

This project's genesis was simple, Salt Lake County had set aside money for temporary improvements to the lot adjacent to Capitol Theater, those improvements consisted primarily of vegetation, and screening the site until construction began on Ballet West.  We as the Young Architects Forum saw this as a huge opportunity to get involved in our community, so we asked if we could hold a design competition to create a refuge in our city that produced an experience beyond the mundane experiences that exist all over our city.  We believed it was possible to take a vacant lot that was perceived as a nuisance and transform it into something special, something that people within the city could engage with.  We had the amazing support, and vision of both Salt Lake County Center for the Arts, and Salt Lake City Arts Council see the idea through to its completion.  It is the dedication of the County and the City and their faith in young designers that made this idea become a reality.

So we hope you will join us in this celebration of a new way to think of spacial possibilities in our city. For more info, visit the website for the Young Architects Forum (YAF).