arts for living

arts for living takes a close look at the abrons arts center, a community art facility in the lower east side, as a case study for an architecture designed to address issues of public space and community life. the center was built during the 1970’s fiscal crisis and designed by prentice and chan, ohlhausen as a cultural institution with new educational facilities intended to enable, foster and serve the everyday activities of the local low-income population.

with essays by alan  moore and kim  förster, an interview with lo-yi chan and photographs by jason  fulford.

designed by geoff han

printed by drukkerij mart.spruijt bv, amsterdam

isbn 978-0-9882906-0-0

available at: idea books; pro  qm, berlin; walther  könig, cologne; georg  büchner  buchladen, darmstadt; section  7  books, paris; san  serriffe, amsterdam; théophile’s  papers, brussels; wiels, brussels; mcnally  jackson, new york; van  alen  books, new york; half  letter  press, chicago; the  cca  bookstore, montreal; peinture  fraîche, brussels; or email.

this publication was made possible with kind support from the graham  foundation  for  advanced  studies  in  the  fine  arts.