• VALUE SHOP

    A 3-day popup shop celebrating the VALUE of DESIGN in Seattle

    Friday-Sunday,
    September 21-23

  • Tight Urbanism

    Alley Urbanism in the U.S., Australia, and Japan

    September 21 - 23
    Friday: noon – 10 p.m.
    Saturday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
    Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

  • Photo Challenge and Gallery: Engage Your World

    September 21-23
    Friday: noon – 8 p.m.
    Saturday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
    Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

  • FYI is a Poster Show

    September 21 – 23
    Friday: noon – 8 p.m.
    Saturday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
    Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

  • John Street: Design Block

    Urban Intervention Showcase

    September 21 – 23
    Friday: noon – 10 p.m. (containers close at 8 p.m.)
    Saturday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. (containers close at 8 p.m.)
    Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

  • IIDA People’s Choice Exhibit

    Immerse yourself in the region’s interior design

    September 21 - 23
    Friday: noon – 8 p.m.
    Saturday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
    Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

  • Brainstorm

    Idea Cloud

    September 21 – 23
    Friday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
    Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

  • Transforming Seattle’s 520 Floating Bridge

    Design Ideas Competition Exhibit

    September 18 – October 26
    Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m – 5 p.m.

  • Natural Systems / Emergent Forms

    15th Annual Architectural Model Exhibit

    September 14 – October 14
    Tuesday – Friday: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
    Saturday – Sunday: 1 – 4 p.m.

  • Discover Environmental Graphic Design:

    Urban Design in Your Environment

    September 13 – 23

  • FutureShack

    The Next 50 Years of Residential Design

    September 06 – 29
    Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

  • George Nakashima

    A Master’s Furniture and Philosophy

    July 13, 2012 – January 20, 2013
    Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    Closed Monday.

Tight Urbanism
Alley Urbanism in the U.S., Australia, and Japan

This is a mobile exhibit by AIA Seattle’s 2010 Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship recipient Daniel Toole. Daniel travelled to Chicago, San Francisco, Melbourne, Osaka and Kyoto – cities that continue to transform their alley networks – to study the potentially vibrant in-between spaces of the built environment. The exhibit will connect Daniel’s findings to the less-travelled paths of Seattle’s own abundant alleyways.

Utilizing several mediums, including photographs and sketches, the exhibit is mounted on shipping pallets and casters to keep it mobile and modular. It has been displayed around the city at the AIA gallery, and several alleys including Firehouse Alley in Pioneer Square, and Canton Alley in the International District. 

Copies of Daniel’s book, Tight Urbanism, which documents his travels through alleys in writing, photography, and sketching, will be available.

September 21 - 23
Friday: noon – 10 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Alley next to the “Design Block”

John Street between 9th and Westlake

Tickets: Free

Event by:
Design in Public
alleysofseattle.com