A Modular Public Realm Prototype MOVING between furniture, sculpture, tactical urbanism, and civic activation infrastructure.
Built as a flexible kit-of-parts, the system enables cities, developers, arts organizations, and community stakeholders to rapidly transform underutilized space into environments that support gathering, culture, recreation, and everyday social life. Modular. Reversible. Human-scale. Programmable.
PRECEDENT
We are a local team of artists, designers, architects, & builders working at the intersection of cultural infrastructure and civic design. Since 2019, EXIT has developed and operated a proven model for activating underutilized urban space— producing hundreds of events, exhibitions, and performances that drive engagement, support local creative economies, and strengthen the city’s cultural identity.
In 2022, this work expanded into tactical urbanism and public realm prototyping through the transformation of Franklin Street in Allston into an active civic and cultural corridor. What began as independent cultural programming evolved into the development of modular infrastructure systems designed to support gathering, participation, and everyday public use.
in 2026 The Sideway Sculpture System emerges from this ongoing experimentation: a flexible framework for treating public space as cultural infrastructure.
Integrating modular seating architecture, adaptable activation elements, and ongoing programming into a unified placemaking system, the project explores how lightweight spatial interventions can transform underutilized streets, plazas, and storefront edges into socially magnetic public environments.
Together, these elements operate as a continuous platform for interaction, recreation, performance, and civic presence — increasing foot traffic, extending dwell time, supporting surrounding businesses, and strengthening the cultural identity of place.
Public space, treated not simply as circulation infrastructure, but as a living medium for participation and collective experience.
