A Market Shed in Its 160th Year

Air Date
August 26, 2021
The vegetable building from Detroit’s Central Market holds over a century of stories – from the vendors and shoppers who brought it bustling to life in the 19th century, to the curators, preservationists and experts reconstructing it in Greenfield Village today. In this exclusive panel program, we’ll peek behind the scenes of the construction project and reveal plans for the 2022 opening.

About the Innovator

Toshiko Mori Interview Transcript
Architect

Throughout her career as a practicing architect and educator, Toshiko Mori has pursued a technical interest in the properties of materials, and especially synthetic materials, in addition to her concerns for purity of line, visual lightness and thermal performance.

Why She Innovates

As an architect, Toshiko Mori has always taken a personal delight in discovering new properties and potentials in materials. Whether designing exhibitions, houses or institutional projects such as the Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, she enjoys a process that combines intuition with the rigor of research.

Toshiko Mori Interview Highlights Transcript

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Toshiko Mori

I would say every architect that I know is a philosopher on his or her own.

  • The vegetable building from Detroit’s Central Market holds over a century of stories – from the vendors and shoppers who brought it bustling to life in the 19th century, to the curators, preservationists and experts reconstructing it in Greenfield Village today. In this exclusive panel program, we’ll peek behind the scenes of the construction project and reveal plans for the 2022 opening.
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A Market Shed in Its 160th Year

3 Feb, 01:20 PM
The vegetable building from Detroit’s Central Market holds over a century of stories – from the vendors and shoppers who brought it bustling to life in the 19th century, to the curators, preservationists and experts reconstructing it in Greenfield Village today. In this exclusive panel program, we’ll peek behind the scenes of the construction project and reveal plans for the 2022 opening.