MICROPOLITAN studio is a research-based art and design collective that creates experimental multimedia projects, public art installations, and
architecture.
We use color, materiality, data and performance to tell stories about bodies in space and the spaces around bodies.
NEWS
Delara Rahim co-teaches “Art Instrument Communication and Public Space” with Kevin Liu at the University of Sydney Architecture, Design and Planning Graduate, Academia, Jul-Nov 2024
Francisco Brown co-teaches “Visual Representation Matters,” with Yazmany Arboleda and Leah White, at the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Academia, Jul-Dec 2024
MICROPOLITAN studio co-published “Play It Safe”, with Angie Door, at the Canadian Center for Architecture, Publication, Jul 2024
MICROPOLITAN studio collaborated with Parlour on a social media take over, Jun 2024
MICROPOLITAN studio exhibited two newly released prints for DEMO 2024 pop-up store organized by the New Museum and the NEW INC, Jun 2024
Delara Rahim teaches “A huge House III: Aboriginal College”, a 1st year Graduate studio coordinated by Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal, Academia, Feb 2024
Delara Rahim co-teaches “Art Instrument Communication and Public Space” with Kevin Liu at the University of Sydney Architecture, Design and Planning Graduate, Academia, Dec 2023
MICROPOLITAN studio collaborates with Elan ensemble on “I want nothing but love”, Artwork, Nov 2023
MICROPOLITAN studio contributes to “Emergent Emergency Strategies: 11 Takes On Collective Abundance”, Publication, Oct 2023
Francisco Brown joins the Harvard Alumni Council, Leadership, Jul 2023
MICROPOLITAN studio presents Playgrounds & Fear in Collective Abundance Demo exhibition at La Mama Galleria, Exhibition, Jun 2023
MICROPOLITAN studio is selected to speak for NEW INC’s DEMO festival at the New Museum, Presentation, Jun 2023
Interview with Diane Davis for the 100th Edition of Arquine Magazine, Publication, Nov 2022
MICROPOLITAN Studio welcomes Little Amal, Project, Sep 2022
MICROPOLITAN Studio is selected for the 2022-2023 Collective Abundance Y9 cohort for NEW INC, Aug 2022
Select works by Delara and Jimmy are part of workshops and exhibitions led by Kevin Liu at Gallery a-83, Exhibition, Jul 2022
Francisco Brown selected to be part of US Architects Declare’s steering committee, Leadership, Jun 2022
MICROPOLITAN Studio co-creates the exhibition “Co-creating The People’s Bus” with Yazmany Arboleda, Exhibition, Dec 2021
MICROPOLITAN Studio is selected for the 2021-2022 Collective Abundance Y8 cohort for NEW INC, Aug 2021
Jimmy Pan collaborates on Welcome to Chinatown’s “The Future of Outdoor Dining in Chinatown” Report, Research, Jul 2021
“Sensing Bodies”, by Delara Rahim, is published in Paprika!, Publication, Apr 2021
Delara and Francisco selected as Lab Instructors at Wentworth Institute of Technology’s ‘Future Lab’, Academia, Jan 2021
‘Just Numbers’, by Jimmy Pan, is published in Resilience Quarterly, Publication, Nov 2020
Francisco Brown collaborates on “Breonna’s Billboard”, Project, Oct 2020
Francisco Brown co-curates and moderates ‘Design Impact’ Panel, Leadership, Sep 2020
Francisco Brown edits “Extreme Urbanism: Imagining the future of Ishkashim, Afghanistan Design Guide”, Publication, Sep 2020
’Masks and spaces between us’ for Harvard's DDYA studio, Academia, Aug 2020
Delara and Jimmy, with DRF, co-curate and publish Quarantined, Publication, May 2020
Francisco Brown is selected as a Fellow of ‘Idea City’, Leadership, Feb 2020
Delara Rahim’s ‘Payer/clay/paper’ is exhibited in the Harvard Arts Ceramics Exhibition, Exhibition, Jan 2020
Delara Rahim’s ‘Gestural Surface’ is selected for Harvard Arts First Festival, Exhibition, Dec 2019
‘The Thinness of Lines’, by Jimmy Pan, is published in UD:ID Territories, Publication, Nov 2019
‘In Bloom’, by Delara Rahim, is published in Platform 12: How about now?, Publication, Nov 2019
Francisco Brown co-teaches “Visual Representation Matters,” with Yazmany Arboleda and Leah White, at the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Academia, Jul-Dec 2024
MICROPOLITAN studio co-published “Play It Safe”, with Angie Door, at the Canadian Center for Architecture, Publication, Jul 2024
MICROPOLITAN studio collaborated with Parlour on a social media take over, Jun 2024
MICROPOLITAN studio exhibited two newly released prints for DEMO 2024 pop-up store organized by the New Museum and the NEW INC, Jun 2024
Delara Rahim teaches “A huge House III: Aboriginal College”, a 1st year Graduate studio coordinated by Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal, Academia, Feb 2024
Delara Rahim co-teaches “Art Instrument Communication and Public Space” with Kevin Liu at the University of Sydney Architecture, Design and Planning Graduate, Academia, Dec 2023
MICROPOLITAN studio collaborates with Elan ensemble on “I want nothing but love”, Artwork, Nov 2023
MICROPOLITAN studio contributes to “Emergent Emergency Strategies: 11 Takes On Collective Abundance”, Publication, Oct 2023
Francisco Brown joins the Harvard Alumni Council, Leadership, Jul 2023
MICROPOLITAN studio presents Playgrounds & Fear in Collective Abundance Demo exhibition at La Mama Galleria, Exhibition, Jun 2023
MICROPOLITAN studio is selected to speak for NEW INC’s DEMO festival at the New Museum, Presentation, Jun 2023
Interview with Diane Davis for the 100th Edition of Arquine Magazine, Publication, Nov 2022
MICROPOLITAN Studio welcomes Little Amal, Project, Sep 2022
MICROPOLITAN Studio is selected for the 2022-2023 Collective Abundance Y9 cohort for NEW INC, Aug 2022
Select works by Delara and Jimmy are part of workshops and exhibitions led by Kevin Liu at Gallery a-83, Exhibition, Jul 2022
Francisco Brown selected to be part of US Architects Declare’s steering committee, Leadership, Jun 2022
MICROPOLITAN Studio co-creates the exhibition “Co-creating The People’s Bus” with Yazmany Arboleda, Exhibition, Dec 2021
MICROPOLITAN Studio is selected for the 2021-2022 Collective Abundance Y8 cohort for NEW INC, Aug 2021
Jimmy Pan collaborates on Welcome to Chinatown’s “The Future of Outdoor Dining in Chinatown” Report, Research, Jul 2021
“Sensing Bodies”, by Delara Rahim, is published in Paprika!, Publication, Apr 2021
Delara and Francisco selected as Lab Instructors at Wentworth Institute of Technology’s ‘Future Lab’, Academia, Jan 2021
‘Just Numbers’, by Jimmy Pan, is published in Resilience Quarterly, Publication, Nov 2020
Francisco Brown collaborates on “Breonna’s Billboard”, Project, Oct 2020
Francisco Brown co-curates and moderates ‘Design Impact’ Panel, Leadership, Sep 2020
Francisco Brown edits “Extreme Urbanism: Imagining the future of Ishkashim, Afghanistan Design Guide”, Publication, Sep 2020
’Masks and spaces between us’ for Harvard's DDYA studio, Academia, Aug 2020
Delara and Jimmy, with DRF, co-curate and publish Quarantined, Publication, May 2020
Francisco Brown is selected as a Fellow of ‘Idea City’, Leadership, Feb 2020
Delara Rahim’s ‘Payer/clay/paper’ is exhibited in the Harvard Arts Ceramics Exhibition, Exhibition, Jan 2020
Delara Rahim’s ‘Gestural Surface’ is selected for Harvard Arts First Festival, Exhibition, Dec 2019
‘The Thinness of Lines’, by Jimmy Pan, is published in UD:ID Territories, Publication, Nov 2019
‘In Bloom’, by Delara Rahim, is published in Platform 12: How about now?, Publication, Nov 2019