26"x26"
digital print on silk

created by Ponnapa Prakkamakul, image courtesy Sasaki

NOTE: If a winner is unable to pick up the item from 110 Chauncy, the winner is responsible for shipping and handling costs. This item will ship from Boston, MA.

About the Project
TechTown—an emerging knowledge district in Midtown Detroit—is currently characterized by surface parking, vacant properties, and inward-facing, siloed hubs of activity. The TechTown District Plan articulates an inspiring vision for the revitalization of the district. Developed by Sasaki Associates in collaboration with Midtown Detroit Inc. and U3 Ventures, the plan accelerates innovation, promotes entrepreneurship, and builds community around the generation of ideas in a vibrant, mixed-use setting. Leveraging the potential of key institutional anchors within the district (Wayne State University, College for Creative Studies, and Henry Ford Health System), the plan creates an environment that fosters knowledge generation and innovation. The plan repurposes the historic building stock with uses that support innovation and create vibrancy, and also strengthens connections within Midtown Detroit and to surrounding neighborhoods.

About the Artist
Ponnapa Prakkamakul (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and landscape architect based in Massachusetts. Drawing from her immigrant background, her work explores the relationship between humans and their environment, focusing on cultural displacement and sense of belonging. Ponnapa holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design where she received Lowthorpe Fellowship Award upon graduation. She is also a recipient of Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Award, David Bethuel Jamieson Fellowship, Mount Auburn Cemetery Artist Residency, Urbano Project Artist in Residence, Residence Lab’s artist-in-residence at the Asian Community Development Corporation and the Pao Arts Center, and Manoog Family Artist-in-Resident at the Plumbing Museum in Watertown with four paintings in the museum’s permanent collection. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, and the Provincetown Banner. Currently, Ponnapa is a member at Kingston Gallery and a landscape architect at Sasaki.