Peñarroyo and Clutter’s EXTENTS to be featured in 2025 Chicago Biennial
EXTENTS, a design collaborative led by two Taubman College faculty, will present its work at the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial this fall. Founded in 2017 by Cyrus Peñarroyo, assistant professor of architecture, and McLain Clutter, associate professor of architecture, EXTENTS is one of nearly 100 firms, collaborations, and individuals participating in this year’s international exhibit.
EXTENTS represents the intersection of architecture, urbanism, and digital media technologies. Inspired by Peñarroyo’s experience growing up in the Midwest as a queer, Filipino-American and Clutter’s childhood in a small Appalachian town outside of Pittsburgh, their collaborative work focuses on concepts such as otherness at the cultural periphery.
Past projects include “Holding Pattern,” a workshop using AR technology to visualize neighborhood change; “Lossy/Lossless,” a temporary gallery space designed to reflect a neighborhood during gentrification; and “Image Matters,” a large, occupiable camera that produces tintypes as a way to reflect on the relationship between architecture and images.
Founded in 2014 and first held in 2015, the Chicago Biennial elevates the city’s historical legacy at the forefront of architecture and design. This year’s event, titled Shift: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, will bring together projects from 30 countries to address questions of housing, ecology, and material innovation.
The Biennial opens on September 19, 2025, and runs through February 2026.
