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The HABEAS LOUNGE is a built environment created by Linda Pollack specifically constructed to foster and animate civic dialogue. Topics of past LOUNGE series include urban planning, constitutional issues, the economy, and city history. arts>Brookfield Properties has invited Linda Pollack back to transform the 7+FIG Art Space into an incubator for ideas about Downtown L.A. The 8-week public event, called Habeas Lounge: A Pluralistic Downtown Los Angeles Investigation, is both a map based-exhibition and a space for visitors to interpolate their own ideas and visions about our shared city.

For "A Pluralistic Downtown Los Angeles Investigation", the HABEAS LOUNGE is literally constructed from the city of Los Angeles, creating a new level of site specificity. LA local businesses donated their cardboard to sustainable architect Nina Marie Barbuto, who built this version of the LOUNGE. The mapping investigation features a broad spectrum of geographical materials ranging from traditional and historic maps, to those inspired by the senses of smell, touch and emotion. The collection and workshops are orchestrated by map wrangler Katie Bachler. HABEAS LOUNGE headquarters has been specially designed LA architect Ilaria Mazzoleni.