Career-spanning exhibition marks SITIO’s tenth year and the tenth anniversary of Taller’s El Corazón Cultural Center
SITIO architecture + urbanism, a boutique Philadelphia design practice founded by Antonio Fiol-Silva, will celebrate its 10th anniversary this fall with En Su Sitio, “In Its Place,” an exhibition tracing Fiol-Silva’s career trajectory alongside the collective body of work that defines SITIO today. The exhibition opens September 11 and runs through November 14 at Taller Puertorriqueño’s El Corazón Cultural Center, a building Fiol-Silva himself designed. An opening reception will be held Friday, September 18, from 5:30 to 8:30 PM.
The exhibition’s run coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month and marks a decade for both organizations: SITIO’s founding as an independent practice and Taller’s tenth year in its current home on North 5th Street. Together, the two milestones frame an exhibition about design’s role in building community, in a building that is itself an example of that idea.
Through drawings, models, research, and built work, the exhibition explores how thoughtful design can respond to social, cultural, economic, and environmental conditions while strengthening connections between people and place.
“This exhibition is a chance to step back and look across a career of work through the lens of architecture as a practical art, one that is socially rooted in people, culture, and place,” said Antonio Fiol-Silva, Founding Principal of SITIO. “It traces a personal trajectory that bridges the scale of the city and the individual, using memory, values, and place to shape how we inhabit our built environment. Presenting it inside a building we designed for Taller makes that point in a way words can’t.”
Over the past decade, SITIO’s practice has worked across sectors and geographies, from an intimate chapel restoration to a 30-story high-rise, always guided by the idea that good design takes its cue from the DNA of a place. The exhibition will feature a selection of that work, including:
- The Chestnut at University City: a 30-story, 405-unit mixed-use residential tower near the University of Pennsylvania, recognized with a ULI Philadelphia Award of Excellence.
- Penn Drexel Newman Center: the adaptive reuse and restoration of the oldest Newman Center in the country, also honored with a ULI Philadelphia Award of Excellence.
- 2500 League Island Boulevard: a flex production facility at the Philadelphia Navy Yard supporting the region’s growing cell and gene therapy industry, awarded an AIA Pennsylvania Design Excellence Silver Medal.
- La Joya Gardens: a community-driven mixed-use and affordable housing development in Southwest Detroit’s Mexicantown, shaped through extensive resident engagement.
Taller Puertorriqueño has spent decades using arts and culture to strengthen North Philadelphia’s Latino community, and hosting the exhibition extends that mission.
“Taller has always believed that culture and place are inseparable, and this exhibition brings that belief to life,” said Erikka Goslin, Executive Director and CEO of Taller Puertorriqueño. “Antonio designed El Corazón with our community in mind, and now his career of work will fill these same walls during Hispanic Heritage Month. It is a full-circle moment for both of our organizations.”
The opening reception on September 18 will be free and open to the public, with light refreshments served. For media RSVPs, please email Lizzy Leer at lleer@mavenagency.com.
Exhibition Details
- What: En Su Sitio, “In Its Place,” an exhibition celebrating SITIO’s 10th anniversary.
- Where: Taller Puertorriqueño’s El Corazón Cultural Center, 2600 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19133
- When: September 11 through November 14, 2026. Free and open to the public.
- Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 2026, 5:30 to 8:30 PM. Free. RSVP at events/sitio.
Additional Programming
Throughout its run, En Su Sitio has several events scheduled.
- October 10: Taller will host a VIP fundraiser dinner in the gallery, for those interested in attending please visit org/10-10-10/.
- November 7: the exhibition will host an artist talk featuring Maurice D. Cox, Emma Bloomberg Professor in Residence of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard University, and Antonio Fiol-Silva before closing on November 14.
About SITIO architecture + urbanism
SITIO architecture + urbanism is a Philadelphia-based collaborative of architects and urban planners founded by Antonio Fiol-Silva, FAIA. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the firm is known for transformational, context-rooted design that responds to the physical, socio-cultural and tactical character of a place, spanning mixed-use multifamily housing, higher education, and civic and cultural institutions. SITIO’s commitment to placemaking and design excellence has earned the firm multiple AIA and ULI Awards for Excellence. For more information, visit www.sitioau.com.
About Taller Puertorriqueño
Taller Puertorriqueño is a community-based cultural organization founded in 1974. Taller’s primary purpose is to preserve, develop, and promote Puerto Rican arts and culture, grounded in the conviction that embracing one’s cultural heritage is central to community empowerment. Taller is also committed to representing and supporting other Latino and Latinx cultural expressions and our shared roots.
This exhibition celebrates both the building’s 10th anniversary and the United States semiquincentennial through a yearlong initiative: WE WILL NOT HIDE: Hidden Histories, Collective Voices, and Creative Futures. Featuring dynamic exhibitions and public programs, the initiative affirms the stories, creativity, and presence of our communities.
For more information, visit https://tallerpr.org/.
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