by Kriston Capps

Do you want to go bird-watching in Chicago with Jeanne Gang? Blow smoke rings in Copenhagen with Bjarke Ingels? Um, get in a hot tub with Charles Renfro?

Anything is possible through the Van Alen Institute. The New York nonprofit architecture organization is hosting an “experience auction” to fund its research and public programming. Architects, artists, academics, curators, and other practitioners from the design field are willing to get down with you (and your friends!)—for the right price.