architecture + urbanism
The phrase "15 minutes of fame" was coined by Andy Warhol over 43 years ago. Archdaily is our one of our favourite portals to get a dose of media if only fleeting. The White Block Gallery and the Braver House were recently featured and our 15 minutes of elation quickly turned back to "let's get back to work."
We are honored to be awarded the 2012 Emerging Voices Award.
"The Architectural League’s annual Emerging Voices Award spotlights North American individuals and firms with distinct design voices that have the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design."
Please join us for the public lecture this Friday:
Introduced by Paul Lewis of LTL
Friday, March 23, 2012, 7:00 p.m. | Rose Auditorium, The Cooper Union | 41 Cooper Square
1.5 AIA and New York State CEUs | photo courtesy Chang Kyun Kim
In January of this year, the Boston Society of Architects held for the first time an 'Oscars style' gala event celebrating the 2011 award winners. We were honored to have a triple win this year: 8 Towers won an Unbuilt Architecture & Design Award, the White Block Gallery garnered an Honor Award for Design Excellence, and Island of Water received the highest Honor Award in the Unbuilt Architecture & Design category.
We were honored to be one of 15 architects selected by guest editor and curator, Richard Meier, in the December issue of l'Arca Magazine.
"For these special pages, I wanted to focus on young firms that are creating exceptional work in two regions of the world where Richard Meier & Parters is also working: Latin America and Asia. This is a very exciting moment in architecture for both continents…"
- Richard Meier, Dec 2011, l'Arca
The Braver House, a prototype house that proposes an alternative to oversized suburban rebuilds is featured in the February issue of Dwell Magazine.
Part of an larger network that rethinks how fresh food is produced, distributed, and consumed, Clover's first restaurant in Harvard's Square's iconic Holyoke Center is featured in the Dec/Jan issue of Dwell Magazine. Thanks to Aaron Britt who covered the story. To find out more about Clover: www.cloverfoodlab.com
At the final review at the Harvard GSD, we explored the question of 'Light Monumentality,' this time more in depth: How can we address monumentality in contemporary terms when societal, material, and urban forces are in flux? Can the monumental be separated from the monument? What is the intersection of the sublime, the ultra-natural, and the urban environment?
Our stellar GSD students presented: Mark Pomarico, Andreas Thuy, Bosuk Hur, Isabelle Nutzi, Victor Amado, Vera Baranova, Hernan Garcia, Fareez Giga, Kyung Ho Won, Arielle Assouline-Lichten, and Glen Santayana Jr. The engaged jury consisted of Shih-Fu Peng, Timothy Hyde, David Salomon, George Legendre, Wang Shu, Yael Erel, Robert Campbell, Lluis Ortega, Richard Peiser, and Ana Heringer, with a special visit from our sponsors from Seoul's Samoo office, Gigson Rhie and Donghoon Kim.
The White Block Gallery has won a Special Citation for Design Excellence from the regional AIA New England Chapter.
"The jury admires this project for the purity of the idea and the inventive use of glass. Glass is explored as a material that need not be transparent or invisible, adding mood and subtlety to the classic prismatic cube parti."
Jinhee Park has just won Marie Claire's prominent 'Women on Top' award and is featured in the November issue of Marie Claire. As the only architect of the group, the issue features 16 women who are leaders in their profession. Katie Holmes presented the awards at the top of the Hearst Tower.
"Starting out with just a game-changing idea, a bulletproof business plan, or an electrifying design, these women are reinventing their industries and demolishing boys' clubs from the ranks of the military to Silicon Valley. They're all under 40, but those aren't stars in their eyes: They're planning a revolution." – Sophia Moura, Marie Claire
We are continuing to explore the theme of 'Light Monumentality' this semester with 12 talented students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The site of inquiry is the area surrounding Seoul Station where we have asked students to wrestle with contemporary terms of monumentality in the form of a design proposal for a new international rail station. With the inevitable opening of the border between North and South Korea, a trans-national railway will connect the Asian region with high-speed rail service and eventually future connections will even reach Europe.
Professor and masterplanner Ahn Changmo gave an enlightening tour of the history and future of Seoul Station which culminated at the roof of the historical building. There we were able to get a panoramic view of the quickly transforming urban surrounds…
A massive model of the Ordos 100 project is on exhibit at the Kunsthaus Bregenz – Our '8 Towers' proposal is in the foreground. Seeing the entire complex in a uniform and 'ready-made' material is sublime evidence of the innovative efforts of Ordos 100 curator Ai Wei Wei, who is the feature of the overall exhibit. Throughout the ongoing repression of the artist's efforts, we applaud his provocative influence that bridges art and architecture with the political and the social. // a special thanks to Florian Idenburg of so-il for the photograph. //
"New England Home's 5 Under 40 awards spotlight the hottest emerging talent in New England… Selected by an all-star committee of regional design leaders, 5 Under 40 winners are the people to watch…" Each winner designed a custom rug produced and auctioned by sponsor Landry & Arcari – proceeds were donated to Barakat, a charity promoting educational opportunities for women and children in central and south Asia. Jinhee's 'pond' rug (photo right) is a space-saving design meant to fit in a corner – it is part of the 'sustainable minimal living' series of projects being designed by SsD.
Please join us for the celebration on September 15, 2011 at The Galleria at 333 Stuart Street / Boston / 6:30-9:30pm.
