Located on a strictly preserved wooded area, this project converges with the site and environment through a zero-energy strategy. While the massing adheres to tight setback restrictions, the roof breaks free of the house’s orthogonal geometry to optimize orientation of the solar panels. At the same time, the resulting roof overhang shields the interior from hot summer…. [continue]→
As a prototype building that demonstrates how infrastructure can be salvaged and reused, the structural system for this house is comprised of steel and concrete discarded from Boston’s Big Dig. Utilizing over 600,000 pounds of…
The 2013 Sciame Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. There are uncanny parallels between the 1960s and today in terms of social, political, and environmental issues. However…
Please join us for the ‘Research + Design Symposium’ at the National University of Singapore. 17 January 2018 \\ 15:00-18:30 \\ NUS Create Tower Level 7 \\ 1 Create Way, 138602 Singapore Title: “Making + Scholarship” Moderator: Lilian Chee , Associate Professor National University of Singapore Speakers: Michael Budig, Assistant Professor Singapore University of Technology […]
This recording studio for innovative recording engineer and musician Pete Weiss, solves issues of acoustics while engaging the site and context. An extension of an existing century-old barn, the new structure utilizes a variation on the pitched roofs in the area: a simple ‘scissor’ truss is mirrored to create both east and west skylights while on the interior, the asymmetrical space works acoustically to [continue]→
Valentine Houses Cambridge, MA | 2003[BSA/AIA NY Housing Design Award 2004, BSA Honor Award 2003, Dwell Magazine Feature Oct 2009 ] The 3 new townhouses transform Cambridgeport’s woodframe type, dynamically addressing boundaries between inside and outside, private and community. A critique of the inward looking ‘winterized box,’ the project incorporates double height interior/exterior spaces, cantilevered […]
Please join us for ‘Active Archive,’ the culminating symposium for the Seoul Biennale International Studios. Where: DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) Academy Hall, D281, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul When: September 5th, Tuesday 10am The event is free and open to the public Archiving typically entails the storage of ideas and objects, fixing them to a historical timeframe. […]
Imminent Connections: Explorations of the Seoul Station Area Seoul Biennale International Studios Symposium Where: Samsung Library Auditorium, SunKyunKwan University 2066, Seobu-ro, Janga-gu, Suwon-si 성균관대학교 자연과학대학캠퍼스, 삼성학술정보관 오디토리움, 수원시 장안구 서부로 2066 When: Thursday 23 MAR 2017, 13:30-18:00 The event is free and open to the public As part of the ongoing events of the Seoul […]
If zoning at its core is about egalitarian relationships, we are at a crossroads where computation can play a major role in successful urban design. By leveraging performance based zoning standards instead of prescriptive rules, this tool demonstrates…
Imminent Changshindong: Seoul Biennale International Studios Symposium Where: Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Academy Hall, D281, Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul When: 10 February, Friday, 1-5pm The event is free and open to the public. To launch the Spring 2017 sequence of the Seoul Biennale International Studios, professors and students from six international and local universities as well as the […]
Like many of the ‘ethnic’ areas of our cities, Manhattan’s Koreatown (located between 28th and 34th Streets east of Broadway) is a place where a particular group has inscribed its cultural practice onto an inherited urban fabric, putting what is ‘marginal’ and what is…
City as Verb: Imminent Futures for Seoul’s Dongdaemun Region. Please join us for a public open architecture studio review with professors Marc Brossa (University of Seoul), John Hong (Seoul National University, Director of International Studios Seoul Biennale), and Sanki Choe (University of Seoul). Where: Dongdamun Design Plaza (DDP) DDP 3F 나눔관 Academy Hall , (near […]
