In 2012, The Architectural League presented a panel discussion among emerging architects and designers on the topic of pavilions, follies, and other small-scale, contemporary projects. Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem of Phu Hoang Office and Rachely Rotem Studio, Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg of SO-IL, and Michael Loverich of Bittertang all presented recent and current work.
Rachely Rotem is the founder and principal of Rachely Rotem Studio, llc. The design practice, based in New York City and Tel Aviv, works in architectural design, interiors, and urban environments.
Phu Hoang is the founder and principal of Phu Hoang Office, a New York-based architecture practice with projects in architecture, interior, and installation design.
Here Rotem and Hoang present a number of collaborations including “Exhale Pavilion,” the beachfront stage for 2010 Art Basel Miami, and “Lighter Than Air,” a pop-up public space to be built on a barge in Fort Point Channel, Boston, in September 2012.
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