February 5, 2012
Recorded on January 11, 2012.
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.
Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL) is an idea-driven design office founded by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu in 2008. The firm has worked on an array of projects ranging in scale from the master plan of a cultural campus in Shanghai, China, to a series of prints for the Guggenheim Museum. In this excerpt, SO-IL present “Pole Dance,” a temporary environment and multimedia installation at MoMA PS1; the “Flockr” pavilion in Beijing; and “Tricolonnade,” an interactive installation for the 2011 Shenzen Hong Kong Biennial.
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