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We have been conducting ongoing research on how computation can play a major role in successful urban design. As demonstrated in this summary video, parametrically conceived zoning can debunk the myth that there is an inverse relationship between density and the quality of our urban spaces. By simultaneously solving for the myriad of environmental and […]
We are very much looking forward to visiting Australia for a series of lectures on our topic of Micro-Urbanism. This will be the first showing of our just completed Songpa Micro-Housing and Cultural Center. Please join us for one of the following dates: The University of Queensland School of Architecture Speaker: Jinhee Park When: Tue […]
Earlier last month we had the privilege to join Paul Miller, aka Dj Spooky in dialog as part of his Seoul Counterpoint performance at LaMama theater hosted by Culture Hub. During his highly productive residency at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, we found common themes in our respective work: In a recent interview, Paul […]
As we put our nose to the grindstone in preparation for this summer’s Venice Biennale, we were reminded that we had not yet announced two influential publications we were featured in last year. Archive: Design Biennial Boston by the amazing curators and designers over,under / pinkcomma and Contemporary Architects Boston, by the prolific award winning […]
We just moved our New York office from the Garment District to the Financial District (right across from the ‘Bull’). Although our offices in Cambridge and Seoul remain in place, this particular relocation marks an exciting time for us: For a brief synopsis, our Songpa Micro-Housing project in Seoul is nearing completion, our Solar House […]
Happy Holidays from SsD! 2013 was such an incredible year for both looking forward to our future and reflecting on our past. We started construction on the Songpa Micro-Housing project as well as completed 3 new Clover Restaurants (web posts pending), one of which is in Google Boston’s headquarter building. We’re also excited that a […]
Songpa Micro-Housing in Seoul which won a BSA/AIA Unbuilt Architecture Award earlier this year is currently under construction. As an example of an emerging and important building type, the project seeks to demonstrate that micro-units are not a compromised type of housing but can instead provide new creative ways of dwelling. New shared spaces will […]
Please join us this Monday November 4th for Jinhee Park’s lecture at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Blount Auditorium at 5pm. In ‘SsD Works Again,’ Jinhee will discuss the recent work of her firm including new design commissions like the Songpa Micro-Housing in Seoul. Where previous lectures have focused on specific projects, Jinhee’s talk will be […]
John Hong will return to his alma mater, The University of Virginia SARC to deliver the Open House Keynote lecture, Psychedelic Architecture: Towards a New Allegory. We hope you can join us! Event Details: Campbell Hall 153, Monday, 10/28, 6:00pm. The lecture is free and open to the public. John Hong will introduce the recent […]
Last summer, National Chengchi University in Taipei and Professor Kim Seiyong of Korea University invited us to teach at their urban design workshop sponsored by the Taipei City Government. The purpose of the annual global gathering is admirable. In the words of one of the workshop leaders, Professor Kelwin Wang: “Due to globalization, the young generation […]
Please join Jinhee Park and John Hong at UT Austin for their lecture, Micro-Urbanism, this Wednesday 9 October at the UT School of Architecture. The event will begin at 5pm in Goldsmith Hall. Park and Hong’s recent explorations in ‘micro-urbanism’ have produced award winning built and theoretical work that challenges the idea that ‘space’ and […]
Please join us for John Hong’s lecture, ‘Psychedelic Architecture: Form and Allegory,’ this Thursday 3 October at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York. The event will begin at 630pm in the Spitzer School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium, 141 Convent Avenue (at W. 135th Street). The lecture is […]
