Jing Liu (SO-IL): "Perimeter as project" (Sep 25)

Kukje Art Center, Seoul, by SO-IL   

JING LIU

is a principal of SO – IL (Solid Objectives – Indenburg Liu). A native of China, she received her education in China, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, concluding with a Master of Architecture from Tulane University School of Architecture in New Orleans. Jing Liu worked at New York based Kohn Pedersen Fox and Starwood prior to founding SO – IL. Liu is currently teaching at Columbia University’s GSAPP and faculty at Parsons The New School for Design .

This event marks the launch of a new lecture series at the KTH School of Architecture's programme of public Thursday events in Triangeln (entrance foyer). Under the shared headline '… as project', guest speakers are invited to present one specific project in great depth and detail.  

The aim of the series is twofold. Firstly, rather than rushing through a practice's complete ouevre, the ambition is to provide an apportunity for a closer look at, and a deeper understanding of, a single work of architecture. By extension it is also a case study of the inner workings of an specific architecture practice. Secondly, the series as a whole is an attempt at opening up a wider conversation on the notion of "the project" in architecture. Sometimes taken for granted as simply a synonym for a building or an unrealised design, "the project" will in this setting be scrutinized in its own right. Throughout the series, we will be opening inquiries into design and construction processes, contextual settings, singularity vs continuity of practice, client relations, post-occupancy, and so forth.