2012 Aldgate Landmark Pavilion
2010 Figment: City of Dreams
2010 MoMA P.S. 1 YAP
Museum of Polish History
Museum of Contemporary Art in Wroclaw
Airport Parking Facility, Houston
National Library of the Czech Republic
Gyeonggi-Do Jeongok Prehistory Museum
The Mill Center for the Arts
Stavanger Concert Hall
Malama Learning Center
Triptukhos Series for Labor and Domiciles
2010 Figment: City of Dreams
2010 MoMA P.S. 1 YAP
Museum of Polish History
Museum of Contemporary Art in Wroclaw
Airport Parking Facility, Houston
National Library of the Czech Republic
Gyeonggi-Do Jeongok Prehistory Museum
The Mill Center for the Arts
Stavanger Concert Hall
Malama Learning Center
Triptukhos Series for Labor and Domiciles
[06 2010] SOFTHOUSEgroupLLC launches HaitiSOFTHOUSE at the Deutsche Bank NYC(Associated Press Article from June 5th 2010)
(www.haitisofthouse.com)
[05 2010] AIA NY New Practices New York 2010 EASTON+COMBS awarded highest honor(AIA NY Press Release)
[03 2010] 2010 Figment: City of Dreams. Finalist: KALEIDOSCAPE
(FIGMENT)[03 2010] AIA NY 2010 Merit Award LUX NOVA
(AIA NY)
[01 2010] EASTON+COMBS interview: 2010 MoMA P.S. 1 YAP
(Core.form-ula)
[01 2010] 2010 MoMA P.S. 1 YAP, EASTON+COMBS invited finalist
(PS1 YAP)
[03 2009] Architype Review, 2009 Notable Projects: Parking Vol.04 No.01 Online Journal featuring Easton+Combs Airport Parking Project
(LINK)
[05 2009] Young Architects Forum 2008: RESONANCE
(AMAZON LINK)
[11 2008] 1000x Architecture of the AmericasFeaturing two projects of EASTON+COMBS
pg. 244: Mill Center for the Performing Arts
pg. 248: Airport Parking Facility
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[04 2008]
Lonn Combs selected to participate in the Architectural League's Young Architects Forum 2008: RESONANCEExhibition: May 08, 2008 to July 11, 2008
Lecture: May 15, 2008, 6:30pm
Location: Municipal Art Society of New York
www.archleague.org
[12 2007]
Interior Architecture of China: Issue 12/2007, EASTON+COMBS profile / Lonn Combs teaching profile at Pratt Institute School of Architecture, pages 250-255 http://www.ccddesign.cn
[10 2007]
Praxis 9: Expanding Surface, "Easton+Combs; From Skin to Surface" by Filip Tejchman, pages 39-45 http://www.praxisjournal.net/home.htm
[02 2007]
"Consilient Mapping: Nine Probes for Architecture in Korea", Symposium Catalogue[10 2006] "Consilient Mapping: Nine Probes for Architecture in Korea", Invited exhibition at the Total Museum, Seoul, Korea Group exhibition (50 international architects) with recent work. http://www.totalmuseum.org/
[09 2006] Future Arquitecturas, Issue 5/2006, Jeongok Prehistory Museum, pages 56, 62-63
[09 2006] L'Arca, Issue 217 09/2006, Jeongok Prehistory Museum, pages 76-85[06 2006] Competitions Magazine, Summer 2006, Jeongok Prehistory Museum, pages 8, 12-15
[05 2006] Concept Magazine, Issue 85 05/2006, Jeongok Prehistory Museum, pages 54-57
[05 2006]
Space, Issue 462, 05/2006, Jeongok Prehistory Museum, pages 120-121[05 2006] POAR People & Architecture, Issue 05, 05/2006, Jeongok Prehistory Museum, pages 56-57
[05 2006] Archiword, Issue 132, 05/2006, Jeongok Prehistory Museum, pages 178-18
[05 2006]
International Competition for the Gyeonggi-do Jeongok Prehistory Museum, Seoul, Korea
Public exhibition of award winning entry.[04 2006] Presentations for Prize winning works of the International Competition for the Gyeonggi-do Jeongok Prehistory Museum, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea Presentation of award winning entry and recent work
[04 2006] New York NOW People's Choice Award Invited Lecture, NYAIA Center For Architecture, New York Project: AirPark IAH; lecture April 10, 2006
[04 2006] Jeongok Prehistory Museum International Architectural Competition, sponsored by the Union of International Architects 3rd Place Winner
[01 2006] Spring Semester Evening Lecture Series; School of Design, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Recent Work
Text
Color, shape, shade, light and play are the ingredients to the kinds of urban events that temporarily unlock the city from itself. The ‘City of Dreams’ becomes a live dream, a day dream come to life. The cultural events of the Governors Island in the summer of 2010 constitute the infrastructure for the unfolding of daily life into a landscape of play, remote from the tempo of urbanity, yet deceptively and secretly sited in it’s midst.
The KALEIDOSCAPE approaches architecture as a multilayered set of possibilities that are accessed and expanded by the desire to stay and play. As a centerpiece of the summer art program, the structure is vibrant and porous yet asserts a sense of place and provides for a variety of possible events. Readings, music and gatherings are accommodated in the large room with a unique cylindrical inverted crown that suggests a performance stage. This is also the site of the pavilion’s central sand basin that stages another more informal performance of child play. Taken together the pavilion proposes a cross section of formal and informal performance that attracts and binds to the activities of the park as a whole.
Building System and Environmental Impact:
The pavilion is a robust featherweight assembly of a polycarbonate building system of eight foot long members and is 100 percent recyclable. The use of the material demonstrates an extreme material efficiency, as the high strength and light weight allow for the construction of a diaphanous structural skin of exceptional strength and durability. The polycarbonate material has been analyzed in this application with Finite Element Method to understand the strength of the material as building block of a lightweight structural skin system. The fabrication of the structural members happen offsite thus requiring only minimal onsite time for assembly. The total environmental impact is significantly reduced through a total pavilion weight of less than six thousand pounds, making the installation and deinstallation far less labor intensive than similar structures of conventional building materials. At the end of the installation all the material will be returned to the manufacturer for 100 percent recycling into new production.
The KALEIDOSCAPE approaches architecture as a multilayered set of possibilities that are accessed and expanded by the desire to stay and play. As a centerpiece of the summer art program, the structure is vibrant and porous yet asserts a sense of place and provides for a variety of possible events. Readings, music and gatherings are accommodated in the large room with a unique cylindrical inverted crown that suggests a performance stage. This is also the site of the pavilion’s central sand basin that stages another more informal performance of child play. Taken together the pavilion proposes a cross section of formal and informal performance that attracts and binds to the activities of the park as a whole.
Building System and Environmental Impact:
The pavilion is a robust featherweight assembly of a polycarbonate building system of eight foot long members and is 100 percent recyclable. The use of the material demonstrates an extreme material efficiency, as the high strength and light weight allow for the construction of a diaphanous structural skin of exceptional strength and durability. The polycarbonate material has been analyzed in this application with Finite Element Method to understand the strength of the material as building block of a lightweight structural skin system. The fabrication of the structural members happen offsite thus requiring only minimal onsite time for assembly. The total environmental impact is significantly reduced through a total pavilion weight of less than six thousand pounds, making the installation and deinstallation far less labor intensive than similar structures of conventional building materials. At the end of the installation all the material will be returned to the manufacturer for 100 percent recycling into new production.
Data
Location: Governors Island, New York City
Client: FIGMENT
Program: Public space installation
Building: 3,000sqf [280sqm]
Projected Contract Sum: 35,000 USD
Status: Finalist
Client: FIGMENT
Program: Public space installation
Building: 3,000sqf [280sqm]
Projected Contract Sum: 35,000 USD
Status: Finalist
Credits
Project Team:
Lonn Combs, Lukasz Szlachcic, Sebastian Misiurek, Jun Pak, Elena Hristova
Structural Consultant:
Robert Otani
Lonn Combs, Lukasz Szlachcic, Sebastian Misiurek, Jun Pak, Elena Hristova
Structural Consultant:
Robert Otani