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
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The history of architecture is laced with moments of simple invention that reinforce the link between material practices, social practice, and the narrative of environments.
In addressing the question of an environmental structure for the MoMA PS1 courtyard we were inspired by the story of an old material and it’s reinvention that profoundly affected the connection between social narrative and the environment. In 12th century Paris, the Abbey Saint Denis experienced a substantial reconstruction that included, for the first time, the use of polychromatic dyed glass to extend the narrative possibilities of painting into the surface of the apse window. Upon completion, Abbot Suger was so moved by the multicolored cast of light and it’s narrative power that he declared it the ‘Lux Nova’ or the ‘new light’. This was to become a primary architectural practice incorporated in the collective experience of the gothic period and beyond.
Although the PS1’s environmental structure may have less sacred aspirations for the employ of innovative material techniques, the collective narrative of the ‘Warm-Up’ ritual and more contemplative museum installation narrative offer unique cultural counterpoints for the exploration of architectural invention.
The architectural installation is primarily an environmental structure that proposes a diaphanous multihued surface that spans above and thickens locally to provide multiple scales of habitation, both collective and intimate. The structure produces both temperate environments and luminous atmospheres that drift dynamically with daylight. This narrates a landscape of light, color and ambient environments that create temporary atmospheres for contemplative and collective occupation.
The proposal explores the basic environmental and cultural performance of extruded cellular polycarbonate. Polycarbonate is a featherweight, high strength building material which is sustainably manufactured and 100 percent recyclable. The architectural use of the polycarbonate leverages both the high strength and ultralight weight as a series of blades in an interwoven lattice structural skin. The geometric organization of the structure creates a fenestrated surface that produces a moiré visual field condition.
With this innovation, the narrative power of the material’s properties is revealed and attention is returned to a basic condition of architecture as an influencer of local atmospheres through material means.
For more information see: Strong-Light
In addressing the question of an environmental structure for the MoMA PS1 courtyard we were inspired by the story of an old material and it’s reinvention that profoundly affected the connection between social narrative and the environment. In 12th century Paris, the Abbey Saint Denis experienced a substantial reconstruction that included, for the first time, the use of polychromatic dyed glass to extend the narrative possibilities of painting into the surface of the apse window. Upon completion, Abbot Suger was so moved by the multicolored cast of light and it’s narrative power that he declared it the ‘Lux Nova’ or the ‘new light’. This was to become a primary architectural practice incorporated in the collective experience of the gothic period and beyond.
Although the PS1’s environmental structure may have less sacred aspirations for the employ of innovative material techniques, the collective narrative of the ‘Warm-Up’ ritual and more contemplative museum installation narrative offer unique cultural counterpoints for the exploration of architectural invention.
The architectural installation is primarily an environmental structure that proposes a diaphanous multihued surface that spans above and thickens locally to provide multiple scales of habitation, both collective and intimate. The structure produces both temperate environments and luminous atmospheres that drift dynamically with daylight. This narrates a landscape of light, color and ambient environments that create temporary atmospheres for contemplative and collective occupation.
The proposal explores the basic environmental and cultural performance of extruded cellular polycarbonate. Polycarbonate is a featherweight, high strength building material which is sustainably manufactured and 100 percent recyclable. The architectural use of the polycarbonate leverages both the high strength and ultralight weight as a series of blades in an interwoven lattice structural skin. The geometric organization of the structure creates a fenestrated surface that produces a moiré visual field condition.
With this innovation, the narrative power of the material’s properties is revealed and attention is returned to a basic condition of architecture as an influencer of local atmospheres through material means.
For more information see: Strong-Light
Data
Location: Queens, New York
Client: MoMA
Program: Public space installation
Building: 10,000sqf [930sqm]
Contract Sum: 85,000 USD
Status: Invited Finalist
Client: MoMA
Program: Public space installation
Building: 10,000sqf [930sqm]
Contract Sum: 85,000 USD
Status: Invited Finalist
Credits
Project Team: Lonn Combs,
Rona Easton
Aaron White, Sebastian Misiurek, Paul Langley, Tai Li Lee, Scott Sorenson, Mehnaj Tabassum, Lukasz Szlachcic, Jun Pak, Alex Drabyk, Patrick Donbeck, Matt Krupanski, Robert Otani
Environmental Consultant: Ajmal L. Aqtash
Aaron White, Sebastian Misiurek, Paul Langley, Tai Li Lee, Scott Sorenson, Mehnaj Tabassum, Lukasz Szlachcic, Jun Pak, Alex Drabyk, Patrick Donbeck, Matt Krupanski, Robert Otani
Environmental Consultant: Ajmal L. Aqtash