2018 George H. Scanlon Foundation Lecture by Höweler + Yoon

Wednesday 21 February 2018
07:00 PM Open Seating    07:30 PM Lecture 
Ahmanson Auditorium at THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES  
250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA  90012    

Through the initiative and support of Director Pat Scanlon, the GEORGE H. SCANLON FOUNDATION has generously funded an annual George H. Scanlon Foundation Lecture since 1998. The 2018 George H. Scanlon Foundation Lecture celebrates this enduring and successful 20-year lecture series by featuring the work of Höweler + Yoon Architecture, presented by both of its principals, Eric Höweler and J. Meejin Yoon.  

“Höweler + Yoon is an internationally recognized multi-disciplinary architecture and design studio founded in 2005 by principals Eric Höweler and Meejin Yoon. Engaged in projects of all scales, the award-winning multidisciplinary practice operates in the space between architecture, art, and landscape. Engaged in academic, institutional, civic, and cultural projects, Höweler + Yoon is committed to both the practice-of and prospects-for architecture. From concept to construct, Höweler + Yoon is determined to realize the built idea and to test projects through the dynamic interaction between the construct and the larger public.  

Eric Höweler, AIA, LEED AP (b. Cali, Colombia) is an architect, educator, and co-founder of Höweler + Yoon Architecture. Höweler is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Prior to forming Höweler + Yoon Architecture, Höweler was a Senior Designer at Diller + Scofidio where he worked on the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Juilliard School/ Lincoln Center in New York. As an Associate Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, he was the senior designer on the 118 story ICC Tower in Hong Kong. Eric is the co-author of Expanded Practice: Projects by Höweler + Yoon Architecture / MY Studio (Princeton Architectural Press 2009) and author of Skyscraper: Vertical Now (Rizzoli/Universe Publishers 2003).  

J. Meejin Yoon, AIA, FAAR (b. Seoul, Korea) is a Korean-American architect and designer. In 2014, Yoon was appointed as the first female Head of the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yoon is a registered architect and founder of MY Studio and Höweler + Yoon Architecture. Awarded the Irwin Sizer award for Most Significant Improvement (and Innovation) to Education at MIT in 2013, the United States Artist Award in Architecture and Design in 2008, the Athena RISD Emerging Designer Award in 2008, Architecture Record’s Design Vanguard Award in 2007, the Rome Prize in Design in 2005, and a Fulbright Fellowship in 1998, Yoon’s work has been widely recognized for its innovative and interdisciplinary nature. Her design research investigates new intersections between space, technology, and materiality. Yoon is the co-author of Expanded Practice: Projects by Höweler + Yoon Architecture / MY Studio (Princeton Architectural Press 2009) and author of Public Works: Unsolicited Small Projects for the Big Dig (MAP Book Publishers 2008).” - Höweler + Yoon Architecture  

Previous George H. Scanlon Foundation Lecturers were: (2017) Michiel Riedijk  / Neutelings Riedijk Architects REDUX.5, (2016) Iñaki Ábalos / Ábalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos REDUX.4, (2015) James Corner / Field Operations REDUX.3, (2014) Elizabeth Diller / Diller Scofido + Renfro REDUX.2, (2013) Winy Maas / MVRDV REDUX, (2012) George Hargreaves / Hargreaves Associates, (2011) Jürgen Mayer H. / J. MAYER H. Architects, (2010) Merrill Elam / Mack Scoggin Merrill Elam Architects, (2009) Sol Madridejos / SANCHO-MADRIDEJOS, (2008) Nader Tehrani / office dA, (2007) Elias Torres / Martinez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, (2006) Matthias Sauerbruch / sauerbruch hutton, (2005) Michiel Riedijk / Neutelings Riedijk Architects, (2004) Iñaki Abalos / Abalos & Herreros, (2003) Petra Blaisse / INSIDE OUTSIDE, (2002) James Corner / Field Operations, (2000) Dave Hickey / UNLV, (1999) Elizabeth Diller / Diller + Scofidio and (1998) Winy
Maas / MVRDV.                           

This lecture was organized by the ARCHITECTURE/LANDSCAPE/INTERIORS Department at Otis College of Art and Design, with Linda Pollari, Chair. For information about the department or lecture call 310.665.6867, email [email protected] or visit http://www.otis.edu/ali.   SEE and LIKE Architecture/Landscape/Interiors on Facebook! #otiscollege   Founded in Los Angeles in 1918, Otis College of Art and Design prepares students of art and design to enrich the world through their creativity, their skill, and their vision. The College offers an interdisciplinary education for 1200+ full-time students, awarding BFA degrees in Advertising, Architecture/Landscape/Interiors, Digital Media, Fashion Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Product Design, Painting, Photography, Sculpture/New Genres, and Toy Design; and MFA degrees in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Public Practice, and Writing. Continuing Education offers certificate programs as well as personal and professional development courses.     

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