Vinu Daniel: Early Influences and the Future of Architecture

I believe beauty is not just about the aesthetics, but also about the resourcefulness of the process. To me, beauty is an aspect that emerges when we can reduce our dependency on natural resources, or materials, minimising our embodied energy by incorporating the materials that are already available, like discarded tyres, or discarded plastic toys, into something meaningful and visually striking; when we give new life to what would otherwise be environmental burdens.

Jing Liu: Between Precision of Softness and the Beauty of Ambiguity

Since co-founding SO–IL with Florian Idenburg in 2008, Jing Liu has led a body of work that is spatially inventive, materially nuanced, and profoundly reflective. From the playful Pole Dance installation for MoMA PS1 to the Kukje Gallery in Seoul, the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, and Site Verrier in France, the practice’s projects span scales and geographies, but share a commitment to experimentation, collaboration, and precision.