Expanded Practice: Höweler + Yoon Architecture/My Studio
"Howeler + Yoon Architecture is a multidisciplinary practice specializing in the integration of architecture, new technologies and public space. Their work has been widely published, exhibited, and awarded. Their recent books include: Expanded Practice, a monograph published by Princeton Architectural Press." -- Sarah Housley --Deezen"Rising stars in Bostons design scene, architects Eric Howeler and J. Meejin Yoon have in a single decade developed a reputation for radical experiments in architectural form. Expanded Practice presents twenty-nine recent projects by this young firm encompassing a broad range of scales and media." --Books at manic distribution"But what is striking about the over 25 projects collected in this monograph is how notions of beauty play a role in their designs, if not admitted by Yoon and Hweler. Aesthetic considerations extend from the process drawings to the renderings, the built product and the monograph itself. The diagrams in the last that diagram the various themes used to structure the book -- they gloss the book's cover, too -- have a certain beauty that is born from the representation of the objective and subjective traits of the contents; a fitting expression for a studio working at the intersection of technology and experience." --archidoseBoston architects Howeler + Yoon and Los Angeles digital designers, Squared Design Lab, have designed a conceptual structure for Boston, where an unfinished building would be covered in modular pods growing algae for biofuel." -- Sarah Housley  --Dezeen Design Magazine"The title `Expanded Practice' comes from how Höweler + Yoon Architecture / My Studio have named their design methodology. And in this book it's not just a title, as the book is really a guide on how this young firm conceives their projects rather than a mere catalog of works. Their works can't be grouped in types of buildings, instead their works are grouped in envelopes, natures, formats, interactions and media, as they range from a Möbius strip dress, to a responsive park. What caught me while reading this book is the effective use of technology developed by this practice, not just mere eye candy as we are used to. It clearly shows how the architects' experimentation with small electronic components could be derived into interactive spaces through a methodological work. And I have to repeat `metholodogy' as it is the most important part of this book, which makes it a learning tool instead of a construction catalog as we are used to on typical monographs."  --Arch Daily"The firm is still small, with four full-time members, but the scope of their interests has proven too big for just one name: Höweler + Yoon is for architecture projects, while MY Studio is for art commissions. While the artworks draw attention, the firm's architectural work is in demand, too, and shows a similar ethos of experimentation."  --The Architect's Newspaper"Architecture monographs used to adhere to a three-part forumula: professional photographs of recent buildings, project description by the firm's marketing department, and an essay by a big-name friend of the principal. But ever since Bruce Mau and Rem Koolhaas published the iconnoclastic S, M, L, XL in 1995, architects have been motivated to reinevent the monographic wheel.Howler + Yoon Architecture's newExpnaded Practice, for instance, presents not a series of building projects but a series of research projects, which in the case of this technologically deft Boston firm amounts to much the same thing."  --Architect Magazine