Songpa Micro Housing Seoul, Korea | 2014 [Gold Prize, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN/Social Housing, American Architecture Prize] SsD is awarded as a Gold Prize winner of the 2016 American Architecture Prize for the Songpa Micro Housing project. AAP is one of the most respected awards in the industry as with a mission to advance the appreciation of […]
Songpa Micro Housing Seoul, Korea | 2014 [우수 (Great) Prize, the 34th Seoul Architectural Award, Seoul] The Seoul Architectural Award has a mission to appreciate and encourage the public value of good architecture, which improves the quality of life as well as contributes to the development of building technology and architectural culture of Seoul. […]
Andamiro – Happy City Plaza Sejong, Korea | 2016 [Third Place Prize, National Agency for Administrative City Construction, Korea Land & Housing Corporation] The Happy City is Seoul’s new vision for 2030. Responding to the city’s spirit, Korea Land & Housing Corporation held multiple design competitions, including the Happy City Symbolic Plaza Competition. The problem with the current […]
Please join us for a presentation about the 2015 AIANY Design Awards “Best in Competition” project, Songpa Micro-Housing. Jinhee Park, Principal of SsD, will discuss the difficulties of building for a new urban typology and the lessons that can be translated from Seoul to New York City. Park will explore the social and economic factors […]
We are pleased to announce that Songpa Micro-Housing has not only won an Honor Award from AIA New York’s Design Awards Program but has also received its ‘Best in Competition’ Award! On March 9th, a panel of seven architects, landscape architects, educators, critics and planners announced the 35 awards conferred in this year’s program. Out […]
Incheon, Korea [ AIA/BSA Unbuilt Architecture Honor Award ] Incheon’s lost maritime history is recovered by recreating an inland sea around the historical Ahamdo island: allowing it to be an island once again. This sea will incorporate artificial reefs to shelter a delicate wetland ecosystem with an urban wilderness park running through it. Recreation areas, […]
Over the last two years our White Block Gallery has garnered quite a few awards and appeared in many publications. Feeling a bit modest, we refrained from posting too often about the project, but one honor we should not have neglected was this one from last July: The Mayor’s Office of the City of Paju […]
In a ceremony earlier this year, 'Songpa Micro-Housing' in Seoul, Korea was awarded a 2012 Unbuilt Architecture Award from the BSA/AIA. Recently approved by the city for construction, the new building leverages zoning constraints to create 'tapioca space' around the units: Like the ambiguous gel around a tapioca pearl, a soft intersection between public/private and […]
SsD teamed with MWBa and was shortlisted for the Cade Museum in Gainesville Florida. As the needs of museums are changing, the design for the Cade shifts the visitors' role from the passive to the active tense. The interlocking galleries give individuals the freedom to create their own itineraries and experiences. While providing dynamic and […]
Before clearing our 10th birthday (June this year), one of our wishes has come true: We are one of ten firms selected internationally for Architectural Record's Design Vanguard. "Architectural Record’s annual Design Vanguard issue brings together the architects who are already doing some of the most innovative work in the field and will lead the […]
The Chicago Athenaeum, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, has announced the winners of its 2012 American Architecture Awards. These are among the field’s most prestigious awards, honoring the best of new design in American architecture. We are privileged to announce the White Block Gallery was awarded this year […]
Gabriel Silberblatt and Archleague Director Anne Rieselbach interviewed SsD for the Emerging Voices Award. Discussion topics included defining 'convergent design,' working internationally between 3 micro-offices, and the secret agendas behind SsD's house designs… >>> link to the interview
