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LOT-EK's Triangle Stack Opens at Brooklyn's Domino Park

Eric Baldwin — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 05:00:00 +0000

Architecture practice LOT-EK's Triangle Stack #2 project is now open at Domino Park in Brooklyn. Designed for the Brooklyn Museum to support an urban-scale mural by the artist JR, and create an instant public space, the 60-foot tall triangular courtyard opens to the city and the sky. These "STACKS" are temporary large-scale installations that aim at creating sudden and powerful experiences in public space.

LOT-EK: “The Shipping Container Is a Vehicle to Invent New Architecture”

Vladimir Belogolovsky — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 10:30:00 +0000

Shipping containers, once a darling of architectural upcycling, have received a lot of criticism recently, as architects are beginning to recognize that their perceived advantages—ready-made habitable space and structure, and an opportunity to recycle a widely available material—are based in little more than hopeful PR spin. But for one of the most prominent practices which regularly uses shipping containers in their work, LOT-EK, the attraction of these architectural ready-mades always went beyond the ecological and practical rationalizations provided by others. In this interview at the firm's New York studio, part of Vladimir Belogolovsky’s “City of Ideas” series, LOT-EK founders Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano discuss the conceptual foundations of their fascination with shipping container architecture.

LOT-EK Architecture Uses Recycled Shipping Containers for Its New Structure in Socrates Sculpture Park

Natalina Lopez — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:00:00 +0000

Perched on Long Island City’s waterfront, Socrates Sculpture Park is celebrating its 30^th anniversary with its first permanent structure.

Gensler, LOT-EK to Design Google's Showroom of Floating Shipping Containers

Katherine Allen — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE: The SF Gate reports that the architects of the Google Barge have now been revealed to be San Francisco-based firm Gensler and New York-based LOT-EK, a firm with experience adapting shipping containers for retail design.

AD Interviews: LOT-EK

Becky Quintal — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Not long ago we sat down with Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano of LOT-EK—a New York City- and Naples-based architectural design studio. Known for their work with shipping containers, they discuss the learning curve they have endured by using objects that fall outside of the typical materials specified in manuals. LOT-EK also explains that they have been influenced by the freedom exercised in contemporary art. In their attempt to look at the world through “different eyes,” they find that networking is indispensable since it “makes what [they] do relevant” and opens them up to new opportunities.

City Council Approves Redevelopment of NYC's Historic Pier 57

Nicky Rackard — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

New York's City Council have unanimously backed a proposed plan to restore and redevelop the aging giant that is Pier 57. Built in 1952, the 300,000 square foot pier was hailed by Popular Mechanics as a 'SuperPier' for its vast size and unconventional construction, as most of the pier's weight is supported by 'floating' air-filled concrete cassions. The pier was originally used as a bus depot by the New York City Transit Authority, however it has been lying vacant since 2003. The latest decision brings a concrete end to years of speculation as to what the fate of the pier would be.

The Pros and Cons of Cargo Container Architecture

Brian Pagnotta — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:56 +0000

Resources about the pros and cons of cargo container architecture can be found here.

APAP Open School / LOT-EK

Karen Cilento — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:00:25 +0000

Infamously known for their work with shipping containers (be sure to check out their Puma City previously featured on AD), American-firm LOT -EK has nearly completed the APAP Open School, in Korea. The containers are perched atop each other creating spaces beneath them for a public amphitheater, within them for educational functions and even on top of them for a long decked roof offering great views.

PUMA City, Shipping Container Store / LOT-EK

David Basulto — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:39:04 +0000

Our green friends over Inhabitat just tipped us on a new project by NYC/Napoli based office LOT-EK, a practice that has been doing an interesting job by reusing containers.