OBRAARCHITECTS

315 Church Street, 4th FloorNew York, NY 10013+1 212 625 3868

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ABOUT

Obra Architects was founded in New York City in 2000 by Pablo Castro and Jennifer Lee. Obra’s work spans the realms of architecture on all scales, from master planning and institutional work to the scale of interiors, furniture, and public art. �e �rm deploys and develops unique design solutions involving the latest technology and environmental thinking.

Pablo Castro and Jennifer Lee have extensive experience coordinating complex multidisciplinary design teams, while maintaining award-wining design quality and the highest standards of project development and execution. �e �rm has developed a collaborative practice of teamwork with fertile dialogue between architect and consultants, enabling projects to develop with e�ciency under optimal conditions for successful creativity and exploration of design potential.

Recent and ongoing work includes the studio and residence of an artist in Harlem, the Korean Cultural Center in Washington DC, private residences in Chevy Chase and Potomac, and a multi-unit a�ordable housing project for seniors in the Bronx, New York. Obra is active both nationally and internationally. Completed work abroad includes a kindergarten for 540 schoolchildren in Beijing, the design of the main exhibition for the �rst Seoul Architecture Biennale, and an ongoing residential development in Argentina.

Obra has produced a body of award-winning projects recognized by the American Institute of Architects, the Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, and the Architectural League of New York, among others. �e work of Obra has been exhibited widely, and has been featured at the Museum of Modern Art, PS1 Contemporary

O B R ACurriculum vitae

Art Center, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the National Art Museum of China, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, at Rhode Island School of Design, and Architektur Galerie Berlin. A solo show featuring the work of Obra at the Frac Centre in Orléans, France, is in early planning stages for an opening in March 2020.

Winner of the 2006 PS1 MoMA Young Architects Program, Obra also participated in both 2014 and 2016 in the International Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy and received the 2014 Kim Swoo Geun Preview Prize as well as its 6th AIA NY Design Award. In 2015 Obra was appointed as one of Seoul City Government’s Public Architects and in 2016 the �rm was selected to receive NYC Department of Design and Construction Design Excellence contracts to design the City’s new public buildings and capital construction projects. Pablo Castro was elevated to AIA Fellow in 2018.

Obra is a Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise certi�ed in the State and City of New York. �eir second monograph entitled “Obra Architects Logic: Selected Projects, 2003 - 2016” was published by Arkitektur B, Copenhagen in 2017. Forthcoming books are currently in progress to be published by Hatje Cantz Berlin and Architectural Critics Association Seoul.

Obra Architects, March 2019

2018 Finalist, International Design Competition for Landscape of Columnar Jointing Area, Jeju Island, Korea2018 Fellow of the American Institute of Architects2016 Finalist, Space Salim Competition2015 American Institute of Architects New York Design Merit Award2014 Kim Swoo Geun Prize Preview Awards, Sanhe Kindergarten2014 American Institute of Architects New York Design Merit Award2013 “100 Architects of the Year” 2013 by Korean Institute of Architects, Pablo Castro2012 Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome2012 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Awards, Korean Cultural Center2011 American Institute of Architects New York Merit Award2010 American Institute of Architects New York Merit Award2010 Wallpaper* Magazine’s Architects Directory 20102008 I.D. Annual Design Review Award2008 American Institute of Architects New York Honor Award2006 PS1/MoMA Young Architects Program2006 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Architecture / Environmental Structures2005 Emerging Voices, Architectural League of NY2004 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, Freedom Park2004 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, Nine Square Sky2004 Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition, Honorable Mention2004 Invited Competition, TITTOT Glass Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Second Place2003 Winner, Freedom Park Competition, Pretoria, South Africa2003 Society of Architectural Historians de Montëquin Senior Fellow2002 ACADIA Digital Design Exhibit, “Hybrid Modeling,” Honorable Mention1994 San Jose Veterans Memorial Competition, First Prize (built) 1987 San Juan Expo Pavilion Design Competition, 1st Prize Winner (built)

AWARDS, GRANTS, HONORS

2019- Seohyun Jungil Building, Heritage Foundation Eventspace, Bundang, South Korea2019- Perpetual Spring Pavilion, Architecture and Heritage: Unearthing Future, MMCA Seoul2019- Residence on Glen Road, Potomac, MD2018- Ward Residence, New York, NY2018- Chevy Chase Residence, Washington, DC 2018 Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC 2018 Yongin Pavilion, Seoul, Korea2017- Makerhoods Paterson Mixed-use Social Housing, Paterson, NJ2017 Indi�erent Pavilion, Orléans Biennale, Frac Centre, Orléans, France2017 Cities Exhibition Design, Seoul Architecture and Urbanism Biennale: Imminent Commons, Seoul, Korea2016 C5 Gallery Expansion, Beijing, PR China2016 Taikang Space Expansion, Beijing, PR China2016 Sanhe Kindergarten Interiors, Beijing, PR China2016 Bergman Clark Residence, NY2016 Rooms on Canal, NY2015- Makerhoods Mixed-Use Social Housing, Newark, NJ2015- House in Chumamaya, Argentina [ongoing]2012 Sanhe Kindergarten, Beijing, PR China2012 Casa para un viñatero, San Juan, Argentina 2015 Seunssangga Citywalk, Seoul, Korea, Competition2015 Planetarium, Installation, Shenzhen, PR China2015 Bauhaus Museum Dessau, Dessau, Germany, Competition2015 City of Science Masterplan, Rome, Italy2014 Day Care St. Gallen, Switzerland2014 Desamparados Housing, San Juan, Argentina2014 Il Cerchio e la Croce, Installation, Siracusa, Italy, Competition2014 World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Competition2014 Rising Oculus: Church in Tana Bru, Tana Bru Norway2014 �innest Light: Seosomun-Bakk Historic Site Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Seoul, Korea2014 Dormitory for Sports High School, Bolzano, Italy, Competition2013 Peabody Housing, London, UK Competition2013 Art Site, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Seoul, Korea2013 Five Elements Regional Masterplan, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Seoul, Korea

LIST OF WORKS

Obra Architects

Spain, Competition2007 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel2007 URBIA Furniture System for Small Apts in Big Cities, New York, NY2006 Eco-village Residential Plan, Montréal du Gers, France2006 PS1 MoMA BEATFUSE!, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY2006 House with Three Courtyards, Easthampton, NY2005 Seaview Manufacturing Facility with Offices, Port Washington, NY2005 Centrifugal Villa, Southampton, NY2005 Mill Neck Residence, Oyster Bay, NY2005 Parachute Pavilion, Coney Island, NY2005 Seoul Performing Arts Center, Seoul, Korea2004 Tittot Glass Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Competition, 2nd Prize Winner2004 Rockville Center Apartments, Rockville Center, NY2004 Casa en la Finca, San Juan, Argentina2004 Architettura Povera Wall of Lessons, Providence, RI2003 Private Residence, Old Westbury, NY2003 Nine Square Sky Housing, Chile2003 Freedom Park Memorial and Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, Competition, 1st Prize Winner2002 Villa of the Excluded Middle, Southampton, NY2002 Aqueduct Housing, Guanajuato, Mexico 2002 Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt 2002 Pittsburgh Manufacturing Offices, Pittsburgh, PA2001 Motion Technology Manufacturing Facility & Offices, Port Washington, NY2001 New Tomihiro Museum of Shi-Ga, Azuma Village, Japan2001 Aalborg Aqua Centre, Aalborg, Denmark2001 Residence in New York, Queens Village, NY2001 Flemington Jewish Community Center, NJ2001 Unreal Sequences Residence, Brooklyn, NY2001 Offices at 315 Church, New York, NY2000 The Seung Laboratory for Theoretical Neurobiology, MIT, Cambridge, MA2000 Residence on Great Jones, New York, NY2000 Medical Offices in Tribeca, New York, NY2000 Loft on Fourth Avenue, New York, NY2000 Loft in Chelsea, New York, NY2000 The Future of Urban Life in Sunset Park, Gowanus Expressway, Brooklyn, NY1997 College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, Design

2012 Sanhe City Primary School, Beijing, PR China2012 Nikola-Lenivets Art Residences Masterplan, Nikola-Lenivets, Russia, Competition2012 The Agnostic Confessionary, furniture work from reclaimed historical lumber, 12X12 NYC, WANTEDDESIGN, New York, NY2012 Floating Cinema, London, UK, Competition2012 Casa Osa, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica2011 Oxymoron Pavilion, Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale for Urbanism/Architecture, Shenzhen, PR China2011 Inside-Out Gallery, Beijing, PR China2011 Temple of Heaven Hotel Garden + Roof Pavilion, Beijing, PR China2011 Serlachius Museum, Mäntäa, Finland2011 Frieze Art Fair proposal, Randall’s Island, NY2010 Town Square, Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago, IL2010 Light Cloud, ArtBasel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, Competition2010 IGS Hannover Mühlenberg, Hannover, Germany, Competition2010 Kaohsiung Maritime Culture & Pop Music Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, PR China 2010 Bearden Place: Housing in the Artists’ Core, Minneapolis, MN2010 IBA Hamburg Spiral Housing, Hamburg, Germany, Competition2009 Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY, Restricted Competition2009 Quartieri Parco Cà D’Oro, Mestre, Venice, Italy, 3rd Prize Winner2009 Queens Paideia School, Brooklyn, NY2009 Red+Housing, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, PR China2009 Grace Farms, Grace Community Church, New Canaan, CT2009 La Colombe Café, New York, NY2009 Mill River Park Porch, Stamford, CT2008 Playtime! Beaux Arts Ball, The Architectural League, New York, NY2008 Beijing Tripod, Beijing, PR China2008 Villa of Captured Distance, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, PR China2008 City of the Future 2108: Washington, DC, The History Channel, Competition2007 Brain Forest 2007 Hotel Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina2007 European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk, Poland, Competition2007 Serialist Housing, Pratt Institute Graduate Student Housing, Brooklyn, NY, Competition2007 Madrid International Convention Center,

Obra Architects

Consultant for Steven Holl Architects1994 San Jose Veterans Memorial, with Manhattan Projects, San Jose, CA, Competition, 1st Prize Winner1993 Margarit Family Residence, San Juan, Argentina1988 San Juan Expo Pavilion, San Juan, Argentina

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020 Mar [forthcoming solo exhibition in planning] Obra, Le Frac Centre Val de Loire, Orléans2019 Sep Architecture and Heritage: Unearthing Future, MMCA, Seoul, Korea2018 Sep K-Culture Experience Hall, Korean Culture Center, Washington DC2017 Oct La Biennale d’Architecture, Le Frac Centre Val de Loire, Orléans, France2017 Jan Misunderstandings/Translations, Le Frac Centre Val de Loire, Orléans, France2016 Nov Misunderstandings, On the Collection of Le Frac Centre Val de Loire, Orléans, CAMPO Space, Rome, Italy2016 Sep OBRA Architects, Architektur Galerie Berlin, Germany2016 Sep OBRA Architects, Taikang Space, Beijing2016 Jul Space Salim Competition Winners Exhibition, Seoul City Hall, Seoul, Korea2016 Jun Drawn �eories / Teorie disegnate, Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Venice, Italy2016 May Time Space Existence, Palazzo Mora, Biennale Architettura, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy2015 Apr Design Awards 2015, AIA New York Design Awards, Center for Architecture, New York, NY2014 Sep Seosomun-Bakk Historic Site Design Competition Exhibition, 1898 Gallery, Seoul, Korea2014 Jun US Pavilion, Biennale Architettura, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy2014 Jun Kim Swoo Geun Preview Prize Award 2014 Exhibition, Samtoh Gallery, Seoul, Korea2012 Nov Where are the Utopian Visionaries? Architecture of Social Exchange, BSA Space, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA2012 Nov Where are the Utopian Visionaries? Architecture of Social Exchange, BEB Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI2012 Jun BEATFUSE!, Young Architects Program Maxxi 2012, Maxxi Museum of XXI

Century Art, Rome, Italy2012 May 12x12 NYC, WANTEDDESIGN, �e Agnostic Confessionary, New York, NY2011 Dec 2011-2012 Shenzhen Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale for Urbanism \ Architecture, Shenzhen Civic Center, Shenzhen, PR China2011 Nov Korea Institute of Youth Facility & Environment, Induk University, Seoul, Korea2011 Apr Design Awards 2011, AIA New York Design Awards, Center for Architecture, New York, NY2010 Sep Wettbewerbe IGS Hannover Mühlenberg, Bauverwaltung Hannover, Hannover, Germany2010 Jun Master plan di interventi di edilizia residenziale non convenzionale, La Immobiliare Veneziana, Centro Culturale Santa Maria della Grazie, Venice, Italy2010 Apr Design Awards 2010, AIA New York, NY Design Awards, Center for Architecture, New York, NY2010 Apr Ordos Now, O Gallery, Beijing, PR China2010 Feb Contemplating the Void, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY2009 Sep Designing Fabrication, AA|FAB Awards, London, UK2009 Sep Ordos America, Bridge 8 Cultural Center, Shanghai, PR China2009 Aug Convergence 142, Ordos Art Museum, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, PR China2009 Jun YAP 10th Anniversary Review, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY2009 May Crossings: Dialogues for Emergency Architecture, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, PR China2008 Oct Architects Draw: Freeing the Hand, Arthur Houghton Gallery, �e Cooper Union, New York, NY2008 Sep Crossing Disciplines: Light, �e Rubelle & Norman Scha�er Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY2008 Jul 2008 I.D. Annual Design Review, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons the New School of Design, New York, NY2008 May BEIJING TRIPOD, BLANK 2008, Median Art Gallery, Beijing, PR China2008 May AIA New York Design Awards, Center for Architecture, New York, NY

2007 Jun Young Americans: Neue Architektur inden USA Exhibit, Deutsches Architektur- museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2006 Nov Prototypes, Models and Mockups, Center Gallery, Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY

2006 Nov OBRA Architects: BEATFUSE!, Rapson Hall, University of Minnesota, College of Design, Minneapolis, MN

2006 Oct Going Public 2: City Snapshots, Center for Architecture, New York, NY

2006 Sep Faculty Show, Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Architecture, Providence, RI

2006 Jun Museum of Modern Art, PS1/MoMA Young Architects Program, Long Island City, NY

2006 Jun PS1 Contemporary Art Center, BEATFUSE! Warmup 2006, Long Island City, NY

2005 Jan American Architecture Awards Exhibit, Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, IL

2004 Nov AIA ACADIA Fabrication Conference Exhibit, University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Ontario, Canada

2004 Mar OBRA Architects: Architettura Povera,Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Architecture, Providence, RI

2003 Oct Freedom Park Exhibition, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg Architecture, Ontario, Canada

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2019 May Single-Handedly: Princeton Architectural Press, Ed. Nalina Moses, New York

2018 Dec Writing by Images, �inking by Images, Divisare Books, No.223, Rome

2018 Aug Ephemeral Projects, UrbanNext/Actar, Barcelona

2018 May Enemies of Architecture, Architectural Critics Association Journal, Seoul

2018 Mar Imminent Commons, �e First Seoul, Biennal, HKIA Journal, �e Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Hong Kong

2017 Feb Obra Architects, Cheongpyeong Artforest, Divisare Books, Rome

2017 Feb Pablo Castro, �ree Short Writings, Divisare Books, Rome

2016 Oct Obra Architects, Obra Architects Logic:Selected Projects, 2003 - 2016, Architectural Publisher B, Copenhagen

2015 Jun �irty Years of Emerging Voices: Idea, Form, Resonance, �e Architectural League of New York, Princeton Architectural Press, New York2014 Jun Kim Swoo Geun Preview Prize, Kim Swoo Geun Foundation, Seoul2012 “School of �ree Rivers (Sanhe), OBRA Architects Beijing 2011-2012,” Pablo Castro, Architecture and Ceramics, Cátedra Cerámica Madrid, Vol. 5, Madrid2012 Oct Where are the Utopian Visionaries? Architecture of Social Exchange, Ed. Hansy Better Barraza, Periscope2012 Jul �e Sourcebook of Contemporary Urban Design, Francesc Zamora Mola, Harper Collins Publishers, New York2012 May OBRA Architects, Architectural Worlds Magazine, Shenzhen University College of Architecture & Urban Planning, Vol. 27, No. 147, Shenzhen2011 Nov 10 + 1 Arquitectos Latinoamericanos, Claudio Magrini and Marcelo Vizcaîno, Ediciones UDP, Santiago2011 Jun Masterpieces: Country House Architecture+Design, Michelle Galindo, Braun Publishing, Salenstein2011 Jun C3 House Special: In the Light of the Given, C3 Magazine, No. 319, Beijing2009 Top Arquitectos Americanos, May Cambert, Atrium Publishing Group, Barcelona2009 Feb “OBRA, At Work in China”, Bert de Muynck, Perspective Magazine, Hong Kong2009 Detail in Contemporary Timber Architecture, London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., London2008 Nov “OBRA, Anonymous Poet in Mass Production Era,” Trendshome Magazine, No. 144, Beijing2008 Hatch: �e New Architectural Generation, Kieran Long, Laurence King Ltd., London2008 Aug “Aqueductos Viviendas / Serialist Housing,” TRENDSDECO Supplement, Special Green Safe Design Issue, Beijing2008 Jul “Annual Design Review 2008/furniture: Design Distinction,” I.D. Magazine, July/August2008 Jerry Briggs, “Summer in the City,” EPOXYWORKS, No. 26, Spring2008 Jan “PS1 MoMA Young Architects 2006: OBRA,” future arquitecturas No. 10, Madrid

2007 Oct Public Art: A World’s Eye View, Norio Mochizuki, International Creators’ Organization, Kanagawa2007 Aug May Cambert, Conceptual Architecture [Top American Architects], Pace Publishing, Beijing2007 “BEATFUSE! Installation: Engineered wood product installation at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art blends architecture and art through the medium of wood,” Wood Design Magazine, No. 392007 Mar “Demimonde: �e Art of Architecture,” In.Form, University of Nebraska College of Architecture Journal, Special Issue on Art and Architecture, No. 7, Lincoln2007 Mar Young Architects Americas, DAAB Publishing, Cologne2007 Mar Young Americans: Neue Architektur in den USA, Ed. Beate Engelhorn, DOM Publishers, Berlin2007 “BEATFUSE Installation for PS1’s Courtyard: OBRA Architects, Pablo Castro, Jennifer Lee,” DETAILS, A&C Publishing, No. 01, Seoul2006 Dec Hiroko Sueyoshi, “Temporary Museum: MoMA PS1, Designer Pablo Castro and Jennifer Lee: Seven shells make summer shade,” SPA-DE Space & Design International Review of Interior Design, Fareast Design Editors, Vol. 6, Tokyo2006 Oct “3 Temporary Works: Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas + Cecil Balmond, OBRA Architects,” A+U, No. 433, Tokyo2006 Oct Vladimir Belogolovsky, “Party in the Heat, Interview with Pablo Castro from OBRA Architects at PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York,” ARX Magazine, No. 05[06], Moscow2006 Oct Zodchestvo 2006 Architectural Festival Catalogue, Moscow2006 Oct Stefano Converso, “Al Museum P.S.1 di NY: Installazione fai da te,” Il Giornale dell’Architettura, N. 442006 Sep “Concursos: Arquitectos jóvenes en el Warmup 2006,” Summa+, Argentina, Buenos Aires, No. 822006 Sep Artem Dezhurko, “BEATFUSE!” Interior + Design Magazine, Moscow2006 Aug Mikyoung Po, “OBRA: Pablo Castro + Jennifer Lee,” Concept International Magazine of Competition, CAPress Co., Ltd., Vol. 88, Seoul2006 Jun “Nueva York: Premian a un joven arquitecto argentino,” Clarin, June 23nd

Obra Architects

2006 “Jennifer Lee: Emerging Voice,” At Cooper Union, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1 Summer2006 Jun James Gardner, “Museums: Roman Baths for Hipsters,” �e New York Sun, Arts & Letters Section, Vol. 122 No. 48, June 22nd2006 May “VISION SPACE: Luxury & Poor,” VISION Magazine, Beijing2005 OBRA Architects, Monograph, United Asia Arts and Design Cooperation Architecture and Building Press, Beijing2005 May C.C. Sullivan, “�e Open House and the �ree-Week Utopia,” Architecture, Vol. 94, No.52005 March “Emerging Voices: OBRA Architects,” �e Architect’s Newspaper, Vol. 3 Issue 42005 FABRICATION: ACADIA 2004 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, S. Williamson, P. Beesley, and N. Cheng, Editors, Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, Toronto2005 Japan Architect, Yearbook 2004, Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2004, Vol. 56, Winter 2004 Dec Gustavo Munizaga, “Arquitectura Povera: Pablo Castro y Jennifer Lee en la Facultad de Arquitectura, arte y Diseño,” Cientochenta Invitados, Revista 180 No. 14, Publication of the Universidad Diego Portales, December 14th2004 Sean O’Toole, “Long Walk to Freedom Park” Art South Africa, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Autumn

Jennifer Lee has been collaborating with Pablo Castro since 1997. With the inception of Obra Architects, she has co-directed the design and development of over 170 works including many award-winning projects recognized internationally. She is a graduate of Harvard College cum laude and the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She has taught at Pratt Institute Graduate Architecture, the Cooper Union, and at Korea National University of Arts. She is the 2007 Cooper Union Urban Visionary Emerg-ing Talent, 2006 NYFA Fellow, a 2003 SAH de Montëquin Senior Fellow, and has been inducted into the Cooper Union Alumni Hall of Fame. She is a Seoul City Public Architect selected by the City of Seoul Metropolitan Government and is also, together with Obra, a designated contract recipient of NYCDDC’s Design Excellence program. Jennifer Lee is a licensed architect in New York, New Jersey, DC, Maryland, and a LEED-Accredited Professional of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

EDUCATION1997 �e Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,

Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, B Arch1990 Harvard College, BA cum laude ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE2012-17 Visiting Co-Tutor, Korea National University of the Arts,

Seoul, Korea2010-11 Professor, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea2011 Honorary Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional de San

Juan, Argentina2005-08 Visiting Professor, �e Cooper Union, Irwin S. Chanin

School of Architecture2002-04 M.Arch I/M.Arch II Studio, Pratt Institute Graduate School

of Architecture1997-PR Guest Critic at Seoul National University, Soongsil

University, City College of New York, Columbia University, �e Cooper Union, Pratt Institute, University of Minnesota, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE1997-00 Steven Holl Architects1993-97 Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archives, Cooper

Union1996 Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects1995 Simon Ungers Architect 1994 Habitat for Humanity

REGISTRATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION American Institute of Architects, Registered Architect: NY, NJ, DC, MD LEED Accredited Professional US Green Building Council Cooper Union Alumni Council, Cooper Union Alumni Hall

of Fame �e Architectural League of New York Seoul City Public Architect

JURIES2015 UIA MOLEWA International Architecture Competition,

Mount Lu Estate of World Architecture, Ruichang, China2014 �e Architectural League Prize for Young Architects +

Designers: Overlay2008 INFOPOINT Competition, XXIII UIA World Congress of

Architecture TORINO Torino, Italy

AWARDS, GRANTS, HONORS2018 Finalist, International Design Competition for Landscape of

Columnar Jointing Area, Jeju Island, Korea2016 Finalist, Space Salim Competition2015 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award 2014 Kim Swoo Geun Preview Prize Awards, Sanhe Kindergarten2014 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award2013 “100 Architects of the Year” Korean Institute of Architects2012 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Awards2011 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award

2010 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award 2010 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award 2010 Wallpaper* Magazine’s Architects Directory2008 I.D. Annual Design Review Award2008 American Institute of Architects NY Honor Award2008 XXIII UIA World Congress of Architecture competition

INFOPOINT jury2007 Urban Visionaries Award, Emerging Talent, �e Cooper

Union for the Advancement of Science and Art2006 PS1/MoMA Young Architects Program Winner2006 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Architecture /

Environmental Structures2005 Emerging Voices, Architectural League of New York2004 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards,

Freedom Park2004 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, Nine

Square Sky2004 Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition, Honorable

Mention2004 Invited Competition, TITTOT Glass Art Museum, Taipei,

Taiwan, Second Place2003 Winner, Freedom Park Competition, Pretoria, South Africa2003 Society of Architectural Historians de Montëquin Senior

Fellow2002 ACADIA Digital Design Exhibit, “Hybrid Modeling,”

Honorable Mention1997 Peter Bruder Memorial Award for Structures1997 George Ledlie Annual Fund Prize1996 Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, Lt. Petrosino

Park Design Exhibition1987 Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Certi�cate of Merit1987 Harvard College Scholar

LECTURES2019 May A House for My Mother, Seoul National University of

Science & Technology2018 Oct �e House of Questions, �e University of Hong Kong,

Shanghai2017 Dec Busan Global Women Leaders Forum, Busan, Korea2017 May Resilient City, UIA 2017 Seoul International Studio

Symposium, Seoul2013 Mar Presentation, Young Architect Forum Korea Conference

Party Vol. 5, Seoul2006 Mar Presentation, Young Architect Forum Korea Conference

Party Vol. 5, Seoul2006 Sep Architecture Tour: Pablo Castro & Jennifer Lee, PS1

Contemporary Art Center2006 Mar Lecture, Cooper Union, CU@lunch, Recent Work of OBRA

Architects

Jennifer Lee, AIA, LEED AP

EDUCATION1989 Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture,

Planning & PreservationM.S. in Advanced Architectural Design

1987 Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina, Architecture

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE2012-17 Visiting Co-Tutor, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul,

Korea2011 Honorary Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional de San

Juan, Argentina2010 Visiting Lecturer, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea2008 Visiting Instructor, Barnard Columbia Architecture2007 Visiting Professor, Vertical Studio, Parsons the New School

for Design, Undergraduate Architecture Department2006 Visiting Professor, Advanced Studio, Rhode Island School of Design, Architecture Department2005 Guest Interim Head, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Architecture Department2002-04 M.Arch I/II, Pratt Institute Graduate School of Architecture2003 Graduate Seminar on Architectural �eory: Architecture of Resistance, Pratt Institute 2002 Visiting Instructor, Continuing Professional Studies, University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2000-PR Obra Architects, Co-founder with Jennifer Lee1995-00 Steven Holl Architects1994 Manhattan Projects1989-1992 Richard Meier & Partners

REGISTRATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONAmerican Institute of Architects, FAIA Registered Architect: NY, CT�e Architectural League of New YorkRegistered Architect, ArgentinaRome Prize Fellow, American Academy in Rome

AWARDS, GRANTS, HONORS2018 Finalist, International Design Competition for Landscape of Columnar Jointing Area, Jeju Island, Korea2018 Fellow of the American Institute of Architects2016 Finalist, Space Salim Competition2015 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award 2014 Kim Swoo Geun Preview Prize Awards, Sanhe Kindergarten2014 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award2013 “100 Architects of the Year” Korean Institute of Architects2012 Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome2012 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Awards2011 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award2010 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award 2010 American Institute of Architects NY Design Merit Award 2010 Wallpaper* Magazine’s Architects Directory

2008 I.D. Annual Design Review Award2008 American Institute of Architects NY Honor Award2006 PS1/MoMA Young Architects Program Winner2006 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Architecture / Environmental Structures2005 Emerging Voices, Architectural League of New York2004 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, Freedom Park2004 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, Nine Square Sky 2004 Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition, Honorable Mention2004 Invited Competition, TITTOT Glass Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Second Place2003 Winner, Freedom Park Competition, Pretoria, South Africa2003 Society of Architectural Historians de Montëquin Senior Fellow2002 ACADIA Digital Design Exhibit, “Hybrid Modeling,” Honorable Mention1994 San Jose Veterans Memorial Competition, First Prize (built) 1987 San Juan Expo Pavilion Design Competition, 1st Prize Winner (built)

SELECTED LECTURES2019 May A House for My Mother, Seoul National University of Science &

Technology 2018 Oct �e House of Questions, �e University of Hong Kong, Shanghai2018 Apr In Praise of the Unbeautiful, Open Architecture Conference on

Beauty, Seoul 2017 Jun Roundtable on Art & Architecture: Common Ground, Instituto

Cervantes & Magazzino, New York2017 Jun Talk, ArtCommons, Art, Architecture, and Public Space,

Seongbuk Cultural Foundation, Seoul 2017 May Lecture & Panel, Architecture Critics Association Symposium

on Obra Architects, Seoul 2017 Feb Lecture, XXII Congreso Internacional de Arquitectura,

Universidad de Las Americas Puebla2016 Oct Lecture, KTH Royal Institute of Technology School of

Architecture and the Built Environment, Stockholm2016 Oct Gallery Talk, Architektur Galerie Berlin with Something

Fantastic, Berlin2015 Oct Lecture, 2do. Congreso Internacional de Arquitectura + Diseño

2015 ARQUEX, Mérida2015 Sep Lecture, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires2015 Feb Lecture, Architecture, Art and Design Congress, Instituto

Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Puebla2014 May Lecture, Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università Roma Tre,

Rome2014 Apr Lecture, Konkuk University, Graduate School of Architecture,

Seoul2013 Dec Lecture, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul2013 Nov Lecture, Iowa State University of Rome, Temple University,

University of Waterloo, Rome2013 Mar Lecture + roundtable, Una conferenza alla Facoltà di

Architettura di Roma, Università di Roma la Sapienza, Rome2013 Mar Lecture, Cornell in Rome Program, Cornell University

Department of Architecture, Rome2012 Nov Lecture, 2012 International Design Culture Conference,

Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

Pablo Castro, FAIA

Pablo Castro’s design direction at Obra Architects has produced a body of award-winning projects: six AIA NY Design Awards, the 2008 ID Annual Design Review Award, and two 2004 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards. He graduated from the Universidad Nacional de San Juan in Argentina and holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University. He is a 2006 NYFA Fellow, a 2003 SAH de Montëquin Senior Fellow, a 2012 Rome Prize Fellow of the American Academy, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He has taught and lectured at RISD, Parsons the New School, Barnard Columbia, Pratt Institute Graduate Architecture, Cranbrook Art Academy, Korea National University of Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts (China), UC Berkeley, and Universidad Nacional de Chile, among others. Pablo Castro is a licensed architect in New York and Connecticut, and an architect and landscape architect in Argentina.

CASA OSAECO RESIDENCE ON REMOTE 99-HECTARE SITE IN RAINFORESTOSA PENINSULA, CERRO OSA, COSTA RICA

residential projects near and far

OBRA A R C H I T E C T S

MoMA PS1 BEATFUSE! MOMA PS1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER YOUNG ARCHITECTS PRO GRAM WINNERLONG ISLAND CIT Y, NEW YORK

from concept to detail : installations and constructions

OBRA A R C H I T E C T S

reaching audiences of al l ages

RED + HOUSINGNATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF CHINA CROSSINGS: DIALO GUES FOR EMERGENCY ARCHITECTUREBEIJING, CHINA

OBRA A R C H I T E C T S

SANHE 三河 KINDERGARTEN540-SEAT KINDERGARTEN FOR A 20-MILLION SF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNIT YBEIJING, CHINA

projects completed around the world

OBRA A R C H I T E C T S

CHEONGPYEONG ARTFIELDMASTERPLAN VISION FOR ARTPARK + 660-HECTARE DEVELOPMENTGYEONGGI-D O, SOUTH KOREA

connecting art + nature + environment

EXPERIENCING ART

OUTSIDE IN NATURE + INSIDE IN SPACE

EXPERIENCING ART

OUTSIDE IN NATURE + INSIDE IN SPACE

OBRA A R C H I T E C T S

OXYMORON PAVILIONSHENZHEN HONG KONG BI-CIT Y BIENNALE FOR ARCHITECTURE/URBANISMSHENZHEN CIVIC PLAZA, SHENZHEN, CHINA

architectural installations around the world

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NO T WO NEW YORKERS ARE ALIKE; EVERYONE MOVES TO A DIFFERENT BEAT. WHEN THE WARMUP DJS MATCH TUNES, BEATS FUSE. FORM FOLLOWS FLEXION AND AIR IS SUFFUSED WITH MIST + LIGHT, AS ALL DANCE UNDER A PENUMBRA OF MOIRÉ.

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1. CityNot always meant for the city, the work of OBRA Architects is always urban. The ideal city could be described as a minimum of well-defined space created for a maximum of ill-defined activity. A definition that can be applied across all boundaries of scale since a house can have the formal complexity and the functional potential of a city and a city can have the intimacy of scale and the character of proportion of a house. Architecture and urban design are the same thing done in different size.

2. FunctionGood architecture can be said to provide a maximum of spatial definition and a minimum of functional determination, the richness of future potential depends on

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it. The negative mental exercise necessary to subtract form in order to add potential for unknown activity hasn’t been a popular position in our time of digital-mediated ease, perhaps because simplicity takes a lot of work, less is a chore.

3. FormNothing evades the representational inevitability of form, consciously or not, “Architettura” is always “Parlante.” Through technological invention, Architecture can contribute to the solution of the practical problems of life, preeminent amongst them today the environmental health of the planet, but at those less tractable such as death, ennui, hate, authoritarianism, etc. it gloriously fails through

form’s representational potential. As Cedric Price famously quipped: “Technology is the answer, but what was the question?”

To a large extent the mysterious fascination of Architecture resides in the negative value of that silence-generating failure. A quality reminiscent of the achievement described by Karl Kraus with these words: “. . . the strange thing is that the natives all understand each other, obviously they succeed because each one of them knows what the other won’t say.”

Pablo Castro + Jennifer Lee

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