lofts in translation

corey (left) and alex (right) in a nutshell: graduated from mArch columbia in may, infamous from the NY architectural league housing exhibition (remember spending half a day along that huge timeline running through the whole show, well that’s alex and corey), now on asian travels with a kinne scholarship. ‘capitalizing’ on their new york housing experience, they’re comparing SOHO units in beijing and tokyo. SOHO stands for ‘Small Office at HOme’, a popular apartment typology for emerging economies and capsular societies. or for hiding mistresses and drugs and yakuza monkey fights, as they are finding out... lofts in translation. kinne deluxe actually – while setting up contacts in asia, they were offered a job for june and july in chengdou, central china. after japan, they’re going back to new york (eyes to the ground, slightly sighing), to start working with the league on the publication of their timeline.



but yesterday no capitalizing, just some beeru and grilled delicacies in the shibuya yakitori places, next to the train tracks, hardly big enough for two new york giants.
great talks, familiar sounds, strikingly parallel experiences - in suspension between new york and asia and housing projects in china...