CPP/ARC FALL 2021 LECTURE SERIES:

Amant Art Campus, Brooklyn, NY (Image courtest of SO–IL)

The Cal Poly Pomona chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (CPP-NOMAS) is proud to present a lecture by Jing Liu, co-founder of the award-winning design firm SO–IL. Liu is an NYC-based architect and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She also serves on the board of the Val Alen Institute, a New York nonprofit that works to enhance the transformative power of design on its cities, landscapes, and regions in order to improve people’s lives.

Connect to her virtual lecture at https://cpp.zoom.us/j/83162760183.

Liu has been practicing for more than 15 years working on a wide range of projects in the United States and abroad. Through building practice and interdisciplinary research projects, she has led SO–IL in the engagement with the socio-political issues of contemporary cities — in projects like the Artists Loft North Omaha and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in Cleveland. Her projects range from artistic collaborations with contemporary choreographers and visual artists to master plan and major public realm design in cities like Melbourne and Indianapolis.