Join the AR in conversation with SO-IL on Monday 31 July

Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, co-founders of SO-IL and winners of this year’s AR New into Old awards, will present their intervention at Meisenthal’s Site Verrier, a former glass factory that now houses a museum about glass, workshop facilities, and a space for performances and exhibitions, and take part in a conversation about the transformation of industrial structures, the use of concrete and whether acts of demolition are ever justifiable.

Site Verrier was chosen by a judging panel that included Mohamadreza Ghodousi, founder of ZAV Architects and winner of the 2021 AR New into Old awards with Farsh Film Studio in Tehran as well as co‑founder of Amateur Architecture Studio Lu Wenyu and founder of Malta-based Valentino Architects Sandro Valentino. They will also join the virtual event to share their views on the judging process, the winning project and the importance of preserving, adapting and transforming existing buildings in the face of the climate crisis.

Highly commended this year were the transformation of a former stable in Uckermark into a flexible space for working and living by Helga Blocksdorf Architektur and Productora’s gradual conversion of a textile and lace factory into a creative hub for design-driven businesses in Mexico City. Find out more about the judges’ decision and the full shortlist in the winner announcement and read the stories behind the winning and commended project in the AR July/August issue, available on our online shop.

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