SO-IL In Depth provisional cover

Florian Idenburg & Jing Liu

In Depth

Urban Domesticities Today

For over a decade, Brooklyn-based SO–IL has been envisioning houses, housings and other projects in between and adjacent to domestic spaces. Reflecting on the state of housing design today – often constrained by pressures of production – SO–IL approaches these sites with generous experimentation. In this book, the design office’s attempt to “hack” the codes, cores, courts and corridors takes center stage, exemplified by a selection of SO-IL’s most recent projects, exploring concepts including porosity, connectivity, community and orientation in urban living. Appealing to students and professionals alike, “In Depth” examines how housing might promote the well-being of its inhabitants by presenting new typologies for our ever-more urbanized world.

For over a decade, Brooklyn-based SO–IL has been envisioning houses, housings and other projects in between and adjacent to domestic spaces. Reflecting on the state of housing design today – often constrained by pressures of production – SO–IL approaches these sites with generous experimentation. In this book, the design office’s attempt to “hack” the codes, cores, courts and corridors takes center stage, exemplified by a selection of SO-IL’s most recent projects, exploring concepts including porosity, connectivity, community and orientation in urban living. Appealing to students and professionals alike, “In Depth” examines how housing might promote the well-being of its inhabitants by presenting new typologies for our ever-more urbanized world.

Edited by Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu

With photographs by Iwan Baan, Naho Kubota

With contributions by Ted Baab, Florian Idenburg, Karilyn Johanesen, Nicolas Kemper, Jing Liu

Design: Geoff Han

17 × 23,5 cm, 6 ¾ × 9¼ in

ca 400 pages, ca 200 illustrations

paperback

2025, 978-3-03778-757-1, English
CHF 45.00
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Florian Idenburg

Florian Idenburg (1975, The Netherlands) is a founding partner at SO–IL and Professor of the Practice at Cornell University AAP..

Jing Liu

Jing Liu, born in 1980 in China, is a founding partner at SO–IL. Liu grew up on three continents and in five cities, currently teaching and working from her base in Brooklyn.