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LOT-EK
is an architecture studio based in New York City. It was founded in 1993
by Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. Both have a Master Degree in Architecture
and Urban Design from the Universita’ di Napoli, Italy (1989) and
have completed post-graduate studies at Columbia University, New York
(1990-1991). Since then, LOT-EK has been involved in residential, commercial
and institutional projects both in the US and abroad, as well as exhibition
design and site-specific installations for major cultural institutions
and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of
American Art, the Guggenheim and the New Museum, all in New York City.
LOT-Ekpermanent (Selection)
cultural
2003 SAN JOSE STATE ART MUSEUM, San Jose,
CA (competition
entry)
2002
•
BOHEN FOUNDATION, Meat District, New York
2000
• STUDENTS PAVILION, University of Washington, Seattle
• NEW MEDIA GALLERY, New Museum of Contemporary Art,
Soho, New York
• HENRY URBACH GALLERY, Chelsea, New York
• SARA MELTZER GALLERY, Chelsea, New Yor
1999
• DEITCH PROJECTS GALLERY, Soho, New York
commercial
2003
• CONTAINER MALL, New York (in progress)
• DAVID BARTON GYM at THE HENRY HUDSON HOTEL,
New York (in progress)
• FUSE TV, ground floor studios, New Yor
2002
• NEW WORLD TRADE CENTER, Max Protetch Gallery/Venice Biennale (concept)
• WDDG, multi-media design office, New York (not built)
2001
• FAST TRAIN STATION AND TOWER, Turin, Italy (competition entry)
2000
• 450 W. 14th STREET, New York (concept)
1999
• BOON, clothing store, Seoul, Korea
1998
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INDOOR SKATEBOARD PARK, Chicago (concept)
LOT-Ekproducts (Selection)
architecture
2003
• CHK, container home kit (competition entry
2002
• MDU, mobile dwelling unit prototype
• ESPN BUS STOP, bus shelter prototype for ESPN (not built)
• CONTAINER-CAFÉ, Art Basel | Miami Beach (not built)
furniture
2002
• TELEMATIC TABLE, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (invited competition)
2001
• LITE-SCAPES, molded rubber lighting units
• INSPIRO-TAINER, work/relaxation module. MoMA commission for Worksphere
• TV-TILE, modular television floor/wall/ceiling/counter system
• LITE-GATE, light/surveillance installation. Hochberg-Healy residence, New
York
2000
• MIXER, media cocoon. (Guggenheim Museum Collection)
• RESIN TABLE
• SINK-WALL, pivoting storage system, for Edizioni Press, New York
1999
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WORK-STATION, modular desk system, Management Artist Organization, New
York
LOT-Ektemporary (Selection)
exhibition design
2003
• NUEVA TOKYO, film shorts festival, Tokyo
• HIGHLINE COMPETITION EXHIBITION, Grand Central Station, New York
• MIND SETS, web exhibition, Guggenheim, New York (in progress)
• X-STATIC PROCESS, Madonna and Steven Klein, Deitch Projects, New York
2002
• ART BASEL – MIAMI BEACH, video lounge, Miami Beach
• DISPOSABLE STAND, for Edizioni Press at the AIA convention, Charlotte, NC
2001
• SOUND-CHANNEL, sound installation, Bitstreams, Whitney Museum, New York
• MAKING TIME, video exhibition, UCLA Hammer Museum, Palm Beach ICA
1999
• ART 1999 CHICAGO, projection space for Ret. Inevitable 1.5, Chicago
installations
2004
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LITE ICE BLOCK, Snow Show, Lapland, Finland (in progress
2002
• WELCOME BOX, Liverpool Biennial
2000
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SUMMER’S WARM UP at PS1, summer leisure at PS1, Queens (competition
entry)
• VIDEO-BOX, Design Triennial (not built
1999
• VISION-TUBE, Whitney Biennial, commissioned for Rockefeller Center (not
built)
LOT-Ekexhibitions (Selection)
solo
2003
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ART MUSEUM, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA. MDU, Mobile Dwelling Unit
2001
• PARSONS ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL, New York. Urbanscanner
2000
• HENRY URBACH ARCHITECTURE, New York. Mixer
1998
DEITCH PROJECTS and Henry Urbach Architecture, NY. TV-TANK: television
lounging tube
1994
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BARNEYS New York, Madison Avenue, New York. LOT/EK furniture collection
group
2003
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SAO PAULO ARCHITECTURE BIENNAL, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• VENICE BIENNALE, Venice, Italy. Concepts for the Snow Sho
2002
• VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, Venice, Italy. New Worldtrade Center
• VITRA MUSEUM, Weil-am-Rhein and Berlin, Germany. Architecture in Motion
• GALERIE ZURCHER, Paris, France. Synthetic
• NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM, Washington, DC. Re-imagining Ground Zero
• MAX PROTETCH GALLERY, New York. New Worldtrade Cente
2001
• HENRY URBACH ARCHITECTURE, New York. LITE-SCAPES
• KUNSTHALLE WIEN, Vienna, Austria. TeleVisions
• WHITNEY MUSEUM, New York. BitStreams
• MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. Worksphere
2000
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MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, San Francisco. Experiments in Architecture
• NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM, New York. Design Triennial
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