su11
Ferda Kolatan and Erich Schoenenberger are the co-founders of su11, a distinguished architecture and design practice based in New York City. Since its inception in 1999, su11's work has been investigating new modes of design, speculative as well as practical, as afforded by technological advances and an emerging sensibility for novel forms of material expression. The scope of their work ranges from product design to commercial interiors, residential homes, building concepts, and large-scale urban strategies.
su11 projects have been exhibited at venues such as MoMA, Walker Art Center, Vitra Design Museum, Archilab Orleans, Art Basel, Beijing Biennale, Art Center College of Design, Carnegie Museum of Art, Zeche Zollverein Essen, PS1 and the ACADIA and SIGGRAPH conferences. Publications include the NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Le Monde, AD, Dwell, Monitor, Space, L'Arca, Arch+, DBZ, and Archithese. In 2001 su11 received the Swiss National Culture Award for Art and Design and the ICFF Editor's award for 'Best New Designer'.
Ferda Kolatan was born in Cologne, Germany. He received his Architectural Diploma with distinction from the RWTH Aachen and his Masters in Architecture from Columbia University, where he received the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Price and the Honor Award for Excellence in Design. Ferda Kolatan has taught at Columbia University, RPI, UBC, CCA, Washington University, and the RWTH Aachen. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute. In 2010 he co-authored the book Meander: Variegating Architecture together with Jenny Sabin.
Erich Schoenenberger, R.A. AIA was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He received his Bachelor of Environmental Design at Tech.School of Nova Scotia in Halifax, Canada and his Masters in Architecture from Columbia University. He worked for Kol/Mac Studio in New York, as a Senior Designer from 1995 to 1998. In this period he was the Project Architect for the O/K Apartment, which has been published widely, receiving awards, and being exhibited, among other places, at MoMA as part of the 'Un-Private House' show. Currently he is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute.