INTtalk: Untethered–Floating Habitation with David Ling

Untethered–Floating Habitation in the Context of Rising Sea Levels

Live in ST311 and on Zoom!

This talk will cover water and how humans adapt to rising sea levels. Surveying 5 years of UG and Grad Options Studios designing floating habitation, this INTalk presents the evolution of work from purely theoretical international proposals developed during Covid remote teaching, to the current proposals of real world Floating Habitats for Key West, FL. This INTalk is presented in conjunction with the Department of Interior Design Exhibition in the second floor lobby.

David Ling was educated at Illinois Tech (BARCH) and University of Stuttgart (DIPL. ING). Founding David Ling Architect in 1992 after working with I.M. Pei, Richard Meier and Emilio Ambasz, Ling established an international practice in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Composed of exhibition spaces, creative offices, high-end retail, high-end residences, affordable housing, hospitality and institutional spaces. Ling’s work received numerous international awards and press Including Architectural Digest, Netflix, NYTimes and Vogue. Ling’s client list includes The Guggenheim Museum, Sotheby’s and Habitat for Humanity. Ling has held teaching positions at Pratt Institute (since 2017), Parsons, University of Oregon and University of Nürnberg. The Essence of Ling’s Architecture is the integration of space, form, light and function enriched by materiality in the service of the planet. David Ling’s teaching approach is to nurture and cultivate each students’ creative, intellectual, and aesthetic potential within a safe, equitable teaching environment. Within this safe space, exploration, experimentation and high risk/high reward solutions are encouraged.

More info at www.davidlingarchitect.com.