The SPLAM_SPatial-LAMinated Timber (SLT) Pavilion/Outdoor Classroom in Chicago during 2021. The project was realized for the Chicago Architecture Biennial by a team consisting of Tsz Yan Ng Design, Wes McGee Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and Epic Academy. . Image © Kendall McCaugherty/Hall & Merrick Photographers)
Tsz Yan Ng is a Michigan-based firm principal, professor, researcher, and artist whose interdisciplinary and collaborative work seeks to challenge and improve upon modern fabrication and manufacturing practices. “We haven’t changed the way we build in so long,” Ng said. “We need to think of it more productively—not just economically—but as a collection of different voices. Architecture is a global ecosystem of people, where the sum is greater than the parts.”
