Philosophy
Our work is focused on using image in such a way that excites, moves,
provokes feelings. Uniqueness of spatial qualities and the particularity of
projects are our main concern. Since every building product is never the same,
we focus on revealing the powerful part of its spatial concept adopting the
latest technological innovations available in the fields of digital graphics
and animation production. We aim at representing architecture on its very
substance; fresh as flesh, supple and formable. As a result, image is a
search space, a medium in which the goal as it were is to test out
various possibilities.
We, as highly experienced "visualization artists" stand on call
to implement your ideas into a stunning rendering or animation. Effectiveness
and time efficiency are as important as quality for PLB Studio.
About us
PLB is a studio founded in New York by three international architects
graduated from the Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design at
Columbia University, who share the same thirst for experimentation and ongoing
appetite for searching new non-conventional architectural means of design
representations in parallel with a philosophy of evolving existent ones.
Each of us has worked on producing high quality computer generated
graphics for many years. We joined our forces to create an interactive approach
to representational matters that we as architects constantly deal with.
Continuous feedback, constructive criticism and fun are the key ingredients of
our success.
Principals
Severino Alfonso
He recently
graduated with a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from the
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in Columbia
University. He was as a Teacher Assistant in Barnard College of Architecture
for the course Architectural Representation: Perception, during the year 2011. He
worked in different architectural offices such us Carme Pinos, Angel Fernandez
Alba, Lomar Arkitekter or Federico Soriano in Spain, Sweden and the US. Member of the scientific investigation association
named “encoger” (www.encoger.org) and also participates in Project
Intersection (www.projectintersection.org) developed by
different groups of artists, scientist, film makers and architects in
collaboration. He was graduated from ETSAM school of architecture in Madrid in
2005.
Loukia Tsafoulia
Recently graduated with a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural
Design from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation,
Columbia University, with a fellowship from Gerondelis Foundation. She obtained
her professional degree in Architecture from National Technical University of
Athens in 2010, spending one year as an exchange student in the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal.
From 2006 to
2009 she worked in research programs in the Laboratory of Urban Environment, Department of Urban and Regional
planning in National Technical University of Athens, while from 2007 to 2010
she has worked as an architect for different firms in Athens.
Eleftheria Xanthouli
She recently graduated with a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural
Design from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation,
Columbia University, with a fellowship from Gerondelis Foundation. She obtained
her professional degree in Architecture from National Technical University of
Athens in 2009.
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Columbia University, with a fellowship from Gerondelis Foundation. She obtained
her professional degree in Architecture from National Technical University of
Athens in 2009.