Emerging Voices 2011: Roberto de Leon, de leon & primmer architecture workshop



Recorded: March 16, 2011

Principals Roberto de Leon and M. Ross Primmer established de leon & primmer architecture workshop in 2003 as a design studio focusing on “cultural and civic environments.” In this excerpt from their lecture, they discuss Yew Dell Botanical Gardens Visitor Center, Crestwood, KY; Urban Barn, Louisville, KY; and Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility in Goshen, KY.

Based in Louisville, Kentucky, the studio uses “the contextual specificity of [the] region as an open-ended opportunity for research and investigation.” This localized approach to design has lead the studio to explore traditions of craft and fabrication, ordinary materials, and passive strategies of sustainability focused on a sensitivity to site and climate rather than specialized technological systems. Recent and ongoing projects include the Filson Historical Society Expansion & Campus Master Plan in Louisville; Big Bone Lick State Park Nature Center; Riverview Park and Yew Dell Botanical Gardens both in Crestwood, KY; Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility in Goshen, KY; and United Mail Corporate Headquarters in Louisville. Architectural Record named the firm to its Design Vanguard in 2010. de leon & primmer architecture workshop is the recipient of numerous AIA Kentucky Honor and Merit awards.

The Architectural League’s annual Emerging Voices Award spotlights North American individuals and firms with distinct design “voices” that have the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. The work of each Emerging Voice represents the best of its kind, and addresses larger issues within architecture, landscape, and the built environment.

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