PLAT 11.5 ORDINARY

Sincerely,



The PLAT team would like extend our heartfelt gratitude to Igor Marjanović, Reto Geiser, and Dawn Finley for their unwavering support and dedication.

The Rice Architecture staff have demonstrated genuine care to our team and nurtured our journey. Thank you, Christine Bassaw, Judith Caldwell, Jason Chen, Jeremy Cross, Lupe Gutierrez, Carla Haskins, Kyle Henricks, Jenny Judge, Kristina Kennedy, Lauren Kleinschmidt, Hans Krause, Bryan Miller, Mandy Mills, Nancy O'Connor, K. Sarah Ostrach, Jacki Schaefer, Amanda Sullivan, Erin Torres, Erick Velazquez, and Wonda Williams.

From Editor: Thank you to everyone who was part of this journey. Thank you to family, friends, colleagues, and all the loved ones. This issue would not have been possible without your endless words of encouragement. Thank you to the editorial team and myself for the countless meetings, work sessions, and late night chats. It was all worth it.


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Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief
Andrew Jiao

Editorial Advisors
Maximilien Chong Lee Shin
Tasiana Paolisso
Andy Entis
Elliot Yamamoto

Managing Editor
Elina Chen

Design Director
Alice Bian

Lead Copy Editor
Sarai Huaman

Interview Collaborators
Jiaye “Jessie” Li
Juchen “Ignis” Zhang

Public Relations
Luke Blair

Collaborators
Bailey Stevens
Chance Stevens
Maxwell Stith
Jeremy Thorn
Contributors

Allyson Vieira
Ambrish Arora /Studio Lotus
Brittany Giunchigliani
Emanuel Christ & Victoria Easton/Christ & Gantenbein
Gwendolyn Cohen
Kate Bilyk
Kelly Hendrik /B-ILD
Li Hu /OPEN Architecture
Paul DeFazio
Reese Lewis
Sarah Aziz
Troy Schaum
Umberto Napolitano /LAN Architecture





ORDINARY, 2023