LAFC (Lakewood, Washington State, USA)

Benteng Tinggi Dormitories (Near Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia)

Experiential Beer Garden (Castel Maggiore, Bologna, Italy, Competition)

Contact

  • Ko Sugeng Wibowo, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
  • Tel: (253) 848 - 7609
  • Fax: (253) 848 - 7609
  • info@architectureforeveryone.org

Recent Projects

News

Ko Wibowo is currently teaching T UDE 260 Urban Design Studio I at the University of Washington, Tacoma for Spring Quarter 2019.

Ko Wibowo spoke at Franke Tobey Jones retirement community in Tacoma, Washington as part of its Senior University lecture series.

Conversation RE: Tacoma is in planning mode for this year’s series.

Ko Wibowo spoke at Conversations RE: Tacoma 2017 10×10 Third Lecture Series on Immigration and The Shape of Our City/Creating Tacoma on November 9th.  His presentation is titled ‘My Architectural Journey to Tacoma.’

Ko Wibowo was interviewed by 360modern Mod Talk.  Read the interview here.

Thoughts

Architecture is not for selected few but EVERYONE.  The upper 1% can buy with their wealth, the bottom 5% are taken care of by the government.  The challenge for each architect is to also serve the middle from the bottom 5% to the upper 1%.  That is social justice in architecture.

If Disneyland is to Apple Macintosh in its integrated design, Las Vegas is to IBM PC in its open source method.  But both employ Robert Venturi’s “ugly and ordinary” design approach.

Creativity is to solve design problems, not to creatively force the realization of heroic design ideal.

We expect our buildings to be flexible and adaptable but failed to recognize that we, human, are the most adaptable creature.  Architecture is heavy and static and, therefore, shall not be expected to be able to be changed too much without significant intervention.