The 300-square foot office, located in Chongqing city, consists of 40 layers of bottles that Li and his father laid out over four months. — Oddity Central
Although full-scale installations in architecture are gaining ground as a method of successfully exploring and testing out spatial, material, and interstitial concepts (see the recent "Bigger Than a Breadbox" competition) Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology graduate Li Rongjun's beer bottle office seems less intellectually rigorous than a dare gone to its extreme.
Of course, getting inspired isn't about doing what's proven: it's about taking risks and sometimes falling flat on your face. According to Oddity Central, instead of going to the trouble of presenting his designs via rendering or plan, Li has apparently opted to simply build them. Li said “[The beer bottle office] will allow investors to see my products in real life and see my talent."
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"Li Rongjun's beer bottle office seems less intellectually rigorous than a dare gone to its extreme."
Did you speak with Li? Did you search for or solicit drawings, diagrams, process sketches? Or did you just make a snap judgement? Based on his lack of access to the immeasurable privilege of mainstream academic and architectural dialogue, digital production tools, and marketing savvy, he must be lacking in intellectual rigor, no?
The article itself is terrible, and isn't the only that you have put out recently that has been lacking. Maybe you could explore other projects composed of found or recycled materials, other small-scale Chinese projects, or other instances of full-scale mockups being produced. You know, add something intellectually rigorous to the conversation instead of regurgitating the press releases and re-writes you are currently passing off as architectural journalism.
the key question goes unanswered: did Li drink all the beers himself? If so, I have a great deal more respect for this endeavor.
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