Karla Rothstein

Karla Maria Rothstein
Born April 6, 1966
Nationality American
Alma mater
Occupation Architect
Practice Latent Productions
Projects
  • Ballston Lake House
  • Greylock Mill, North Adams MA
  • SEED, Twenty Five Affordable Homes
  • Beach 43, The Rockaways, Queens NY
  • House of Little People. NY, NY
  • 20th Street Condos. Brooklyn, NY
  • Verboten, Brooklyn, NY

Karla Maria S. Rothstein (born 1966) is an American architect and adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she is also the founder and director of Columbia University's trans-disciplinary DeathLAB[1] Rothstein is also the co-founder of Latent Productions, an architecture, research, and development firm in New York City in 1999 with Salvatore Perry. A significant focus of her architecture practice, research, and teaching has been redefining urban spaces of death and remembrance.[2]

Early years

Karla Rothstein received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Maryland, School of Architecture in 1988 and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) in 1992.[3] While at GSAPP, Karla participated in exchange programs in Russia and Switzerland, receiving Certificates of Academic Exchange from the Moscow Institute of Architecture in 1989 and the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in 1991. Prior to co-founding her own architecture practice, Rothstein worked as an international coordinating architect for William McDonough and Ralph Appelbaum & Associates.

Work

Rothstein's first built work was "Ballston Lake House" in Saratoga, New York, developed with Joel Towers, that is anchored by 150,000 pound of precast concrete.[2] It was the only US house included in the book "In DETAIL: Single Family Houses" (Birkhäuser, 2000) in addition to being counted among notable architecture historian Kenneth Frampton’s anthology of American Masterworks (Rizzoli, 2008).[4]

In 2014, Karla Rothstein’s design of a commercial space that featured custom fabricated concrete blocks cast in flour sacks was recognized by Built by Women New York City and the American Institute of Architects New York.[5] In 2015, Latent’s Constellation Park project placed third in an international competition on new ways of memorializing the dead. A model of the project was sold by Christie’s at a charity auction and is currently on display at Sir John Soane's Museum in London.[6] Her most notable work was Verboten, a 10,000 square foot night club in Brooklyn, New York.[7] Current projects include the design and development of 25 units of affordable housing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, awarded through the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development,[8] the conversion of a 240,000 square foot former mill in the Berkshires,[9] the design of environmentally-advanced civic infrastructure to replace urban cemeteries, an environmentally-conscious childcare facility in New York City, and a prototype for a resilient small scale building in a Rockaways flood zone, among others.

Supported as a Jacob Javits Fellow in Fine Arts from 1988–1992, a William Kinne Traveling Fellow in 1992, and a NYFA recipient in 2000, Rothstein’s professional and academic work has been featured and/or exhibited at Storefront for Art and Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Barnard College, Columbia University, Van Alen Institute, Max Protetch Gallery, the Center for Architecture, Gizmodo, Architecture Magazine, Casabella, The New York Times, Financial Times, and WIRED, Japan.[10]

Selected awards and honors

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Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ "Avant-Garde Afterlife: Space Shortage Inspires New Burial Ideas". npr.org. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Syncretic Space: Karla Maria Rothstein" (PDF). Columbia University. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "karla Rothstein". Arquitectura en Red (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ↑ Frampton, Kenneth; Larkin, David (2002). American Masterworks: The Twentieth-century House. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-0671-5.
  5. ↑ "Winning Sites Built by Women New York City". BWAF. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Constellation Park". Latent Productions. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Verboten". Architizer.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Collins, Linda (25 September 2006). "Developers for New Affordable Housing Announced". Brooklyn Daily Express. Retrieved 20 October 2006.
  9. ↑ Stafford, Scott (7 August 2015). "Architects lay out vision for Greylock Mill in North Adams". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Principals". Latent Productions. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  11. ↑ web-support@bath.ac.uk. "Researchers reimagine the future cemetery at Arnos Vale". www.bath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  12. ↑ Kester, Eric. "Making Light of Death | Columbia Magazine". magazine.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  13. ↑ "PASAJES 141 portada editorial diseño". Issuu. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
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