“Once Again, but This Time with More Feeling” Mike Wacholder Memorial Lecture Wednesday, February 04, 5:00p.m. est EMPAC Theater Rensselaer Architecture continues its spring 2026 lecture series this Wednesday, February 4th at 5p.m. est with the lecture “Once Again, but This Time with More Feeling” by Florian Idenburg of Solid Objectives (SO-IL). Florian Idenburg is an internationally renowned Dutch architect with over two decades of professional experience. After learning the ropes in Amsterdam and Tokyo, he founded SO–IL in 2008 together with Jing Liu. His years of working in cross-cultural settings make Florian a thoughtful and collaborative partner. With a joyous demeanor, he pursues innovation through working together. He has a particularly strong background in institutional spaces, leading the office on projects as Kukje Gallery and the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis as well as Amant in Brooklyn. His strength lies in generating imaginative ideas and transforming those into real-world spaces and objects. Idenburg has a strong intuition for the orchestration of form, material, and light, and enjoys developing projects to a level where those elements become places for people to experience and use. He combines a hands-on approach with a theoretical drive, sharing this creative spirit with clients, collaborators, and students. A frequent speaker at institutions around the world, he has taught at Harvard, MIT, Columbia, and Princeton University and is currently a Professor of Practice at Cornell University. In 2010, Idenburg received the Charlotte Köhler Prize from the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund. He is a registered architect in the Netherlands and an International Associate of the American Institute of Architects. SOLID OBJECTIVES IDENBURG LIU is an architecture studio with offices in New York and Amsterdam. Founded in 2008 by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, who first met in Tokyo in 2001, the practice has developed a diverse body of work recognized through international awards, exhibitions, and publications. Their projects encompass a diverse range of buildings, including cultural, civic, residential, commercial, and educational facilities, across both new construction and adaptive reuse, spanning temporary installations to long-term urban strategies. At the core of SO-IL’s work is an ambition to shape a stronger civic realm. They approach each commission as an opportunity to rethink conventions and to design spaces that support more open, collective, and sustainable ways of living. A dedication to craft, detail-oriented construction, and intellectual rigor underpins this approach, ensuring that each project is tailored to its specific location while contributing to the broader discourse of architecture. SO-IL’s engagement with the arts—through collaborations with artists, curators, and cultural institutions—further broadens their perspective, enriching the material and experiential qualities of our architecture. https://solidobjectives.com/