Rosalyne Shieh & Troy Schaum: Potential of Emptiness

Abstract

SCHAUM/SHIEH explores their work over the last decade through the problems of beginnings, false starts, reboots, and the potential of emptiness. Their work spans a range of scales, from site-specific installations to urban plans. Notable projects include a gallery in Houston, a restoration in Marfa, a house in the Shenandoah Valley, and an independent music venue.

Biographies

SCHAUM/SHIEH is an architectural collaboration established in 2009 by Rosalyne Shieh and Troy Schaum around overlapping interests in art, form, and the city. The firm has developed a dialogue through projects ranging from architectural preservation, buildings, and installations, to speculative projects and master planning. SCHAUM/SHIEH has been recognized by the AIA NYC as a recipient of the 2016 New Practices Award, by Architect Magazine as the Next Progressives 2018, and by the Architectural League as one of their Emerging Voices for 2019. In 2012, their installation About Face was exhibited as part of the 13th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy. Their project Blow up the Wall! was a finalist for the 2017 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program and was included in an exhibition at MoMA. In 2018, the firm was named among the top design firms practicing worldwide by the juried Domus 50+.

Recently completed projects include the Transart Foundation in Houston­­, named Building of the Year for 2018 by The Architect’s Newspaper; White Oak Music Hall, a multi-stage music venue; Houston Audubon Smith Oaks Visitors Center; Quitman Housing; and Shenandoah House in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains. SCHAUM/SHIEH is currently working in Marfa, Texas, on a headquarters and archive for the Judd Foundation along with many community-oriented restoration projects. Current work in Houston includes several retail core/shell buildings and micro-housing in East Houston, a café building for Memorial Park Conservancy, and a 30,000 sq. ft. commercial office building along the Buffalo Bayou.