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CO–G has been exhibited and published, including Dwell, ARCHITECT Magazine, Interior Design, Architect’s Newspaper, AN Interior, DesignBoom, Harvard Design Magazine, Liebal, and the Boston Design Biennale.
Elle is a licensed architect, principal of CO–G, and a Design Critic in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Gerdeman’s architectural work explores the design of spaces, through a holistic approach focused on materiality and regional design influence. This expertise is found in her work on residential, retail design, restaurants, hospitality, and the design of public spaces. Together with her team, she collaborates with clients to create resilient and unique designs.
Prior to CO–G, she was an Associate at Höweler+Yoon where she led specialty commissions, retail, and residential projects in Dubai, Shanghai, and the US. This included FloatLab, a submersible ring designed to experience a contaminated river, which won a Progressive Architecture Award, and the 2020 Empathy Pavilion in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab. She worked in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Rotterdam, where at OMA she contributed on the Timmerhaus Cultural Center, the Qatar National Library, and the Venice Biennale. She has taught studios at MIT exploring design through alternate forms of representation and authorship and held the 2018 Rotch Fellowship, where her research examined cultural production amongst regional identity and altered resources through the lens of weather.
Gerdeman received a Master of Architecture from Harvard University GSD with commendation and a BFA in Design with arts and computation with honors from Miami University. Her research and design work has been exhibited and published internationally, including the Venice Biennale, the Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale, ACADIA 2014, the Chicago Night Gallery, and Gallery A4 Tokyo.
CO–G
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Estelle Yoon, Sarah Pumphrey, Charlotte Day, Celeste Martore, Andrew Lee, Stephanie Tang, Taylor Smith.
CO-G featured in Architect’s Newspaper “CO—G updates a Sears kit house for 21st century living.”
Elle to lecture at SCCF (Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation) on Resilient Architecture & Landscapes. Zoom Link at 7pm EST.
CO-G highlighted in Dwell Magazine’s Rising Stars print September/October 2022 issue. The Porter Loft included as a 5 spread feature.
Elle will return to teach Representation I “Origins, Originality” at the Harvard GSD.
Elle to lecture at the Syracuse School of Architecture.
Elle will jury the AIA Dallas Unbuilt Design Awards.
CO-G to present their work at the University of Southern California School of Architecture.
CO-G’s Plum Island House to be featured in “Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech” by K. Michael Hays and Andrew Holder.
CO-G’s Tilt-up Pavilion is featured in the new book “Universal Principals of Interior Design,” by Chris Grimley and Kelly Harris Smith. Available today.
Elle’s course on Architectural Representation “Origins, Originality” has been featured in an article “On Pushing the Boundaries of Architecture Representation” by Alex Anderson on the Harvard GSD website.
Elle will return to teach “Connections” HAA96B at Harvard GSD / Harvard College HAA.
Elle spoke with architect Lorcan O’Herlihy about his recent book “Architecture is a Social Act: Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects” as a part of the public Books and Looks Series at the Harvard GSD.
Elle will return to teach First Semester Architecture CORE: Project at the Harvard University GSD as well as teach Representation I: Origins, Originality and Core Prep.
“Loose Fit” is featured in Interior Design Magazine’s printed September Issue.
CO-G has been nominated as “Rising Star” for Boston Magazine.
CO-G to present their work at the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University.
Elle to sit at round table event for Design Seaport and Boston Design Week.
CO-G to present their work at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.
Elle will return to teach First Semester Architecture CORE: Project at the Harvard University GSD.
Girl Uninterrupted Conversation “Questioning Standards in Architecture”
CO-G is thrilled to be named Architect Magazine’s “Next Progressives”.
“This Boston-based duo is interested in “mirages, furriness, and lore.”
Plum Island House was featured on DesignBoom.
“plum island house by CO-G playfully rethinks typical new england architecture”
Kyle will teach Second Semester Architecture CORE II at MIT SA+P.
CO-G will present their work “Phantom Fictions” at the Night Gallery in Chicago, IL.
Elle will teach “Connections” HAA96B at Harvard GSD / Harvard College HAA.
Elle will teach “Transformations” HAA96A Undergraduate Studio at the Harvard University GSD.
Elle will lecture “On Air” at Miami University.
Elle will teach First Semester Architecture CORE: Project at the Harvard University GSD.
1% of all revenue will be donated to the Environmental Defense Fund for research and policy towards clean energy.
Elle has won the 2018 Rotch fellowship, where her research will examine cultural production amongst regional identity and altered resources through the lens of weather.
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