Jordan Hodgson and Niall Gallacher work with architecture and the built environment and are co-founders of House of Jonn, a studio for creative engagement with the city. They studied Architecture at Leeds and Cambridge respectively then together at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 2009. Recent work includes a two-week live residency at Selfridges, design for a production of Beethoven's opera 'Fidelio' in a Russian gulag and construction of a new Shoreditch club and event space.
Goings-on
A quick update of what we’ve been up to recently – from Russia to the French Riviera via a Shoreditch basement, lots of good things underway.
Fidelio at Perm 36:
Jordan has been working with SCDLP Architects on the set design of a new production of Beethoven’s one and only opera, Fidelio, being performed in July this year by Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre of Russia. To be staged in the grounds of Perm 36, an operational gulag until 1988, the project is part set design, part site-specific installation – a series of stages and architectural events spread through the gulag’s grounds. A couple of pics:
La Belle Époque:
A certain Riviera palace is ear-marked for the Starchitect treatment. To set the scene, design consultant Jane Withers commissioned House of Jonn and Thomas Greenall to produce a context study of its aesthetic, cultural and historical significance. Fingers crossed for a proper site visit..
Club That Shall Remain Nameless:
Can’t reveal any details yet sadly but excited to also be doing a little work on a new club opening in Shoreditch this summer. Nothing but a derelict ex-industrial shell at the moment but come July or August home to 900 creatures of the night…
So — all a bit hectic just now but great to be busy. Please just give us a shout if anything takes your interest.
xoxo
Tags: Fidelio, House of Jonn, Perm 36, Thomas Greenall
