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2AeM is a cooperative design effort composed of the 3 young Midwestern-sprung, spread-the world-out, out-and-out Architecture student-architects: nicholas m. reiter, Jessie Wilcox and Peter Nguyen. The team base was originally Milwaukee, WI but since has become a mobile abstraction or a state of mind. 2AeM is sometimes physical, sometimes sober, partially virtual, usually vocal, and all-the-time IN-it.

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Monday, March 12, 2012

Structure studio pt. 1

120312 StructureStudio Study1 
 A study on bending concrete waffle systems. 


 The studio focuses on how to manipulate structural ideas, and of course for me a new set of protocols! This study is created by 7 different sets of protocols which not only creates density into the surface but coffers each panel different. There is a gradient of subdivisions from base to cantilever and also a gradient of porosity. The overall form is based off of 3 flowers created from A triangle, basically creating 3 over sized pilotis which connect to each flower at a point more like a point arch. The center space you see here is an that was created naturally due to how the flowers were created. That is all for now, i'll get into more specifics when I have time, and i'll update you all on my tensile structure in a couple days :P


Until then!
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  1. nmreiter29 April, 2012 13:36

    hey Peterman!

    this is great! how is the porosity gradient controlled? through attractor points?

    that star shaped oculus is a pretty nice by-product as well. can you manipulate that geometry as well? how about the intensity of the arch? i'm sure it's all written into your protocols, but i wanna know!

    could you write the protocols to make the inverse to create the formwork? we could all go and build in the desert with Andre!

    anyway, hope LA is the circus you've always been looking for! later

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