about

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.

We are track jumpers, demons, villains and observing you right now. Design is the New and so are the Stakes.

Monday, July 15, 2013

minneapolis water works



This project has always tickled my interest.  I'm glad the my alma mater (Kate Orff of SCAPE with Rogers Marvel) will get to play a hand in the re-shaping, re-imagining, and re-definition of Minneapolis' historic, iconic waterway.


you can get the whole scoop via minneapolis parks foundation website.  great firms were chosen, super exciting!


Tuesday, July 9, 2013

existential sensitivity



so, wow, how time flies.
let me attempt to get back into the swing of things.  for your viewing pleasure...



thanks to the guys at spirit of space for helping steven holl revamp his 32BNY series.  what was once a small publication, now, morphs into video for today's audience.  listen to these guys (wow, kipnis) debating what has become of today's modern architecture.

let's explore a fuller range of possibilities. thanks for the reminder.

build wood skyscrappers



OMG.
this video is fantastic!  Micheal Green lays out very methodically, and in language easily understandable, why we should be building in wood.  he makes the claim that not only is it possible to build 20 story buildings (hopefully, higher) in wood, but necessary.  think about it, wood sequesters carbon (versus concrete and steel which contribute loads of carbon), large logs burn slowly (fire safety), we can grow them, we can engineer them, and with an increasing amount of people moving to the city, we'll need to house these new city dwellers.  wood feels better, looks better, and is better for the environment - when's the last time you hugged a steel column? or rubbed your hand over a steel panel? (i won't get into concrete, cuz that's a big weakness of mine).  but seriously, why the hell aren't we doing more with mother nature's super material?

PS. super clean graphics! very nice.