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.
Showing posts with label process. Show all posts
Showing posts with label process. Show all posts

Monday, September 20, 2010

Sukkah City.


I was given a chance to work with THEVERYMANY on their Sukkah city competition the project contained:

49,722 holes
25,000 rivets
10,420 text
5,257 unique parts
120 hours of CNC
60 sheets of walnut veneer

Half of it being coordinated/built by yours truly.
Due to the nature of this type of competition research and development was rushed and the need to produce halted further research time needed to study strengths and weakness of material used "Veneer".

We had divided the Sukkah into several parts for construction purposes. Assembly took place and as we added on layers, as the increase of weight steadily grew we could slowly see the feet buckle. After putting on the second to last part, the feet remained the same and we were confident that the sukkah would last the competition.

The design had succeed in almost every aspect we needed to think about except transportation. The ride on a flatbed truck over Manhattan bridge turned out to be too much for the Sukkah and when it had arrived it had collapsed onto itself.

This was a good lesson to learn but quite a hard one to swallow.
So I'm going to grab a beer see you all again.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

holocaust memorial design competition

we've recently completed another competition for the atlantic city boardwalk holocaust memorial.
here are some process images that we can share now.
the final images will follow shortly after the judging. [when it's legal]













conceptual sketches




plan sketch + notes




rendering sketches + notes




thanks to everyone for all their help:

dave tesch_ m.arch 2010 - creative contribution

adriana artega_ m.arch 2011 - models
sam brannon_ bsas 2011
luke cvikota_ bsas 2011
ashleigh fischer_ bsas 2011
richie hands_ bsas 2011
therese hassett_ m.arch 2011
jodi masanz_ m.arch 2010
ben mather_ bsas 2011
michelle sletten_ m.arch 2011
paul steidl_ bsas 2011
blake villwock_ m.arch 2011