studio ambiguous

“To be con-temporary does not necessarily mean to be present, to be here-and-now; it means to be “with time” rather than “in time.” “Con-temporary” in German is “zeitgenössisch.” As Genosse means “comrade,” to be con-temporary–zeitgenössisch—can thus be understood as being a “comrade of time”—as collaborating with time, helping time when it has problems, when it has difficulties. “
-Boris Groys

  • a new beginning _ that starts with a sad story

    Why am I researching rammed earth, and why now? Materials have always been a focus for me since joining the design profession. In college, I was immersed in theory, sociology, and psychology of digital and physical space, but I never addressed the physical materials that composed the space; hence, in my past works, they were represented as nondescript containers and white boxes. Upon entering the design profession, I soon realized how the same sociology and psychology I applied to objects and human interaction can be applied to the materials used within the space we create. Thus, my fascination for detailing…

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    by Adam Wiese

    Center for Research and Museum

    “Such an architecture is an aleatory form of “planning” life itself: in the fantastic juxtaposition of its activities each of the club’s floors is a separate installment of an infinitely unpredictable intrigue that extols the complete surrender to the definite instability of life in the Metropolis. (Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan (New York: The Monacelli Press, 1997) p. 157 Rem Koolhaas’s retroactive manifesto, Delirious New York, studies how diverse forces and pressures (developers, zoning constraints, and metropolitan anxieties) gave form to Manhattan. In his analysis of the Downtown Athletic Club Koolhaas illustrates the odd condition of having…

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    by Adam Wiese

    Stories From Beyond “The Drop” Arcanum Island

    A BREIF HISTORY OF ARCANUM ISLAND The earliest reporting of Arcanum Island dates back to 1918 on the tail end of WWI when it was discovered by a British Empire ship that had been separated from the fleet during a storm. It was said that upon its discovery the islands landscape looked as if “a unknow force had dropped objects across the terrain.” This phenomenon and associated objects on the island have been assigned multiple names by researcher and historians alike; however, they are most commonly referred to as the “The Drop”. Arcanum Island is currently classified as a deserted…

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    by Adam Wiese

    Derive of the un_urban

    “It would be opportunistic if I said either, I told you so, or, basically, you can now tell that [cities] are actually really dangerous environments to live in,” adding, “I think that it’s simply slightly reinforcing the argument that it’s incredibly important to begin to look not necessarily away from cities but at the neglect of the countryside.” – RK “Derive of the UN_URBAN” is a reaction to AMO’s and RK’s unfortunately short-lived exhibition “Countryside, The Future” at the Guggenheim museum in February of 2020. The exhibit and subsequent research started upon the UN’s announcement in 2007 that stated 50% of mankind…

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    by Adam Wiese

    Urban Holistic Health “Aging in the City”

    What happens after your “best days” are behind you? After you have become old and wise? Once you have lived a life of connection both digitally and physically. Where do you go to live the latter years of your life? As you age how do you interact with the built environment? How does it interact with you? Within the architectural profession, there was an emphasis on exploring strategies and tactics to target the “younger generation” and sculpting the built environment based on the way they wanted to live. However, very little attention was given to these generations as they passed…

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    by Adam Wiese