Events Archives – Aamodt / Plumb

Podcast Interview on Design Your Dream Home, Thoughts on Slow Space

Aamodt / Plumb — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:47:04 +0000

Mette Aamodt recently was a guest on the podcast, Design Your Dream Home, which gives insider tips to help people get the most out of their home. In the interview, hosts Stephen K. Chung and Doug Patt discuss The Slow Space Movement with Mette: how it started, its philosophy and benefits, and how to live more slowly and joyfully.

Tune in to the podcast:

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Andrew Plumb Teaching at Harvard GSD

Aamodt / Plumb — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 18:41:35 +0000

Aamodt / Plumb Co-Founder Andrew Plumb is teaching a new course this semester at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. This will be his second year teaching there, having previously taught the Core Architecture Studios. This year, he is teaching Tectonics Lab, which introduces undergraduate students to the roles that materials play in the production of meaningful architectural experience.

As a Design Critic, Andrew will be calling upon the principles of Slow Space, a movement he co-founded with partner Mette Aamodt that advocates Good, Clean and Fair buildings. Since ninety percent of our time is spent inside a building, the spaces where we live, work and visit have a huge impact on our wellness. Too often our buildings are made of poor quality materials filled with chemicals. These buildings are built fast, without thoughtful design, and are depressing to be in. This class will take the long view regarding design and construction, advocating that buildings should last hundreds of years and benefit the common good.

Andrew will guide students in researching and experimenting with wood, masonry and concrete in a series of design-build projects. In each project, they will learn about how this affects architectural experience. The projects will be supported with weekly lectures on topics such as material properties and fabrication, scalar transformations, modular construction and joinery and assembly. In addition, the students will document their project developments through drawing, photography and video. At the end of the term, the students will have created a comprehensive portfolio.

Harvard GSD is where Andrew and Mette’s lives first crossed paths and where Andrew received his Master of Architecture.

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Celebrating 10 Years at Aamodt / Plumb

Aamodt / Plumb — Mon, 29 May 2017 23:06:59 +0000

Aamodt / Plumb Architects was founded in May 2007 by Mette Aamodt and Andrew Plumb. And this month we celebrate our 10 year anniversary.

They say that 50% of firms fold after the first 5 years and another 25% after the next 5 years. So we are happy to have made it this far and are planning on sticking around for a lot longer.

So much thanks goes to our clients, our collaborators and our former and current employees. Without all of you this would not have been possible.

Please join us in celebrating at our Cambridge office on June 8, 2017 from 6-8pm. Rsvp to mette@aamodtplumb.com. Or follow along on Facebook Live if you can’t make it.

Here’s to another 10!

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