Greetings from in situ studio!

Once again another month has flown by. We are loving our new space and our new partners: Jeremy Leonard, as a full time employee, and So & So Books, who have moved into our storefront! With upcoming events and lots of construction underway, we are keeping busy! See below for more details!

Thanks for your continuing support!

Modern Atlanta Tour

We are honored to be included on this year’s Modern Atlanta homes tour! Two of our projects, Stoneridge and the Chasen Residence are part of the tour this year. The tour happens tomorrow, 06 01 13, from 10:00am-4:00 pm. Learn more and purchase tickets here. And, if you are in the Charlotte area this evening, please join us at a 6:00 pm talk titled “Modern Design in the South,” hosted by Modern Atlanta at Design Within Reach.

Book[s] of the Month

So and So Books is up and running, and books are selling! We have enjoyed having a steady stream of visitors coming through the office and hope you will find some time to come browse the selection yourself. Books are for sale during our normal business hours, Monday-Friday 9:00 am-6:00 pm, and Charles and Chris are posting other evening and weekend hours via social media. Follow them on twitter and Facebook to stay up to date.

TMH Thirst for Architecture

On Thursday, May 16th, Triangle Modernist Houses hosted a Thirst for Architecture event at our new office space! The event drew a healthy crowd of almost 200 people who came to see our new space, celebrate architecture, and welcome So & So Books! Many thanks to all who dropped by to enjoy a fun evening with us. We are already looking forward to our next event!

Jeremy Leonard is Full time!

We are so happy to announce that Jeremy Leonard has joined our office on a full-time basis! Jeremy worked with us last summer and on a part-time basis throughout the past year, as he finished his 5th-year degree in architecture at the NCSU College of Design. Jeremy brings a wealth of design talent to our office, having just been awarded both the AIA Henry Adams Medal and the Faculty Design Award. Jeremy also keeps us fresh not the music scene, drawing from his continuing role as a DJ for 88.1 WKNC.

Please contact us if there is any way we can help you.

Best.

 

Greetings from in situ studio! April was a big month, in part because we moved into our new studio.  See below for information about our first event in the new space and other news!

Triangle Modernist Houses 05 16 13 Thirst for Architecture
We are looking forward to hosting our first event in the new studio! Triangle Modernist Houses organizes a monthly event called Thirst for Architecture (T4A), which allows modern design enthusiasts the opportunity to visit the studio of a contemporary design office.  We are honored to be included in the rotation for these events, which are super fun! Please join us on 05 16 13 at 6:00 pm at the new studio for the May T4A! We’ll have food, beer, wine, images of our work, and maybe moon pies to share. So and So Books will be up and running in the front of our space by then as well. Hope you can come!

City of Raleigh Environmental Award for Green Design
We are excited to announce that the Chasen Residence has been awarded a City of Raleigh Environmental Award in the area of Green Design. We’d like to thank Adam and Auditi for the opportunity to work with them to build an affordable, modern, energy efficient home in East Raleigh. The design boasts numerous sustainable features, including spray foam insulation, solar hot water for all domestic water uses, photovoltaics that provide 85% of required electricity, an efficient mini-split HVAC system, passive ventilation, and daylighting. Axiom Green Build did an incredible job building the house, aided by Prime Energy Group and Dopko Cabinetry. A highlight of the awards ceremony for Matt was getting to meet Greg Fishel, his weather hero.

Four Stages of Residential Design and Construction
a house named Fred is complete! We are so thrilled for our clients, who are now in a house tailored specifically to their daily routine! Thanks to SGI Engineering, L.E. Meyers Builders, Carrington Electric, Xylem, Inc., andAlpine Roofing for their incredible work. We have broken ground on another house in Raleigh, working with theJohn C. Sanders & Company. Lysaght & Associates has designed the structure, including the concrete foundation system pictured above. The Sillings Residence should also start construction in May, once we have completed the Contract Documents. We are working with Kemp Harris to build this modern farmhouse, which is situated on a 32-acre working farm near Rolesville. And, we have just started design of the Moura House in North Raleigh on a site that affords a beautiful view of a wooded creek valley. Access to the site is via a bridge, and the main goals of the project are to maintain a tight footprint, balance the role of interior and exterior public spaces, capture views of the wooded creek valley, and leverage sustainable technologies to the greatest extent possible.

Modern Atlanta 06 01 13 Residential Tour
Two of our recent house designs, Stoneridge and the Chasen Residence, will be included in a regional homes tour organized by Modern Atlanta. The tour is on 06 01 13, with tours organized from 10:30-4:00. Our entire office will be present at the two houses to answer questions and show folks around. Learn more about the tour, buy a book about the 2013 tour, and buy tickets here. Erin and Matt will also be giving a pre-tour lecture in Charlotte at Design Within Reach on 05 31 13 at 8:00 pm. Please join us.

Bida Manda and Food Network
In only eight months, Bida Manda has caused quite a stir in downtown Raleigh! On 04 21 13, Van, Vanvisa, Chef Lon, and the rest of the Bida Manda staff teamed up with Food Network celebrity chef, Man
eet Chauhan, the James Beard award-winning chef who has been featured on Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, and is now a judge on Chopped, to film footage for an upcoming reality show. We are so proud of Van and Vanvisa and thankful for the amazing work of Southeastern Properties and Development Company in building the space. And, the space would not be what it is without three tons of sticks from Bark House viaCaragreen and the design talents of Ketchup and Mustard, Ahpeele Studio, and Spoonflower. Congrats to Bida Manda!

Carpenter ParkWe are happy to report that Carpenter Park in The Town of Cary is moving forward! We will be designing several structures for the park this summer, in collaboration with DHM Design. The park design aims to highlight the agrarian tradition in and around the town of Carpenter.

Book of the Month
April’s book of the month is The Architecture of the Barnes Foundation, which highlights the work of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA) in relocating the Barnes Foundation collection previously located in the suburbs of Philadelphia to a new location in downtown Philadelphia. The move was controversial in large part because of Barnes’ explicit instruction that the collection never leave the context of the original house, a problem TWBTA solved by embracing the foundation’s history. Our selection of this book was spurred by Tod Williams’ masterful lecture at the College of Design last month and unfortunate news that another of TWBTA’s masterworks, the American Folk Art Museum, is under threat of destruction by MOMA. Learn more about theAmerican Folk Art Museum and sign the petition to save it here.

Please contact us if there is any way we can help you. 

Best.

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Greetings from in situ studio!

This month’s newsletter is a bit short because we have a lot going on!

a house named Fred

L.E. Meyers Builders has done an incredible job building a house named Fred! We received the CO this week, and the final walkthrough is scheduled for 04 03 13. We started working on the house in December of 2011, and now, seventeen months later, are happy to see our clients move into the house of their dreams! You can revisit the design and construction process on our clients’ blog, a house named Fred.

a new studio

We are excited to announce that we are moving to a new space! Our new studio space is located in the North Person (NOPE) commercial district and will provide additional space for our growing staff and all the models we have built in the past two-and-a-half years! We will be sharing the storefront with So and So Books, Raleigh’s first downtown, independent bookstore. We are also excited about who else is in the neighborhood –Raleigh City Farm, Market Restaurant, Oak City Cycling Project, Marsh Woodwinds, Nicole’s Studio, andPieBird, to name a few. And, we are right next to Person Street Pharmacy! We are doing most of the up fit ourselves, with the help of Dopko Cabinetry and Carrington Electric. We’ll be up and running in the new space by 05 01 13 at the latest, so please drop by to say hello!

 

That’s all for now. Hope you have an amazing April!

Best.

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Greetings from in situ studio!

Hard to believe that February has already come and gone. What a busy month for our office! We have been working on several projects that will reach the larger community and are excited to participate in their development!

Church of the Holy Family

We have been working with Chapel Hill’s Church of the Holy Family for the past year to craft a masterplan that includes a renovation and addition for their fellowship spaces. They are now about to begin a feasibility study of the design to assess the scope of work they can ensue.  Starting next week, Jeremy Leonard and Jeremy Alford will begin a physical model of the proposed design and surrounding landscape for them to use in this process! Please see our website for more about the project. 

Farmery

Over the past month, we have been working with Ben Greene, founding CEO of The Farmery, and David Hill AIA to design a retail store. “The Farmery is an integrated retailing and growing system for locally grown food that raises the value of the produce through a stimulating retail experience and reduces the cost of produce by consolidating the entire food distribution system.” Our work with Ben has focused on a large-scale grocery, convenience, and cafe store to be located in an urban setting. Ben’s growing units are housed in storage containers, and use of these containers is the defining characteristic of the store design. Learn more about the Farmery here and see more images on our website.

City of Raleigh Museum

We are excited to announce we are working with exhibit design firm Riggs Ward Design out of Richmond, VA on a project for the City of Raleigh Museum located on the ground floor of the Briggs Hardware Building in downtown Raleigh! The project scope includes two exhibits to be designed and installed in phases. The first exhibit will be an interactive timeline titled, R3: Raleigh Then, Raleigh Now, Raleigh Next. The second exhibit will be City Lab: Your Space in this Place, an exhibit about Raleigh Lifestyle. We are thrilled to collaborate with Riggs Ward Design and the City of Raleigh Museum on the architectural aspects of the exhibits.

Book of the Month

Project is a concise, affordable, and finely crafted print publication, featuring new writing and visual presentations of new work, compiled by four recent graduates of the Yale School of Architecture. With its first edition, this new journal invites architects and critics to debate and examine projects in their own terms, through both images and text. It goes beyond the generalization of contemporary subjects by contextualizing new projects within a history of architectural work and ideas. Issue One features contributions from Hernan Diaz Alonso, Michael Meredith & Hilary Sample, Peter Eisenman, and more. We are encouraged to see a publication of this caliber created by young architects who are interested in exploring the fundamental questions facing architecture today. 

Upcoming Events

Raleigh’s Identity – What’s Downtown Got To Do With It? is the theme of the Raleigh Urban Design Center’s current Education Forum lecture series. Matt and Erin will join Brett Hautop of Gensler, for a lunchtime presentation at the newly located Raleigh Urban Design Center on March 20th from 12n – 1:30pm. The presentation is titled Residual Raleigh – Tapping the Potential of Unused Space in Downtown. For more information on the Education Forums, click here. We hope to see you there!

On March 6th, Erin will be a guest lecturer for UNC Greensboro’s Interior Architecture’s IARc Speaker Series. Her talk is titled Clean Slate, and describes the approach in situ studio takes on each project that comes into the office – our philosophy that every project is situated in a unique context, formed of specific physical and cultural characteristics. We believe our responsibility as designers is to respond to each unique context by uncovering appropriate design solutions. 

Please contact us if there is any way we can help you. 

Best.

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January 2013

Happy New Year from in situ studio!

We hope the first month of 2013 has treated you well. Our January has been busy, with three houses going out to bid and several new projects coming on line. Check out what we are up to at the office and beyond below!

Sillings Residence

The Sillings Residence is located in Rolesville, NC and will be the home of our clients’ family and their new farm. The design of this modern farmhouse responds to the site and the demands of a growing family, providing open interior spaces, large windows framing the forested site, skylights to bring light into private areas, and ample porches for outside living. 

Where We Live

Now that Ashley “Oz” Ozburn has been with us for a few months, we are adding her house to our mini-series “Where We Live”. Oz lives in south east Raleigh, three miles from our studio, and only seconds away from the Walnut Creek Trail, where she and her great dane Louie Kahn walk every morning. Oz has renovated her kitchen and a small studio and has many more projects in store! Read more about her space and see pictures of Louie on our website.

Book of the Month

Toyo Ito’s Forces of Nature is a collection of projects and essays stemming from a lecture given by Ito at the Princeton University School of Architecture in 2009. The book illuminates the nuances found in Ito’s work, in particular, Ito‘s modification of the architectural grid, which, brings buildings into a more fluid relationship with their surroundings. In the introduction, Stan Allen writes, “It is this suspension– between memory and forgetting, between possibility and impossibility, between language and silence– that makes Ito’s work significant today.” We couldn’t agree more.  

Detail of the Month
Inset gutter in cantilevered roof.

Event of Note

Through AIA NC’s Program Committee, Erin has been working with with geothermal expert Tom Paonessa to help organize the Center for Architecture and Design‘s first Saturday Seminar. The seminar will focus on residential scale geothermal heating and cooling. If you are interested in attending the event on February 9th, please RSVP!

In Our Community
We want to take a moment to reflect on the inspiring life of Judy Harmon. Erin, Matt, and Oz had the opportunity to work in close proximity to Judy for several years, and her impact on the way we each see architecture, landscape, and the world at large is significant. We are better for knowing her, and her beautiful presence will live on in the memories of many. Gifts in her name can be made to J.C. Raulston Arboretum.  

We love our work and have a great time in the studio every day! Still, we find time to do plenty outside of architecture. A few weekends ago, Erin participated in her first trail race, the Little River Trail Run, at the Little River Regional Park. She placed third in her age group! She is also working on renovating her master bedroom, with a planned completion date of the spring equinox! Erin continues to hone her mad violin skills with regular practice.

Matt is teaching an architecture design studio again this semester at the NCSU College of Design. This semester’s studio is a graduate level study of architectural form. He has also been honing his Cajon skills at Ekklesia Church, where he helps lead worship on Sunday mornings. A life-long billiards enthusiast, he has recently established a weekly match with a good friend at Snooker’s Billiards in west Raleigh. He, his wife, Ashley, and three kids spent last weekend at Topsail Beach, where Ashley, who is an ordained Presbyterian minister, was preaching at Emma Anderson Memorial Chapel. It was the coldest beach weekend ever, with wind chills in the low teens. You can follow his daily shenanigans via instagram, user name @m_h_griffith.

Oz can be found most days rushing from the office to a second job site- the renovation and addition of her parents’ house in the Hayes Barton neighborhood. She is working with the Raleigh Construction Company on this 1930s Dutch Colonial; the progress is exciting! On nights where she is not studying for her Architecture Registration Exams, she and Louie Kahn attend agility class, which, for a 5 month old gangly Great Dane, can prove to be very entertaining. 

On Tuesday evenings from 5-7pm on WKNC 88.1 FM, Jeremy becomes his alter-ego, DJ Spaceman Spiff, and co-hosts his radio show, “The Afterschool Special” with DJ Salinger and DJ e baby. Be sure to listen in for your entertainment! He has recently taken up the guitar. We see a potential in situ band on the horizon!

Please contact us if there is any way we can help you. 

Best.

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Happy Holidays from in situ studio!

Thank you for another year of support. We hope your Holiday Season is filled with the good company of family and friends. Best wishes for the New Year!

New Pictures

We are thrilled to look back on such a wonderful year, and look forward to many more. In our short and sweet Holiday newsletter, we are sharing new pictures of four projects completed in 2012. Thank you to Richard Leo Johnson for his photographic expertise!

The Chasen Residence is a 1,450 sqft, affordable, modern home in East Downtown Raleigh. Thanks to clients Adam and Auditi, contractor Axiom Green Build, and millwork subcontractor Dopko Cabinetry. ArchDaily featured the Chasen Residence this month! See more pictures on our website, and on Nicole’s recent blog post. 

Stoneridge, located in Chapel Hill, is a renovation and addition to a 1980’s deck house. The residence was featured on this year’s AIAT Residential Architecture Tour. Thanks to clients Chris and Annu, and contractorRedfoot and Weber. ArchDaily featured Stoneridge this month! See more pictures on our website.

Bida Manda is a Laotian restaurant in downtown Raleigh, featuring an impressive, community-built stick wall installation. Thanks to clients and restaurateurs Vansana and Vanvisa, and contractor Southeastern Properties and Development Company. See more pictures on our website.

The NCBG Plant Sale Shade Structure is a free-standing structure that provides shade to protect and sell plants grown in the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Thanks to our clients, the NCBG staff, for this opportunity. See more pictures on our website.

Here’s here to an amazing 2013!

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Happy Thanksgiving from in situ studio!

We are so thankful for our clients, the committed consultants who collaborate with us, and the talented contractors who work so hard to realize the projects. We literally couldn’t do this without you!

NCBG Plant Sale Shade StructureThe Shade Structure at the North Carolina Botanical Garden had its first successful sale season. See new pictures by Richard Leo Johnson of the completed structure on our website. The NCBG Plant Sale Shade Structure has a screen system of wood laths. Double kiln-dried, pressure-treated 2x4s were cut in half on a diagonal to create 2 laths from each 2×4. The lath pattern was designed to provide a variety of shade conditions for different plant species. We highly recommend visiting the Botanical Garden to see the structure first hand, and experience the trails and natural settings of this cultural treasure!

Raleigh Backyard CottagesThe discussion of allowing Backyard Cottages (BYCs), a type of Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), in Raleigh has become an active and polarized issue. Nicole is engaged in the public conversation, and has been recently quoted in articles from the Raleigh Public Record and Indy Week. As an extension of her thesis and personal interests, she launched the website Raleigh Accessory Dwellings as a community resource on the topic. Erin is also an active voice in the conversation. She is a member of the Planning Commission and a former BYC dweller. Read Erin’s thoughts on backyard cottages on the Raleigh Accessory Dwellings News Page. Learn more and join the discussion here.

This debate has been a timely follow-up to our recent Building Trust International competition entry, RA-50, which has been featured by The Atlantic Cities, Fast Co. Design, inhabitat, Archdaily, and Architzer. RA-50investigates the potential for modular living units on oversized residential lots with rear alleyways in downtown Raleigh.

Book of the MonthLA Now studies Los Angeles at the turn of the 21st century, and explores ways for addressing the challenges of future growth. The book was produced by an interdisciplinary team of film and photography students from theArt Center, graphic design students from CalArts, and architecture students from UCLA under the guidance of Thom Mayne. 

Working in Our CommunityMost of our office has been busy at the School of Architecture as the semester ends. Matt’s students had their final reviews this week, with Erin and Ashley on the review. The work was amazing! And, Jeremy is hard at work completing his second to last semester. Good luck, Jeremy!

Please contact us if there is any way we can help you. 

Best.

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Happy Halloween from in situ studio!

We have some exciting news this month…

New Studio-Mate!We are ecstatic to announce that Ashley Ozburn has joined the in situ studio team! She has an undergraduate degree from the Univeristy of Virginia, and worked with Matt and Erin at Frank Harmon Architect for 3 years, before continuing her studies to earn a Master of Architecture from Yale University. Read Ashely’s full bio here. Welcome to the team, Ashley!

Professional PhotographyThanks to the amazing talents of photographer Richard Leo Johnson, we have new pictures of four completed projects: The Chasen Residence, Bida Manda Laotion Restaurant + Bar, Stoneridge, and The NCBG Plant Sale Shade Structure. The finished pictures will be added to the website soon. Thanks, again, to our generous clients for welcoming us back into your spaces for the photo shoot!

Project Update: a house named FredConstruction of a house named Fred is well underway! With the framing and part of the roof in place, the final form of the house is beginning to materialize. Thanks to the amazing contractor for the house, LE Meyers Builders.

Press for RA-50This summer, in situ studio teamed with David Hill, AIA to enter the HOME Competition by Building Trust International. We were awarded an honorable mention for our entry: RA-50. Our proposal focused on proposing a new zoning district for Raleigh, RA-50, that would be populated with small, affordable, pre-fabricated residential units. Learn more about the proposal and see our competition images on our website. Since the award announcement, RA-50 has been featured on numerous blogs: ArchDaily, inhabitat, Co.Design, Architizer, The Atlantic Cities, Planetizen, and Intentionally Small. We are flattered by the press our submission has garnered!  

Book of the MonthAlong the theme of small spaces, our book selection of the month is Nano House: Innovations for Small Dwellings by Phyllis Richardson. The book is filled with examples of well-designed and thoughtfully-detailed small houses, organized into topics including “mobile” and “low energy.”  It’s a perfect book to flip through for design inspiration.

Working in Our CommunityThank you to everyone that helped us celebrate in situ studio‘s 2nd birthday! Only Burger was delicious, and we enjoyed wine from The Wine Feed and beer from Big Boss Brewery. We had a blast! Also, thank you to those who stopped by Stoneridge on this month’s successful AIAT Residential Architecture Tour. It was a pleasure to see so many familiar faces, and meet many new ones!

Have A Seat has won another Sir Walter Raleigh Award! We are so proud of Erin’s involvement with AIAT andYAF in continuing this wonderful community project. In fact, through her dedication to these programs, she just received an AIAT 2012 Presidential Award. Congrats Erin!

The Raleigh chapter of Creative Mornings had another successful talk this month. Creative Mornings is a monthly lecture series with 30 chapters internationally. Nicole is on the team of organizers for our local chapter. The first talk, by Aly Khalifa of Gamil Design, is now available to watch on vimeo. This month’s talk by Wyeth Johnson of Epic Games will be posted soon, and in the meantime you can see pictures on flickr. Be sure to mark your calendars for next month’s talk by Victor Lytvinenko of Raleigh Denim!

In other news, Matt has passed the 2,000 picture threshold on Instagram, having been a proud user for only 10 months #wow! You can follow him at @m_h_griffith.

Please contact us if there is any way we can help you. 

Best.

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Greetings from in situ studio! With the return of lovely autumn days, we are resuming with our full-length newsletters. This month, we are loaded with announcements and a couple of invitations. Also, be sure to visit our newly updated website in honor of our second birthday!

in situ studio turns 2 years old!On October 1, 2010, Matt and Erin founded in situ studio in the midst of the recession. Two years later, with a crew of 4 studio mates and over 20 built projects, we are glad to say we’re still going strong and loving every day! Please join us at our birthday celebration on Thursday October 11, 6-8pm, at our office for fun times and good company. We’ll have wine from The Wine Feed, the best of local beers, and a food truck, Only Burger, all on us! RSVP by responding to this email. Thank you for the continuing support, and see you soon!

Bida Manda is OpenBida Manda Laotian Restaurant and Bar made its grand debut in downtown Raleigh. We have quickly become regulars, eager to see the space come to life with aromas of delicious food, the clanking cheers of finely-crafted cocktails, and the ambient murmur of friends and families engaged in merry times. It has truly been a joy working with Van and Vanvisa to realize the space of Bida Manda.To learn about the design, meet the collaborators, and see more pictures, visit our website and the Bida Manda website.

2012 AIAT Residential Architecture TourMark your calendars – Stoneridge Residence will be on this year’s AIAT Residential Architecture Tour! See it, and five other houses scattered throughout the Triangle, next Saturday, October 6. Purchase your tickets here today.

Three AwardsSeptember was an exciting time for competition announcements. We received an honorable mention from theBuilding Trust International for our proposal for a new model of affordable dwellings in Raleigh. Thank youDavid Hill for teaming with us! Learn more about the HOME Competition here, and see our entry boards on our website.

After the HOME Competition, Nicole and Jeremy had more energy left, and entered the local ReSpace Competition sponsored by Habitat ReStore, AIA Triangle, and Raleigh Architecture for Humanity. Their submission, A Reading Refuge, also won an honorable mention! Congrats to the winners, NCSU students Scott Hefner and Abe Drechsler, whose design will be constructed in early 2013.

Also, congratulations to Jeremy, this year’s 1st Place Winner of the Shawcroft Drawing Competition! We are thrilled that Jeremy was nominated for and awarded the $1,500 grand prize for his amazing talents. And, we are so glad to have him in the office. His graphic skills are behind many of the new images on the website.

Detail of the MonthThe cantilevered end wall section of  a house named Fred illustrates the tight skin of the roof, precise detailing, and the manner in which the eastern deck captures the view of the forest. Framing for the house is already underway!

Book of the MonthVincent Katz organizes the history of Black Mountain College in the book Black Mountain College: Experiment in Art. The College was a modest and short-lived school of teachers and students who had a profound impact on American modern art, including Josef and Anni Albers, Buckminster Fuller, Walter Gropius, Franz Kline, andothers. The College was located in the North Carolina mountains. Visit our office to flip through our copy, or purchase your own copy here.

Working in Our Community

Nicole helped organize this month’s inaugural Raleigh Creative Mornings event. See pictures here! It was a grand success, with a full house at CAM enjoying Aly Khalifa‘s inspiring talk on collaboration and innovation in the context of community. Follow the Raleigh CM Facebook Page or Twitter Account for the latest news on their next event, October 12, and learn more about this engaging international lecture series atCreativeMornings.com.

Matt’s semester is well underway at NCSU. We enjoyed having his class meet in our studio’s conference room for a studio session this week! His students are currently working on the design of a Raleigh Media Arts Center in downtown Raleigh. The NCSU School of Architecture and AIAT Joint Lecture Series had a strong start with a talk by Grace La of the Milwaukee firm La Dallman. See the lecture schedule for upcoming talks this semester. Also, we are excited that a new round of YAF Mentoring has begun!

Please contact us if there is any way we can help you. 

Best.

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Greetings from in situ studio!

DHIC Person Street TownhousesWe are moving forward with the schematic design of the DHIC Person Street Townhouses! Our collaboration as design architects with DHIC, Inc. and Perry Cox Architect, the architect of record, has been very productive, and we are excited to be proposing a new housing model for downtown Raleigh – affordable, contemporary, multi-family housing. The current scheme maximizes square footage at a low cost, responds to defining characteristics of the historic overlay district, and creates a street presence balanced with repetition and variety. See more images of the design on our website.

Beyond the Office

We have been keeping busy and having fun in and out of work. Erin has spent the last several months working alongside nine fellow Raleigh Planning Commissioners and the City of Raleigh Planning staff to review and make recommendations for Raleigh’s new draft Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The recommendations will be presented to City Council on September 4th. Upon City Council approval, the UDO will replace the current Devlopment Code, with the goal of creating “Right Rules, Right Places” for our fast growing city. In her free time, Erin has enjoyed putting miles on her bike, cycling through the rural parts of southern Wake and other surrounding counties.

Matt’s teaching semester has started at the College of Design. This semester’s studio focuses on the five lenses of architectural design – orientation, program, enclosure, structure, and circulation. The studio is a Junior year lottery, so the topics of study and projects are original. The hard work has already begun!

Nicole leaves this weekend for the Venice Biennale! She is accompanying Matt Tomasulo to represent Walk Raleigh at the US Pavilion: Spontaneous Interventions. She also recently launched a blog, Intentionally Small, where she explores her interest in small spaces and simple living. She will research the subject by studying small accommodations near and far. 

Jeremy was a great addition to our office this summer! He will continue to work with us part-time as he returns to NCSU for his final, 5th year of architecture school. This weekend, his studio is taking a trip to see Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water! Jeremy is also a DJ for the NCSU radio station WKNC 88.1FM. Tune in Wednesdays 9-11am to hear Jeremy (AKA Spaceman Spiff) play some sweet jams.

Book of the MonthCarlo Scarpa Architect: Intervening with History focuses on the drawings and work of the Architect as related to his obsessive archaeological renovations of existing buildings in his home country, Italy. If you are unfamiliar with Scarpa’s work, please take the time to study him. His career offers a profound commentary on the relationship between modernism and the greater historical continuum of architectural design.

Thanks for your continuing support! Please contact us if there is any way we can help you. 

Best.

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