Metaamo Studio

PROJECT / RKR ADU
Portland, Oregon
Work Completed 2023
Design by Metaamo
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Thrilled to share that Metaamo has been selected by the World Bank to be the Urban Design Consultant for a new Urban Resilience project in the Pacific: Urban Design Analysis of the Delap-Uliga-Djarrit (DUD) area in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), which is part of the World Bank’s broader RMI Urban Resilience Project (RMIURP). This World Bank-executed technical assignment has the objective of supporting the Bank and the RMI Government in identifying potential Resilient Public Space investment options in Majuro, through the development of an Urban Design Analysis and Urban Profile of Majuro, an Urban Design Handbook for Resilient Public Space, while delivering a Capacity-Building Workshop to Government Stakeholders to enhance their capacity on Risk-informed Urban Design.

At the grass-roots level, Metaamo has been working, researching, and partnering with communities and non-profit organizations in the RMI for nearly a decade on issues dealing with Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience, and Risk-Informed Community Planning, while foregrounding the preservation and celebration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and cultural specificity. In addition to this World Bank project, Metaamo has also been developing a masterplan and design for a K-12 School, as well as designing a new model for resilient housing rooted in local material supply chains.

World Bank Metaamo Studio

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We’re very happy to share that Matt has joined the MIT faculty again, and will be teaching an M.Arch Core II Architectural Design Studio. The studio project asks students to see the Library as Social Infrastructure, and culminates in the design of a new Branch of the Boston Public Library, centered around Boston’s Chinatown Neighborhood and its diverse community. The studio engages themes of cultural identity, community resilience, deep time, and the use of precedent as a central tool for design research. We will be involving numerous guests, including Aditi Mehta (U Toronto), Garnette Cadogan (MIT MLK Visiting Scholar), members of the Chinatown Community, and many more, and look forward to seeing the students’ work as it develops.

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Entry courtyard of the Daxing Villa. Located on the rural outskirts of Beijing, the project was conceived as a collection of stacked mass volumes that pinwheel around a central courtyard, where a daylight-filled internal garden gives light and focus to the inward living spaces.

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Subtraction begins. SSR house just starting construction in the PDX West Hills.

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We are excited to share that Metaamo will be part of an upcoming MIT Alumni lecture/webinar that spotlights recent architecture graduates (within the last ten years), and their unique approaches to shaping the profession and future. Please join us, as well as our colleagues and friends from around the world, in what should be a fun and lively discussion.

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https://www.mitarcha.org/mitarcha-events/m10ers-shaping-future

Shadow maker. Partial elevation of a very unique design hotel we are working on in Shanxi, China. New custom window and shading systems within an existing masonry facade.
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Recent site visit for a new house overlooking the Willamette Valley Foothills. Gaston, OR
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Realized in a meeting yesterday that our rhino sky matches actual conditions.
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