![]() AMO, a research and design studio, applies architectural thinking to domains beyond. AMO, the think tank of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), co-founded by Rem Koolhaas and led by Samir Bantal, has announced a recent research collaboration with Volkswagen. Excerpts by Jean Attali, René Boomkens, Fredric Jameson, Fritz Neumeyer, Michael Sorkin, Anthony Vidler, Sarah Whiting. OMA is an international practice operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism. Hofland, Okwui Enwezor, Neil Leach, Matthew Stadler, Bruce Sterling, Bart Verschaffel. In 1975 he formed the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp (at that time Koolhaass wife). Potato Head Studios, a Balinese resort in Indonesia designed by OMA. TEXT: Christina Ko IMAGES: Courtesy of OMA. From OMA's earlier major competition entries that brought them global acclaim to the ongoing cross-disciplinary investigations of their design think-tank AMO, the high-energy practice is serious about pushing themselves to consistently produce experimental work with a sharply critical and self-critical eye. This book paints an intelligent picture of the sheer range of OMA’s architecture and of Koolhaas’s seminal role in the architectural world.Įssays by Aaron Betsky, Ian Buruma, H.J.A. Whether it’s an art institution or a beachside resort, architects are being asked to engage and transform typologies beyond their traditional definitionshere is how Dutch architectural firm OMA is taking on the challenge. The many facets of Koolhaas come under review: his take on architectural theory and the conceptual apparatus he employs, his vision of urbanism and the contemporary city, the designs put into practice by OMA and the research projects of the AMO think-tank, which exist outside the immediate boundaries of architecture. OMA Architecture Office Germany Follow Contact Share OMA has 67 projects published in our site, focused on: Cultural architecture, Offices, Residential architecture. Authors of international repute from beyond the province of architecture examine OMA’s work in the light of social and economic developments. ![]() This book provides a clear insight into the role and significance of Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
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