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“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

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    AIA Nebraska 2025 People’s Choice Interior Architecture Winner: Grundy Hall Health Science Center

    All images courtesy of RDG Proud to share that RDG Planning and Design Grundy Hall Health Science Center received a 2025 People’s Choice Award from AIA Nebraska. As part of the collaborative team at RDG Planning and Design, I worked alongside an excellent group of designers and consultants. Grateful for the collaboration and the chance to contribute to this project. The American Institute of Architects, Nebraska Chapter, recently announced the winners of its 2025 People’s Choice awards, highlighting the public’s interest in architecture designed by Nebraska architects. This year, more than 1,000 members of the public reviewed 98 projects. RDG Planning & Design won…

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    Adam Wiese Named to World Architecture Festival’s 40 Under 40 North America

    text courtesy of RDG : Recognized as an emerging leader in architecture, RDG’s Adam Wiese has been named to the World Architecture Festival’s 40 Under 40 North America list. RDG Planning & Design is proud to announce that Adam Wiese, AIA, NCARB, has been named to the World Architecture Festival’s 40 Under 40 North America 2025 list. Now in its inaugural year, the program — a collaboration between WAF and The Architect’s Newspaper — honors 40 emerging architects across the United States, Canada and Mexico whose work reflects innovation, sustainability and design excellence. An architect and partner based in RDG’s Omaha office, Wiese has contributed to…

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    Adam Wiese – Named North American 40 under 40 Architect by World Architecture Festival and Architect’s Newspaper

    Truly honored to be included among the North American 40 under 40 by the World Architecture Festival and Architect’s Newspaper. Thank you @worldarchfest and @archpaper for the opportunity and I can’t wait to meet the other 39 talented architects in Miami! I am incredibly fortunate to be part of such a thoughtful, supportive, and creative team @rdgusa and for the amazing family, friends, and colleagues that have supported me along the way! Photos credits:University of Iowa’s Health Science Academic BuildingUNL College of Engineering by @ajbrownimaging this project and design process will be featured at the event in November Link to Architect’s Newspaper: https://www.archpaper.com/2025/10/world-architecture-festival-40-under-40-north-america-winners/

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    Architizer Vision Award – Finalist: Kaneko Rammed Earth Sculpture Park

    I am excited to share “Kaneko Rammed Earth Sculpture Park” was selected as a 2025 @architizer Vision Award finalist in the Vision for Materials category. This project is a testament to RDG Planning & Design @rdgusa and The Kaneko @thekaneko summer camp partnership and part of our ongoing research into biogenic materials. It would not have been possible without their support. Huge thank you to Anna Miles for her photoshop and photography work, Joe Kotulak and Noah Schacher  for their help with the narrative. Link to RDG Announcement: https://rdgusa.com/news/architizer-announces-2025-vision-awards Link to Architizer Vision Awards: https://visionawards.architizer.com/a/page/about/about-vision-awards

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    Research

    Concrete + Acrylic _ Study 2

    18″ x 36″ mock up furthering exploration into casting acrylic in concrete precast sandwich panels. 2″ acrylic rods were post installed using epoxy. 3D printed knock knockout tubes were fabricated to allow for the post install of the translucent rods.

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    Cairn (Cárn) 1 to 15

    “The work delves into the ancient process of rammed earth construction, where layers of soil are compacted within formwork. Each piece is crafted from earth, supplemented by recycled crushed brick and lime. Through a meticulous process loose earth is transformed into tangible objects. Employing a single-sourced earth blend generates a monolithic appearance, concealing the individual layers and method of construction. An intervention layer, infused with terracotta pigment, accentuates a singular layer within the composite structure. When arranged collectively, the objects form a field condition; the varying intervention layers unveil the interconnectedness of the object’s formation process. Sharing a common genesis.…

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    8×8 Rammed Earth Studies #1,3,4

    Initial 8″ x 8″ rammed earth study models. exploring different mix types with Platte River soil. Attempting to iterate through different mix compositions. While the tests had promising outcomes ultimately the soil once suspended in water proved to have too much organic matter to be viable for long term use and eventual compression testing. Test 1: 60 soil, 30 sand, 10 portland Test 2: Broke (user error) Test 3: 40 soil, 50 sand, 10 portland Test 4: 60 Soil, 3.5 Sand, 5 portland

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    Thoughts

    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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    Awards

    ASLA Central States Chapter Merit Award: Durham Outpatient Center – Rooftop Plaza

    All images courtesy of RDG Proud to share that RDG Planning and Design Durham Outpatient Center – Rooftop Plaza, received a Merit Award from the ASLA Central States Chapter. Link to Website As part of the collaborative team at RDG Planning and Design, I worked alongside an excellent group of designers and consultants. Grateful for the collaboration and the chance to contribute to this project. Awards: Merit Award, Institutional Design – ASLA Central States Chapter – 2023 Merit Award, Institutional Design – ASLA Central States – 2023 Honor Award — Design (Built) – ASLA Nebraska Dakotas Chapter – 2022 Project Description: The courtyard’s organic design, extrapolated…

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    UNL – Achitecture Studio

    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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    UNL – Achitecture Studio

    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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    SAY IT LOUD – NEBRASKA

    All images courtesy of RDG As part of the collaborative team at RDG Planning and Design, I worked alongside an excellent group of designers and consultants. Grateful for the collaboration and the chance to contribute to this project. Project Description: The goal of the initiative is to highlight minority groups of professionals working in the built environment. Architects, contractors, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects and planners from across Nebraska who identify as women or who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color submitted work for the state’s exhibit. To achieve the exhibit’s goals, the container traveled to multiple diverse locations…

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    UNL – Achitecture Studio

    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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    UNL – Achitecture Studio

    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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