AGENCY

11/04/2021

The US-Mexico borderlands can be defined by shifting and intensifying bands of ultraviolet radiation that impact bodies in asymmetrical ways, enact new forms of migration,...Read More

08/04/2021

Final review for our Borderland Biostructures studio is tomorrow, Thursday Aug 5! With a fantastic lineup of reviewers -








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08/03/2021

“I wish that we were building more bridges […] tearing down the walls that we have; wish that we had immigration and asylum laws that matched our values and our interests so that we weren’t locking so many people up. Wish that there were no more private prison companies so that there wasn’t a profit motive to do that.”
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- Beto O'Rourke in our piece for The Architect's Newspaper “How Architecture is Aiding Detention at the U.S. Mexico Border”
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With original photos by Iwan Baan
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Click the link in our bio to read the full text and other contributions to our special guest edited feature titled “Border Origins”
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07/30/2021

Revisiting the Border Origins feature we guest edited in featuring some amazing insights from
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07/28/2021

The Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) is a collection of fake buildings and urban infrastructure used as the premier training environment for urban operations in the US. We found and mapped over 30 of these secretive sites for our Simulated Cities Database. Read more about these and other in Fronts: Military Urbanisms and the Developing World. Link in bio.

07/28/2021

Abandoned home reurposed as breach training facility, Playas EMRTC. Our original photos were exhibited in our show “Breach: Material Rituals of the Securocratic State” at in April 2017. Read more about Playas and other sites like it in Fronts: Military Urbanisms and the Developing World - link in bio!

07/28/2021

Join us tonight for the Fronts book launch event at GSAPP! Zoom details at the link.

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

07/23/2021

SELFIE WALL creates a backdrop for public space that nurtures self care.

07/23/2021

A sampling of selfies taken at SELFIE WALL were automatically displayed on the project website, extending the installation as an online awareness and advocacy campaign. The website revealed the many data privacy issues with uploading photos to social media, including identifying features stored in metadata (e.g., geotags) and visual signatures (e.g., facial features and spatial elements captured in the background).

07/23/2021

The custom lightweight structural modules of SELFIE WALL folded, riveted, stacked, and awaiting assembly. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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07/23/2021

SELFIE WALL creates a range of lighting conditions day and night, offering a dynamic and interactive space for self-photography.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The wall is built from 162 custom-fabricated units, CNC-milled from composite aluminum panel, and folded to shape different apertures for bouncing, scattering, and collecting light. The shape of the modules transforms from a structural cross-shape to a more open ‘umbrella’, providing consistent structural rigidity throughout the wall surface while providing a range of lighting options. These mass-customized variations evoke, replicate, and evolve lighting solutions across a variety of industries, simultaneously signaling ‘barn doors’ on stage lighting, photo umbrellas used in portrait photography and film, and vanity fixtures.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The public is encouraged to explore the dynamic matrix on site, finding the lighting condition and background most suitable for their own self-portrait. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The project was part of an annual event sponsored by the City of El Paso Museum and Cultural Affairs Department . AGENCY was one of five international artists featured the exhibition. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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07/23/2021

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A grid of LED lights is inset to provide zones of different color temperatures at night. A range of warm color temperatures, flattering to skin tones lines the inner surface of the space, while a range of cool whites provides a more accurate color rendering on the outer surface.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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