2024-05-20T07:48:42-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150130284/architecture-office-s-new-exhibition-explores-the-transformation-of-european-immigrant-towns-in-the-us Katherine Guimapang 2019-04-04T14:51:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3a/3ac6f263790610b49ad87bd81eed7e7a.gif" border="0" /><p>Founded by Nicole McIntosh and Jonathan Louie, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150130293/architecture-office" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture Office</a>'s newest exhibition <em>Swissness Applied</em> focuses on the architectural transformation of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/958974/european" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">European</a> inspired immigrant towns and their presence in the United States. A nation comprised of people and cultures from around the globe, the project allows for the topic of cultural appropriation in architecture, urban design, and planning to be discussed.&nbsp;</p> <p>Architecture Office co-founder Nicole McIntosh is a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/578671/swiss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swiss</a>-born architect whose collaborative research explores a highly curated exhibition of various European immigrant towns whose characteristics reference from German, Danish, and Swiss design motifs. US towns such as Frankenmuth, Michigan; Solvang, California; and New Glarus, Wisconsin have been implemented into the American landscape by the individuals who immigrated to those areas. For this exhibition, New Glarus is a town the studio uses as the primary subject of focus in Swissness Applied.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <figure rel="width: 100%; height: auto;"><p><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e0/e08ace0e5e0e0527fbad1e5f0bd84d19.gif"></p><figcaption>Swissness Applied exhibition m...</figcaption></figure>