theverymany: 090925_LECTURE_University Of Toronto

Thursday, September 24, 2009

090925_LECTURE_University Of Toronto

TORONTO | University Of Toronto | September 25th 2009
Marc Fornes has been kindly invited by Shane Williamson to give a lecture

Labels: lecture, marc fornes, theverymany

MARC FORNES (registered Architect DPLG) is the founder and principal of THEVERYMANY - www.theverymany.net - a design studio and collaborative research forum engaging the field of architecture via what he qualifies as “Explicit and Encoded protocols”.
In 2004 he graduated with a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Design Research Lab of the Architectural Association in London after having previously studied in France and Sweden (KTH).
Marc’s professional work experience in La Reunion, France, UK and the US includes SOM, Ross Lovegrove and Zaha Hadid Architects, where he was the project architect, from competition to tender documentation, for an experimental Mediatheque in Pau. During his three years on this project he directed the material research and geometrical development for the largest self-supported carbon fibre shell to date.
Marc – together with Francois Roche (R&Sie(n)) - is co-teaching “(n)certainties” for the 5th time – a graduate studio currently hosted at Columbia University (NYC) and also at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles); in Fall 2008 it was hosted at Die Angewandte (Vienna) as its Cross Over studio. Marc was invited professor at University of Michigan (spring 08) and has previously led many workshops and appeared as a guest critic at the Architectural Association, The Royal College of Art, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, the University of Pennsylvania, Ball State University, in Chile, etc…
In parallel of academia - he is also teaching professional Rhinoscript classes for McNeel US and Europe.
In 2007 he produced & curated Scriptedbypurpose – www.scriptedbypurpose.net – the first exhibition exclusively focusing on scripted processes within design – and recently curated the European section for the Architecture Biennale 2008 in Beijing.
THEVERYMANY research – mostly showcased as experimental installation work - has been exhibited in many shows and art galleries around the world including London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Calgary, Lyon, New York, Los Angeles, Beijing…
Marc and THEVERYMANY are now based in New York – practicing both in the US and Europe – as architect/designer focusing mainly on computation, especially regarding the generation and automaton of parts…

Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY
14 Schermerhorn street, Apt10, Brooklyn, New York 11201, US
marcfornes@hotmail.com

SPRING 10: @ GSD / HARVARD (Cambridge) - Seminar on "Scripting, Assemblies and Fabrication"
FALL 09: @ GSAPP / COLUMBIA (New York) - "nCertainties5" advanced Studio with Francois Roche
nCertainties v.5

FALL 09: @ USC (Los Angeles) - "nCertainties4" advanced Studio with Francois Roche, Stephan Heinrich
nCertainties v.4

SPRING 09: @ MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor) - "inOrganic Assemblies" Studio
FALL 08: @ Die Angewandte (Vienna) - "nCertainties3" StudioX with Francois Roche, Stephan Heinrich
nCertainties v.3

FALL 08: @ GSAPP / COLUMBIA (New York) - "nCertainties2" advanced Studio with Francois Roche
nCertainties v.2

FALL 07: @ GSAPP / COLUMBIA (New York) - "nCertainties1" advanced Studio with Francois Roche
nCertainties

2009
- 2009.12.12: M.F lectures as part of "Intensive Field" / USC - University Of Southern California, Los Angeles (invitation: Neil Leach)
- 2009.11.19: M.F lectures at RPI - Rensselaer Institute of Technology, York (invitation: Evan Douglis)
- 2009.10.05: M.F lectures as part of the "3D Modeling Symposium" / Berlin, Germany
- 2009.09.25: M.F lectures at University Of Toronto, Canada (invitation: Shane Williamson)
- 2009.08.14: M.F lectures at University Of Valparaiso, Chile (invitation: Marcela Godoy)
- 2009.07.31: THEVERYMANY (M.F. & S.T.) lectures as part of "Material Feedback" / Storefront of Architecture, New York (invitation: Joshua Stein & Rob Ley)
- 2009.05.06: M.F lectures as part of "iD&Ct" / Milan, Italy (invitation: Filippo Innocenti)
- 2009.02.18: M.F lectures at University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor (invitation: Karl Daubman)
- 2009.01.09: M.F lectures at University Of Calgary, Canada (invitation: Jason Johnson)
2008
- 2008.10.24: M.F lectures as part of "Beijing Architecture Biennale" / Beijing, China (invitation: Neil Leach)
- 2008.09.20: M.F lectures as part of "C-STEM2008" / Torino, Italy (invitation: Fabio Franchino)
- 2008.09.18: M.F lectures at McNeel Reseller meeting / Barcelono, Spain (invitation: Carlos Perez)
- 2008.06.19: M.F lectures ("logic of parts") as part of a Rhino user meeting at ESA - Ecole Speciale d'Architecture / Paris, FR (invitation: Carlos Perez)
- 2008.05.29: THEVERYMANY lectures as part of a "National Science Foundation Workshop" questioning the curriculum of Computer Science studies / La Salle University, Philadelphia, US (invitation: Conrad Gleber)
- 2008.05.09-12: M.F. participates at "Let's go MENTAL" Lopud Seminar 2008 (www.tba21.org/) / Lopud Island, Croatia (invitation: Francois Roche)
- 2008.04.11: M.F. lectures ("Theverymany series") at SIMAE (www.simae.net) / New Emergent Architecture > Digital Technologies / Barcelona (conference moderated by Evan Douglis)
- 2008.04.08: THEVERYMANY (M.F. & S.T.) lectures ("Explicit and Encoded") and exhibit "Aperiodic Vertebrae v2.0" as part of "NODE08 - Forum For Digital Arts" at the Velvet Club / Frankfurt (invitation: Eno Henze)
- 2008.04.04: THEVERYMANY (M.F. & S.T.) lectures ("Partly Surface") at MIND08 Design and the Elastic Mind Symposium / New York (invitation: MOMA / SEED Magazine)
2007
- 2007.02.02: THEVERYMANY (S.T.) will give a talk and exhibit "Aperiodic Vertebrae" within "Club Transmediale" & "Generator.X v2.0: beyond the screen" at DAM Berlin / Germany (invitation: Marius Watz)
- 2007.04.25: M.F. lectures on theverymany rhino scripted work at Ball State University (invitation: Jason Johnson / BSU)
- 2007.04.09: M.F. lectures on theverymany rhino scripted work at GSAPP - Columbia University (invitation: Alisa Andrasek / Biothing)
- 2007.04.03: M.F. lectures on "transfert of technology" and the fabrication of large composite shell structures at GSAPP - Columbia University (invitation: Ken Tracy / Associated Fabrication)

- 2009.10.19-21: M.F runs a Rhinoscript workshop (3days) for McNeel as part of ACADIA 2009 / Chicago
- 2009.10.05-07: M.F runs a Rhinoscript workshop (2days) as part of the "3D modelling symposium" / Berlin, Germany
- 2009.08.10-14: M.F runs a Rhinoscript workshop (1week) at University Of Valparaiso, Chile (invitation: Marcela Godoy)
- 2009.06.23-24: M.F runs a Rhinoscript workshop for professionals (2days) for McNeel Europe / Paris, FR (invitation: Carlos Perez)
- 2009.03.30-31: M.F runs a Rhinoscript workshop (2days) as part of "FLUX" / CCA, San Francisco (invitation: Andrew Kudless)
- 2009.01.05-09: M.F runs a Rhinoscript workshop (1week) at University Of Calgary, Canada (invitation: Jason Johnson)
- 2008.09.22-23: M.F runs a Rhinoscript workshop for professionals (2days) for McNeel Europe / Paris, FR (invitation: Carlos Perez)
- 2008.06.17-18: M.F runs a Rhinoscript workshop for professionals (2days) for McNeel Europe at ENSAPLV - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette / Paris, FR (invitation: Carlos Perez)

- 2008.10: M.F. is curating the European section of the Architecture Beijing Biennale and will be at its opening on October 24th / Beijing, CHINA (invitation: Neil Leach)
- 2007.09.07: M.F. is curating "scriptedbypurpose", an exhibition on "explicit and encoded design processes" in Philadelphia (with: Skylar Tibbits / SJET)
- 2007.04.25: M.F. is a juror for the ICME 2007 Competition (Indiana Concrete Masonery Association) at Ball State University (invitation: Jason Johnson / BSU)

- " the very many " - is a simple assembly of three words : "definite article" (ie Explicit) + "adjective-modifier" (ie Variables) + "plural" (ie Multiplicity). Combined as a motto, it addresses contemporary cultures as complex and intricate systems...
- " theverymany " - identifies a Collective of people as well as a Collection of experiments which engage the field of design via protocols of "precise indetermination".

2009 Nov-Dec: PART(S) IN DISPLAY @Material Connexion (New York) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes, Skylar Tibbits, Mathew Staudt, Jared Laucks)
2009 Nov-Dec: BIAXI @Material Connexion (New York) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes, Skylar Tibbits, Brandon Kruysman, Jon Proto)
2009 Sept-Dec: n|Edg @Gallery Roger Tator (Lyon, France) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes, Skylar Tibbits, Mathew Staudt)
2009 Aug: MODOID @Elga Wimmer Gallery (Chelsea, New York) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes, Skylar Tibbits, Mathew Staudt, Jared Laucks, Brandon Kruysman, Jon Proto)
2009 Aug-./.: ANOBLUMS @Valparaiso University (Chile) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes, Skylar Tibbits, Mathew Staudt)
2009 Jun-Aug: ECHINOIDS @Bridge Gallerie (New York) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes, Skylar Tibbits, Mathew Staudt)
2009 Jan-Jun: APERIODIC SYMMETRIES @Calgary University (Canada) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes with Skylar Tibbits, Jason Johnson)
2008 Apr: APERIODIC VERTEBRAE v2.0 @NODE08 (Frankfurt, Germany) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes with Skylar Tibbits)
2008 Feb-Mar: APERIODIC VERTEBRAE v1.0 @DAM (Berlin, Germany) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes with Skylar Tibbits)
2008 May-./.: TESSELION @Philadelphia University (US) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes as thesis advisor + Skylar Tibbits)
2007 Sept: TENSILE @FUEL gallery (Philadelphia, US) -by THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes, Skylar Tibbits)

Skylar Tibbits, Mathew Staudt
Brandon Kruysman, Jonathan Proto, Jared Laucks

scriptedbypurpose

Rhino | McNeel
R&Sie | Francois Roche

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