THEVERYMANY
NEW
YORK
Marc
Fornes
is
the
principal
and
founder
of
,
a
New
York
based
design
studio
and
research
forum
that
engages
the
intersection
of
architecture
and
art
with
computer
science,
emphasizing
building
and
fabrication
as
a
testing
ground
for
digital
design.
His
geometrically
complex
and
algorithmically-produced
prototypes
have
been
exhibited
worldwide
and
are
part
of
the
permanent
collections
of
the
Centre
Pompidou,
the
FRAC
Centre,
and
the
Centre
National
des
Arts
Plastiques
(CNAP).
His
pop
up
storeÌýfor
Louis
Vuitton
and
Yayoi
Kusama
is
the
very
first
carbon
fiber
self-supported
shell
structure
applied
toÌýarchitecture
and
was
awarded
an
A+
Jury
Award
as
well
as
the
40th
Annual
Interior
Design
Award
by
theÌýIIDA.
also
received
the
AIA
New
Practices
New
York
award
(2012),
the
Architectural
LeagueÌýPrize
(2013),
and
Architectural
Record's
Design
Vanguard
Award
(2013).
Marc
Fornes
is
also
an
educator,
having
developed
the
(n)Certainties
graduate
studios
at
Columbia
University
with
Francois
Roche,
in
addition
to
having
taught
at
the
University
of
Southern
California
and
Die
Angewandte
in
Vienna.
He
is
currently
teaching
at
Princeton
University
as
well
as
with
Patrik
Schumacher
at
the
Harvard
Graduate
School
of
Design.Ìý
Ìý