Manifold Architecture was founded in 1999 under the following identity: that to make architecture is to participate in an expanding form of knowledge. The experiential manifestations of M.A. thus involve the manipulation of the systems and techniques that direct architecture's tendency towards omniscience.

Efforts typically begin by engaging the two spatial systems that comprise a work, the metrical and the affective, then relaxing the ordering act that harmonizes them. This has the effect of opening up a space between the work and its context so that embedded categories that determine a work's potential meaning can be examined.

Works by M.A. are seen as operations in an infra-political dimension where the availability of tools and means has overtaken the ability to see past them- there is no stable station point for the projection of reason. The work's attempt to be applied in, to and through this age of compressed ratiocination is seen as the primary delight of M.A.

Curriculum Vitae

MAY 2007

ISAMA07- Paper presented at the International Society of Arts, Mathematics and Architecture Conference held at Texas A&M University. Paper title: Minimal Surfaces and Architecture- Proposal for a Museum-Bridge for Venice, Italy.
http://archone.tamu.edu/isama07/

AUG 2006

Interview on Ubiquity and Emergence Urbanism for the UrbanTELLS project installed in San Jose, CA for ZeroOne / ISEA Festival.
Interview: http://urbantells.net/zero_one/divmap.html
ZeroOne: http://01sj.org/content/view/55/49

MAR 2006

The Accumulation Monument is featured in Prof. James Rouvelle's Lecture on the Concept of Time held at the Maryland Institute- other Symposium members include philosopher Dr. Dean Moyar and Dr. Mario Livio of the Hubble Space Observatory.

DEC 2005

The Accumulation Monument wins third prize in the Time In A City Competition sponsored by Moscow's architectural organization Dom na Brestskoy.

MAY 2005

Eric Worcester participates in the 33rd Session of the International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. Seminar topic: Science and Culture Series- Buildings, Design and Defense.

JAN 2004

The Self-Healing City / Capitalis project is awarded an Independent Projects grant by Artists Space gallery in New York City

MAR 2001

Manifold Architecture is one of six recipients of the annual Young Architects prize at the Architectural League of New York City. Forum exhibition and publication topic: City Limits.

FEB 1999

The project R.A.N.T. is included in a ten member forum on the future of New York's East River held at the Van Alen Institute in New York City.

NOV 1998

The Richard Koch Exhibition Series at Tulane University presents The Incidental Object of Architecture, an exhibition and accompanying lecture of the project R.A.N.T.

SEP 1996

39 Under 39, The Garden of Justice is selected for a group exhibition of international architects under 39 years of age, sponsored by the Los Angeles based Academy of Architecture, Arts and Sciences .

Publications

"Minimal Surfaces in Architecture- Proposal for a Museum-Bridge for Venice, Italy." Proceedings of ISAMA '07- Sixth Interdisciplinary Conference of The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture, (Sponsored by Texas A&M University, Department of Architecture, May 2007), pg. 67-74. Item: Description of a design process involving mathematical entities called Minimal Surfaces.

"Architecture and Defense." International Seminar on Nuclear War And Planetary Emergencies, 34th Session, (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2006), pg. 453-458. Item: A reflection on the history and current state of defense in the conception and form of architecture.

"MANIFOLD." Young Architects, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, May 2002), pg. 98-126. Item: Sarajevo University Campus, LIMINIS, Budapest Diary w/ firm profile.

"City Limits." OCULUS, September 2001, Vol. 64, Number 1. Item: LIMINIS project with firm profile.

"In a League All Their Own." Architectural Record, (New York: McGraw Hill, June 2001), pg. 62. Item: City Limits exhibition documentation.

“Technology and Practice.” Architecture Magazine, (New York: BPI Communications, Inc., June 1996), 139. Item: detail drawing from Building Integrated Photovoltaic competition entry.

“Technology and Practice.” Architecture Magazine, (New York: BPI Communications, Inc., June 1996), 139. Item: detail drawing from Building Integrated Photovoltaic competition entry.

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