Peter Macapia is the director and founder of the experimental office labDORA and Peter Macapia Studio.<\/p>\n
Macapia studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, Harvard University, and Columbia University. He founded labDORA in 2003 after receiving his PhD from Columbia where he was the recipient of the Presidential Fellowships.<\/p>\n
His work involves the problem of geometry in the age of computation, the geometry and topology of matter\/energy relations, density in the contemporary city, and the geopolitics of urban space.<\/p>\n
His work and writings are published in Log, Monitor, A+U, Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Interior Design, Pin-Up and numerous books on architecture, design, and computation. Macapia\u2019s projects Dirty Geometry 1 and Dirty Geometry 2 are part of the permanent collection at the FRAC Centre in Orleans, France. Recently Macapia\u2019s Pavilion Seroussi, has been shown throughout France as part of the Dentelles d\u2019architectures exhibition, which includes Nouvel, FOA, and Philip Morel.<\/p>\n
Macapia\u2019s work has been exhibited in Basel, Miami, New York, Chicago, London, Paris, and Los Angeles including the recent solo shows titled Swarm, Ship of Theseus, Skullcracker, and The Birth of Physics. His work on Dirty Geometry, including the Dirty Geometry Pavilions, will be published in 2014 by the FRAC titled Architectures experimentales, 1950-2010.\u00a0 Macapia earned distinction winning international competitions, collaborating with engineers from Ove Arup and Buro Happold, and with software designers.<\/p>\n
Macapia began teaching at Columbia\u2019s GSAPP on architecture and ontology in 1999 and has since taught nationally and internationally in both art and architecture at Sci-Arc, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, the Ecole Special d\u2019Architecture, Malaquais, TU Delft , School of Visual Arts and other schools. Macapia earned his PhD in Theory and Criticism at Columbia University, a Master\u2019s at Harvard, and BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.\u00a0 He is currently teaching at Pratt and writing a book on Foucault, Deleuze, and Force.<\/p>\n
Performances\/Installations
\n04.2012 \u201cInterview with 101 South Lane Office Building,\u201d Performance, Liberatum, Hong Kong
\n12.2011 \u201cSilent Manifesto,\u201d Performance, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
\n06.2011 \u201cNotice of Appearance,\u201d various sites, paper installation, Paris
\n04.2011 \u201cIn Search of Medusa,\u201d Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/p>\n
Solo Exhibitions
\n04. 2014\u00a0 “Borroworrob: In search of symmetry,” HDLU, Zagreb
\n04.2012\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLegendary Psychasthenia,\u201d Installation, Liberatum, Hong Kong
\n09.2011\u00a0 \u201cOrigins of Distance,\u201d Sebastian Barquet, New York
\n04.2010\u00a0 \u201cBirth of Physics,\u201d Sebastian Barquet, New York
\n06.2009\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cShip of Theseus,\u201d Nous Gallery, London
\n06.2009\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSkullcracker,\u201d Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles
\n04.2009\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSwarm,\u201d Bridge Gallery, New York<\/p>\n
Selected Group Exhibitions
\n04.13 \u201cThe Small Where,\u201d Opus Project Space, New York, curated Peter Macapia
\n03.13 \u201cAs the Eye is Formed,\u201d Parish Art Museum, Curated Peter Campus
\n02.13 \u201cReading Rooms,\u201d Sebastian Barquet, New York, curated Ramis Barquet
\n01.13\u00a0 St. Vincent House, David Quadrini curator, Los Angeles
\n09.12 \u201cGeddes International,\u201d Storefront for Art and Architecture, curated by E. Franch, NY
\n06.12 “Dentelles d’architectures,” Mus\u00e9e-Mine d\u00e9partemental \u00e0 Cagnac-Les-Mines, France
\n05.12 \u201cLady Dior,\u201d Shanghai, curated H. Mikhailov, Tokyo
\n04.12\u00a0 \u201cDiagramme(s),\u201d Dessin Contemporain, ESA, Paris, S. Devabaktuni, J. Sautereau
\n04.12\u00a0 \u201cDirty Geometry,\u201d Object-Milieu, L\u2019ESAD Orleans, France
\n04.12 \u201cOff to Sea Once More,\u201d\u00a0 Katie Herzog\u2019s Feng-Shuing the Panopticon, Actual Size, LA
\n12.11\u00a0 \u201cTrojan Pigeon,\u201d Storefront for Art and Architecture, curated Eva Franch, NY
\n05.11\u00a0 \u201cAudi Urban Future Awards,\u201d New York, curated Mark Kushner
\n04.11\u00a0 \u201cLady Dior,\u201d Shanghai, curated Herve Mikhailov, Shanghai
\n08.10\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cChiachiarita,\u201d Sebastian Barquet, curated Nick Kilner, New York
\n10.09\u00a0 \u201cArchiteture et dentelle,\u201d la maison de l\u2019architecture et de la ville, Lille, France
\n05.09\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSwarm2,\u201d Museum of Contemporary Art, Warehouse, Chicago
\n09.09\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDigital Primitivism,\u201d Center for Architecture, curated by Katerina Tiazzoldi, Lisboa,
\n10.08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cImmaterial Process,\u201d Beijing Biennial, curated A. Andrasek, N. Leach, Beijing
\n09.08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLight.\u201d Norman Schaffler Gallery, curated Keith Sonnier, Brooklyn
\n09.08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNatural and Artificial Behavior,\u201d Bridge Gallery, curated Marilyn Garber, New York
\n12.08\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSeroussi Pavilion,\u201d AA School, curated Brett Steele, London
\n11.07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNew Work,\u201d Johnson Trading Gallery, curated Paul Johnson, New York
\n09.07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cScriptedbypurpose,\u201d Fuel Collection, curated Marc Fornes, Philadelphia,
\n09.07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPavilion Seroussi,\u201d Maison Rouge, curated Elias Gounoun, Paris,
\n02.07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Computational Turn,\u201d Maison de l\u2019Architecture, Marseille, curated P.Morel
\n05.05\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBeyond Media,\u201d Media Festival, curated Marco Brizzi, Florence Italy
\n04.05\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNew Architecture New York,\u201d Tokyo University, curated Daisuke Hirose, Tokyo<\/p>\n
Curated
\n4.2013 \u201cThe Small Where,\u201d Vito Acconci, Ivan Argote, Pauline Bastard, Theodore Fivel, Luciana Lamoth, Opus Gallery, New York
\n7.2009 \u201cWild Child,\u201d Marc Fornes, Ben Aranda, Tom Wiscombe, Marcello Spina, Bridge Gallery, New York<\/p>\n
Selected Publications
\nRuotolo, Paola, \u201clegendary psychasthenia,\u201d Domus, February 2013.
\nZarrella, Katharine, \u201cNobel Laureates Take Hong Kong,\u201d Interview Magazine online, May 2012
\nYokayama, Kei, \u201cThe New York Grid,\u201d A+U, no. 12, September 2011
\nStewart, Matt, \u201cTop Ten Emerging Architects,\u201d PinUp Magazine, no. 10, Spring\/Summer 2011
\nBrayer, Marie-Ange, ed., Architectures exp\u00e9rimentales 1950-2010 (HYX, Paris 2011)
\nBurry, Mark, ed., Scripting Cultures: Architectural Design and Programming (Wiley, London 2011)
\nGoldfarb, Max, ed., Speculative Structures:\u00a0 Radical Architectural Renderings (Mark Batty Publishers, New York 2011)
\nHirose, Daisuke, \u201cNew Practices in New York,\u201d A+U, no. 10, March 2010
\nNicole Campoy-Leffler, \u201cThe Real Miami Heat:\u00a0 Miami Basel,\u201d Huffington Post, 11.29, 2010
\nMessler, Steven, \u201cIHeartNYC,\u201d Huffington Post, August 10, 2010
\nPadovano, Gabriella, Complessit\u00e0 e Sostenibilit\u00e0: il territorio e l\u2019architettura (Gangemi, Rome 2009)
\nEdwards, Meghan, \u201cThe Artist\u2019s Eye,\u201d Interior Design, August 2009
\nRafaat, Afshin,\u00a0\u00a0 Tall Buildings, MA no. 35 (Tehran: Memari Iran, 2009)
\nMeyers, Holly, \u201cReview: Peter Macapia at Angstrom Gallery,\u201d Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2009
\nWei-Guo, Shu, Architectural Beijing Biennial, World Architecture, Vol 4, 2009
\nDe Looz, Alex, \u201cDora\u2019s Dirty Deeds\u201d, PinUp Magazine, no. 6, Spring, May 2009
\nYudina, Anna, \u201cPeter Macapia,\u201d Monitor Magazine, no. 53, February 2009
\nEzichielle, Carlo,\u201cTra Logiche et Principe: intervista Peter Macapia\u201d, Io Architetto, V. 4, no. 2, March 09
\nGendall, John,\u00a0 \u201cRanch House,\u201d Architectural Record Online, May 2007<\/p>\n
Selected Publication by Peter Macapia
\nMacapia, Peter, \u201cOn Ivan Argote,\u201d Aspect Magazine, September, 2012, volume 20.
\nMacapia, Peter, \u201cDescartes,\u201d TARP, Spring, 2010
\nMacapia, Peter, \u201cQuestion: On Space and Power,\u201d Cambridge Architecture Journal, no. 19, 2009
\nMacapia, Peter,\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSingularities,\u201d Proceedings International Workshop on Computational Morphogenesis, Cornell, 2009
\nMacapia, Peter, \u201cInfluence,\u201d Spread Art and Culture, Vol 4, Spring 2009
\nMacapia, Peter,\u00a0 Diaggrama Agon, Nous Gallery, London, 2009
\nMacapia, Peter, \u201cDirty Geometry\u201d, Log No.10, Fall, 2007
\nMacapia, Peter, \u201cTurbulent grid part 1: dirty geometry,\u201d Arch\u2019It, January 2007
\nMacapia, Peter, \u201cTurbulent geometry,\u201d International Workshop ComputationalMorphogenesis, Nagoya University
\nMacapia, Peter, Performative architecture: beyond instrumentality, ed. B. Koralevic (London: Spon Press, 2004)
\nMacapia, Peter, \u201cEdge Unlimited,\u201d Architecture Review Australia, 90, September 2004<\/p>\n
Selected Lectures\/Conferences\/Symposia
\n04.03.13 \u201cThe Unique Phenomena of Distance,\u201d UTS, Sydney
\n11.15.12\u00a0\u00a0 Visiting Artist Lecture, School of Visual Arts, MFA program, New York
\n10.21.12\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLegendary Psychasthenia,\u201d \u00c9cole Special d\u2019Architecture, Paris
\n07.19.12\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cForce of Law,\u201d RMIT, Department of Architecture, Melbourne
\n04.20.12\u00a0 \u201cLiving for the City,\u201d Altair Engineering Conference, Detroit
\n10.20.11\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPlaying With Fire,\u201d TU Delft, Department of Architecture, Rotterdam
\n03.19.10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDirty Geometry,\u201d Donald Judd on Art and Design, Roundtable, Judd Foundation Standard Hotel, New York
\n11.26.09\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAfter the Night Watch,\u201d \u00c9cole Nationale Superieure d\u2019Architecture de Paris Malaquais, Paris
\n07.30.09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cImmaterial Processes,\u201d Storefront for Art and Architecture, panel discussion, New York
\n06.15.09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cShip of Theseus,\u201d Hellenic Institute of Architecture , Synathroisis conference, Athens
\n04.23.09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cCartesian Wax,\u201d Kent State School of Architecture, Kent State University
\n03.19.09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBlind leading the blind,\u201d The Drawing Center, New York
\n01.19.09\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWar And Peace\u201d, Princeton University, Graduate Program in Architecture, Princeton
\n01.17.09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Smell of Geometry,\u201d Sci-Arc, Los Angeles
\n03.24.08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBananas: or the algorithm,\u201d UNAM,\u00a0 Nonstandard Geometry Conference, Mexico City
\n03.22.08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGeometria Conflictus,\u201d Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
\n12.10.06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cKinds of Sublime,\u201d University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Architecture, Philadelphia
\n11.05.06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cOn the Prehistory of Computation,\u201d \u00c9cole Nationale Superieure d\u2019Architecture de Paris Malaquais, Paris
\n03.29.06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPressure,\u201d \u00c9cole Special d\u2019Architecture, Paris
\n03.28.06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDirty Geometry,\u201d \u00c9cole Nationale Superieure d\u2019Architecture de Paris Belleville, Paris
\n10.11.06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnalysis,\u201d UPenn, Bites, Bits, Bricks, Cecil Balmond and David Ruy organizers, Philadelphia
\n05.02.06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGeometry under pressure,\u201d \u00c9cole Nationale Superieure d\u2019Architecture de Paris Malaquais, Paris<\/p>\n
Artists in Residencies
\n06.2011\u00a0\u00a0 l\u2019entreprise culturelle, Paris, France
\n08.2010\u00a0 Pilchuck Center for glass, Washington State, USA<\/p>\n
Education
\nPh.D.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Columbia University, 2003
\nTheory and Criticism\/ Rosalind Krauss advisor
\n19th Cent. Arch. Theory and History\/Barry Bergdoll advisor
\nDissertation:\u00a0\u00a0 Minimalism:\u00a0 The Problem of Meaning (R. Krauss, J. Rajchman, A. Bilgrami, R. Brilliant)
\nM.Phil.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Columbia University, 2000
\nM.A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Columbia University, 1997
\nM.T.S.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Harvard University, 1993
\nB.F.A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rhode Island School of Design, 1989<\/p>\n
Work
\n2001-Current\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Founder, Principal, labDORA, architectural design and research, New York
\n2008-Current\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Peter Macapia Studio, New York
\nArchitectural Practice
\n2001-Current\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director and Principal, labDORA, Design Office for Research and Architecture, New York
\n2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stephen Handel and Assoc., New York
\n1999\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jay Levy Studio, New York<\/p>\n
Selected Teaching
\n2003-Current\u00a0 Pratt Institute, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School Architecture, Brooklyn, New York:\u00a0 History, Theory, Advanced Design Studio
\n2009-2011 Sci-Arc, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, California, Theory, History, Engineering Design
\n1998-2008 SVA, Adjunct Professor\/Visiting Professor, New York, World Art and Architecture, Honors History, Sculpture
\n2001-2006 Columbia University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture and Planning,Theory and History, Advanced Design Studio
\n2004-2005 Columbia University, Visiting Professor, Fu School of Engineering and Applied Science, Structural and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n
Academic Honors
\n1996-2002 Columbia University President\u2019s Fellowship
\n1993-1994 Columbia University President\u2019s Fellowship
\n1990-1992 Harvard University Graduate Scholarship
\n1985-1989 Rhode Island School of Design Undergraduate Scholarship<\/p>\n
Selected Grants
\nFaculty Development Grant, Pratt Institute
\nCo-Author (PI Jack McGourty, SEAS), NSF Department Level Reform Grant
\nCo-Author, Co-Principal Investigator, (PI Patirica Culligan) Columbia University Academic Quality Fund, \u201cToward New Urban Ecologies,\u201d
\nFACE Croatia\/CEC ArtsLink<\/p>\n
Workshops
\n10.10 \u201cWildness,\u201d TU Delft, Workshop on algorithmic design and architecture, Rotterdam
\n11.09\u00a0 \u201cSeed Sovereignty,\u201d \u00c9cole Nationale Superieure d\u2019Architecture de Paris Malaquais, on algorithm and ecology, using combinatorial and aggregate systems to explore urban apt conditions in Paris
\n11.06 \u201cGradient Structure,\u201d Sci-Arc , School-wide workshop on innovative structural design and urban space using Finite Element Analysis, Los angeles
\n10.06 \u201cTurbulent Grid,\u201d\u00a0 \u00c9cole Sp\u00e9ciale d’Architecture), School-wide workshop on urban density in collaboration with Jacques Sautereau \u201cSeminar de la ville,\u201d using advanced scripting methods and hybrid architectural and infrastructural design methods, Paris<\/p>\n
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