MARC FORNES/
THEVERYMANY
on his practice:
‘ENGINEERING WONDER’
“WE PROVIDE AN EXPERIENCE, SOMETHING ELSE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO. THE IDEA IS TO ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO DISCOVER: IT HAS DEPTH, IT HAS POROSITY, IT’S A LIMIT BUT IT’S NOT A LIMIT, YOU MAY ENCOUNTER COLORATION SOMEWHERE UNEXPECTED, OR SHADOWS MOVING IN THE LIKE OF A FISH SWARM.”
“PEOPLE START TO PROJECT THEIR OWN BACKGROUND, SOME PEOPLE WILL READ CORALS, SOME PEOPLE WILL READ FLOWERS, IT DOESN’T MATTER, BUT IT MATTERS THAT THEY ENGAGE, THAT THEY START TO WONDER, THAT’S WHAT’S IMPORTANT FOR ME IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE.”
“I AM AN ARCHITECT AND I WRITE, I DON’T WRITE ABOUT SPACES, I WRITE CODES, BASIC LONG BORING TEXT FILES, SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS.I AM AN ARCHITECT AND I DON’T DRAW, YET IF YOU EXECUTE THOSE INSTRUCTIONS, THEY GENERATE HIGHLY INTRICATE & PRECISE STRUCTURES.”
“THERE’S PLAYFULNESS IN BUILDING OUR WORK AS WELL. THE STRUCTURES ARE GIGANTIC PUZZLES THAT WE ASSEMBLY ON SITE BY CRAWLING ONTO THEM.”
“SOME OF THESE STRUCTURES ARE THINNER THAN YOUR CREDIT CARD, LESS THAN 1MM THICK ALUMINIUM, AND YET YOU CAN STAND ON THE TOP OF A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS.”
“I’D LIKE TO THINK THAT WHEN I CODE, I LITERARY WRITE EXPERIENCES & SPACE. OUR STRUCTURES ARE CAREFULLY ENGINEERED TO ‘MOVE’ YOU. WE ASK OURSELVES, WHERE CAN ARCHITECTURE TAKE YOU? WE BELIEVE THAT ARCHITECTURE CAN BE TRANSPORTING, ARCHITECTURE CAN FEED THE DESIRE TO DISCOVER, IT CAN ALTER YOUR PERCEPTION, UPEND YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND OPEN YOU TO THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER REALITIES.”
