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Fabricating Information (w/ Toru Hasegawa)

Education

BA, Georgia Institute of Technology
MA, Columbia University (GSAPP)

Biography

Mark Collins, with Toru Hasegawa, is a founding partner of Proxy, a
multi-disciplinary design firm exploring architecture as an abstract
informational system. Proxy works on a diverse array of projects,
ranging between custom software, product design and complex building
structures.The work of Proxy has been exhibited in New York, Beijing,
Madrid, and Barcelona. Proxy has most recently participated in the
Acadia 2006 "Synthetic Landscapes: Digital Physical Synthetic"
Conference and was exhibited in the 2006 Beijing Architecture Biennial
“Emerging Talents, Emerging Technologies." Ongoing research includes
the Trusset Wall, exhibited recently in Lowe Library Columbia
University, and the Happy Family Lamp, a CNC-fabricated product for the
home. Mark is currently teaching two seminars at the Columbia GSAPP
that explore digital fabrication techniques and advanced algorithmic
methodologies within architecture. Mark Collins received a Master's
degree from the Columbia University GSAPP and and BA from the Georgia
Institute of Technology, also studying at Ecole Nationale
Supérieured'Architecture de Paris La Villette.