Form4 Architecture

Form 4’s CEO, Paul Ferro is quoted in The Spectator’s article The rise of blocked-off design on the new directions Coronavirus is forcing design into. https://www.spectator.co.uk//the-rise-of-blocked-off-design

The International Scaliurbani Green Edition has invited John Marx of Form4 Architecture to join its prestigious list of speakers for the second edition of Conversazioni Di Architettura Scaliurbani running September 22nd to October 8th In addition to John Marx, speakers include: MVRDV, Jan Knikker MVRDV, Kristina Knauf... Alfonso Femia, Atelier(s) AF 517 A-001 Taller De Arquitectura, Eduardo Gorozpe Fernández Snøhetta, Jette Cathrin Hopp And many others. https://www.platformarchitecture.it/scaliurbani-green-edit/

The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning, has invited John Marx, co- founding principal and chief artistic officer of Form4 Architecture, to speak on The Absurdity of Beauty: Poetry in a Normative Practice. In his talk, John Marx will consider poetics in the context of ordinary architectural practice, showing opportunities where to deploy emotional content. The aesthetic possibilities of modern abstraction vis-à-vis affectivity, community, art, and culture will be discussed. And he will address the question, How should we approach the second century of Modernism? Use the link https://bit.ly/3nf78s4 to attend the lecture on Monday, October 5th at 5PM

Form4 Architecture is pleased to announce a reorganization of its leadership group. Bob Giannini has been the CEO of Form4 since the company’s inception, guiding it through its first 21+ years together with his three partners, Paul Ferro, John Marx, and James Tefend. After 47 years, Bob will become a Consulting Principal for Form4, focusing his efforts on his calling - the Entitlement Phase of projects. Paul Ferro, Form4’s co-founder and past Chief Financial and Operating Off...icer, has now assumed the CEO position. He and his partners, John and James, look forward to a seamless transition for you, Form4’s clients and friends, as they continue the firm’s focus on the goal of balancing Design and Implementation to produce the best projects for you. www.form4inc.com #CEO #architecture #F4 #leadership #siliconvalley #bayarealeadership #sanfrancisco

The Museum of No Spectators (MoNS) asks a question what would a museum be like on the playa within Burning Man culture? What would you do there? What role would art play, what role would people play, what role would you play? It picks up the debate of the participatory nature of Burning Man culture in contrast to the Default World museum experience. MoNS turns the concept around and creates a fully participatory container by encouraging people to participate playfully with ...the idea of what museums and participatory art means in terms of creating and nurturing culture. Radically inclusive and highly interactive, MoNS creates a space for all citizens of BRC to become exhibiting artists. Take a 360 degree visit to the Museum of No Spectators, by F4 CAO, John Marx, at https://museumofnospectators.com/blog/ #BRCvr #BurningMan2020 #participation #BurningmanMultiverse #Altspace #AltspaceVR #BlackRockCity #BRC #BurningMan #Decommodification #Free #BurningManPrinciple #Multiverse2020 #museums #museumsarenotneutral #virtualreality

So many people have contributed in bringing the Museum of No Spectators to the #BurningMan2020 #Multiverse. We are especially thankful for architect and co-lead artist, Form4’s CAO John Marx, artist Absinthia Vermut, builder Jerry James, and virtual builder Tomek Miksa, without which none of this would have happened. Learn more about the artists at https://museumofnospectators.com/about/ #BRCvr #BurningMan2020 #participation #BurningmanMultiverse #Altspace #AltspaceVR #BlackRockCity #BRC #BurningMan #Decommodification #Free #BurningManPrinciple #Multiverse2020 #museums #museumfromhome #museumathome #museumsunlocked #museumsinlockdown #museumsarenotneutral #virtualreality #AltspaceVR

Imagine, you are out near the dusty perimeter of Black Rock City. Ahead, lies a different kind of museum. As you approach this intriguing and mysterious building with its unusually shaped galleries, appearing part machine, part creature, part abstract and surrealistic form, it may present as a blank slate, with an expansive exterior, the letters spelling Museum of No Spectators hovering above. Its dynamic shapes emerge as otherworldly yet grounded. It is waiting for you to ap...proach and become a part of it.. to participate. Visit F4 CAO, John Marx’s (architect/co-lead artist) Museum of No Spectators in 3D at https://museumofnospectators.com/unreal/ #BRCvr #BurningMan2020 #participation #BurningmanMultiverse #Altspace #AltspaceVR #BlackRockCity #BRC #BurningMan #Decommodification #Free #BurningManPrinciple #Multiverse2020 #museums #museumsarenotneutral #virtualreality

Form4 Architecture is pleased to announce we have brought on Stephanie Hallam, LEED AP BD+C, as an Interior Director. Previously, Stephanie Hallam conducted contract work with Form4 on multiple projects as an independent interior designer. Her extraordinary work left a memorable impression on the firm and its clients, leading to her fulltime appointment. As an Interior Director, she will be responsible for managing staffing, scheduling, and quality control for Form4’s interi...or design group on a variety of tech office and tenant improvement projects. My strength as a designer is seeing the big picture and leading a team on multiple tasks, schedules, and designs, she says. I appreciate bringing people together and working with excited and aspirational designers. While initially following the footsteps of her father to become a landscape architect, Stephanie set out to become an interior designer to bring health and wellness into people’s interior environments. Stephanie graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design in 2007. #architecture #design See more

Form4 Architecture is pleased to announce we have brought on Goetz Frank, AIA, CSI, as Technical Director Goetz Frank brings more than 20 years of experience in quality control, sustainability, and technical design. At the Form4, he will be responsible for coordinating staffing, establishing technical standards, and collaborating with project teams to ensure that the work meets the firm’s exceptional design standards. Form4’s sophisticated design approachwhich transcends ra...tional and onedimensional minimalist stylesinspired me to join the firm, he says. Hailing from a family of craftsmen, Goetz built boats and practiced design at an early age. Goetz received a DiplomIngenieur in Architecture from the University of Applied Sciences in Saarbrucken, Germany, in 1998. He is currently an instructor of Design Studio at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. #architecture #design See more

Form4 Architecture is proud to announce the promotion of Steven King, IIDA, to Associate. Steven joined the firm in 2015 and brings more than 10 years of project management expertise. His work includes projects for Google, Facebook, as well as Workday’s HQ and Charles Schwab’s Auditorium. Steven’s accomplishments on the Salt project for Google helped Form4 earn a 2019 Silicon Valley Business Journal Structures Award for Interiors Project of the Year. Echoing many of his peer...s, Steven discovered his calling in architecture when he read The Fountainhead in college. As a designer, he listens to his clients’ passions and needs to create spaces that reflect their personalities and elevate their work. He is a licensed architect in California and received a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture from California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco in 1990. #architecture #design See more

Architectural Record’s Material World E-Newsletter shared Paul Ferro’s, Form4’s CEO, thoughts on Covid Design Guidelines and how architects are revamp workplaces for social distancing.