About the participants
formlessfinder is a laboratory for methodological experimentation oriented toward the introduction of moments of formlessness into architecture. Part dictionary, part product catalog, part archive, part database, part interactive design tool, its contents and products range from traditional architectural representations such as models and drawings to videos, photography, structural and material tests, writings, and interviews. The relationship between these inputs and outputs is not fixed, and formlessfinder allows continual reshuffling of its content as additional terms or ideas are introduced, others are eliminated, and new possibilities are uncovered. formlessfinder was created by Garrett Ricciardi and Julian Rose and exists as the nexus of their ongoing collaboration. In addition to being selected as finalists for the MOMA/PS1 Young Architects Program 2011, their design work has been exhibited at institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the MAXXI in Rome, and they have recently been invited to give talks at The Cooper Union for the Advancement for Science and Art and Princeton University School of Architecture. formlessfinder is currently working on the completion of several public and residential architectural projects.