MICROHOME Kingspan edition 2024/25 Honorable mention winner - Bryan Andrew Maddock

We’d like to take the opportunity to introduce you to the Honorable mention winner of our "MICROHOME Kingspan edition 2024/25" competition – Bryan Andrew Maddock from United States!

Bryan Andrew Maddock

Please tell us about your company (when it was founded, where it is based, how many employees, etc) Alternatively, if you do not have a company, please give us some insights on your own professional/academia background.

Fantastic Offense was founded by Bryan Maddock in 2017 as a remote architectural think-tank focused on questioning the profession through proactive design efforts. An in-person studio was recently established in Miami Beach, where Bryan Maddock and Grace Infante are developing a series of new experiments and buildings.

Brief information about the projects that you/your company have been involved with. For instance, what scale have you focused on/preferred, any significant projects where the company/ individuals have been Involved?

FO tests societal assumptions and limits of architectural practice through a mix of speculative buildings and city-scale interventions while simultaneously developing industry-wide tools like Dimensions.com.

What does architecture mean to you and what is the role of an architect in your society?

We are committed to renewing the professional agency of the architect in society. Instead of acting as a service industry, our focus is on reviving and promoting a proactive role for architecture within broader discussions about the future of our planet.

Why do you participate in architecture competitions?

It’s important for us to consistently develop optimistic new forms of architecture without expectations or assumptions about the outcome. Competitions provide a space to test new prototypes of spaces and functions that can nudge architecture forward in unexpected directions.

What advice would you give to individuals who struggle to decide whether it would be beneficial for them to participate in architecture competitions?

Architecture competitions have always been a medium for encouraging imagination within the profession. They can be an influential tool for directing the energy of young architects toward global problems which require many varied solutions and approaches. Every architect has a unique lens with which they view and understand the world and competitions give you independent agency to exercise your voice and interests.