Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp Explained

Francis-Jones Carpenter (fjcstudio)is a multi-disciplinary Australian design studio established in 2002 and noted for design excellence and a commitment to enhancing the public realm. fjcstudio has a reputation as an ideas-driven practice "with an agenda for strong public engagement and masterful resolution of tectonics"[1] and the firm's work demonstrates "an extraordinary ability to uncover the real and often contradictory issues and potentials of a project by a very careful analysis of purpose and place".[2]

Led by design director Richard Francis-Jones, Fjcstudio offers services in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design.[3]

On 3 April 2023 FJMT was renamed as Francis-Jones Carpenter, with two Studio Principals; Design Director, Richard Francis-Jones and Managing Principal, Elizabeth Carpenter.[4] [5]

History

FJMT originated in the Canberra-based practice of Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp (MGT). In 2002, partners Richard Francis-Jones, Jeff Morehen and Richard Thorp established fjmt following a restructure of MGT Sydney. Richard Thorp retired from the partnership in 2009. The practice also established an office in Oxford, England.

In 2014, ORO Editions published a monograph of the studio's work titled Architecture as Material Culture.[6]

Philosophy

fjmt explored ideas of urban form and topographic placemaking, sustainable approaches to local climatic conditions, and tectonic expression. Adopting a collaborative approach, fjmt's carefully designed spaces respect their historical, natural and social contexts.

It is this sensitivity to place that “sets the work of fjmt apart... [it is] their particular commitment to the creation of urban form; one which is focused to an equal degree about the axial pathways of the pre-existing civic fabric and the topography of the attendant landscape.”

Working from a standpoint of architecture being “first and foremost a structural assembly and a craftwork of socio-cultural significance”, fjmt's work rejects fleeting notions of fashion and architecture-as-commodity. “…It is [the] commitment to an investment in time - to think, to reflect and to respond - that imbues fjmt’s projects with a sense of considered intent and positions the work as significant within the public realm.”

“Architecture does not move at speed, as any of us know who have tried to make architecture. Architecture is slow… [An] authentic contemporary architecture should not only attempt to somehow begin to reconcile humanity’s place in the world but also be directed towards rejuvenating, repoliticising our desiccated public realm. We should pursue an architecture appropriate to citizens rather than consumers.”

Awards

fjmt is the only Australian firm to have won the World Building of the Year Award (2013 for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki) and is the only firm to have concurrently won the Greenway Award for Conservation and the Sir John Sulman Award for Outstanding Public Architecture (2005 for the Sydney Mint redevelopment). Other awards include:

Notable projects

External links

Notes and References

  1. Watson, F. . Hook, M.. March–April 2010. Francis-Jones Carpenter - fjcstudio (formerly fjmtstudio). Architectural Design. 80. 2. 118–125. 10.1002/ad.1055.
  2. Heneghan, T. . May–June 2006 . Max Webber Library . Architecture Australia . 95 . 3 . 86–95 . 2010-12-01 . 2011-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723214251/http://www.architecturemedia.com/aa/aaissue.php?issueid=200605&article=13&typeon=2 . dead.
  3. Web site: fjmt studio. fjmt. 2 July 2015.
  4. Web site: 3 April 2023 . fjmtstudio becomes fjcstudio . 6 August 2023 . fjc studio.
  5. Web site: 3 April 2023 . FJMT becomes fjc . 6 August 2023 . LinkedIn.
  6. Architecture as Material Culture Book: Frampton. Kenneth. Architecture as material culture : the work of Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp. 2014. ORO editions. [San Francisco]. 978-1935935148. First.
  7. Web site: Drew . Philip . St Barnabas Anglican Church . 2022-12-07 . ArchitectureAU . en.
  8. Web site: Linda . Cheng . UTS unveils twisted neighbour to brutalist tower . 20 May 2016 . ArchitectureAU . en . 2022-12-07.
  9. Web site: Eric . Baldwin . FJMT's UTS Central Academic Hub Opens to the Public in Sydney . 2019-08-21 . ArchDaily . en-US . 2022-12-07.
  10. Web site: New stroke research centre opens in Oxford. NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. 2020-03-05. 2021-09-11.

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