68 Jay Street. Studio 201. Brooklyn New York 11201
+1.917.513.9312 info@3estudios.net
Third Eye Studios (3E) is a New York based, multi-disciplinary design practice specializing in the fields of architecture and industrial design. Under the direction of principal architect and industrial designer Marc A. Thorpe, 3E provides a diverse range of progressive architectural and design services for the residential, commercial and leisure sectors.
3E positions itself in reaction to aesthetic trend and formal superficiality. Instead, the intention of our work is focused on fundamental principles of functionality, integrity and clarity. We concentrate these principles on designing new architectural strategies of flexibility, hybrid programming and spatial performance.
3E believes in designing relationships through collaboration. We are less interested in the finality of a given project and more interested in the systemic intersections the project presents. In order to discover a project’s potential, we work closely with our clients and collaborators to foster new ideas, establish common vision and innovative strategies of approach to nurture the design process. The results are design solutions with the highest degree of precision, quality and character.
3E perceives restraint and provisions as opportunity. We understand the dynamics of a given project and its socio-cultural, political, financial and spatial limitations. Through the studios active and intelligent engagement of the unique inherent qualities of a given project, we can extract and enrich the latent potential a project presents. By capitalizing on those potentials we have the ability to design and develop new and exciting opportunities.
3E offers itself as an open system of exchange. We have dedicated ourselves to the research, professional practice and education of systems thinking through the discipline of architecture and design. We believe in a holistic design approach, which engages the social components of space and form. The current state of architecture as a discipline should respond to evolving contextual conditions and economies through an active dialog of program, site and time.
Third Eye Studios stands for a design ethic of agency and optimism.
Marc Andreas Thorpe began his career in 1998 as director of design for DSA Associates, in Washington DC. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Industrial and Graphic Design from the University of Maryland, followed in 2004 by a Masters Degree in Architecture, with Honors, from Parsons School of Design in New York. Thorpe was awarded the 2003 Scholastic Award for Scholarly Pursuit by the American Institute of Architects and the American Architectural Foundation, and received the Alpha Rho Chi medal for architectural leadership and professional excellence in 2004.
In 2005, Thorpe established New York-based Third Eye Studios (3E), as an architectural and design co-operative, active in the creation of design solutions for the commercial, residential and leisure sectors. He has worked extensively in Italy and New York as an industrial designer, and continues to collaborate on projects with a wide range of partners. He has taught in the Architecture Department at Parsons School of Design and the Industrial Design Department of Pratt Institute in New York City.
Thorpe has been published internationally in design journals and texts including Wallpaper*, International Design (ID), Viewpoint, Surface, Interni, Frame, Absolute Architecture and Interior Design. Thorpe was recently selected for inclusion in the text Ultimate New York Design, highlighting 50 of New York City's top design talents.
Thorpe currently teaches in the Department of Design, Digital Arts and Film at New York University in New York City.
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