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I practice architecture. I was the lead designer for a variety of public and private projects ranging in size from 500 square feet to 90,000 square feet. I am responsible for zoo entries, recreation centers, restaurants, courts, holding cells, office buildings, residences, plazas, landscapes, children play areas, schools, pool facilities, and parking lots in the southern Arizona region. My architectural design work is recognized in national publications and earns regional design awards. In 1995, I created Worker, Inc., with the intention of bridging the social sciences, planning, architecture, and art. As a worker of Worker, Inc., I produce ephemera, mixed-media collage, digital overlay maps, and public art. The work is shown publicly in Chicago and Tucson. This work, until very recently, existed outside of my “normal” architectural practice. In 2007, I created the Neighborhood Residents Resources Ethnography Studies Unit, a division of Worker, Inc., to understand local physical environments with an emphasis on data. Actual on-the-ground research is conducted and displayed in small pamphlet publications that combine language, humor, pen and ink drawing, ethnographic research, and graphic arts into a concise and finely executed document that offers a fresh, and often surprising, perspective on the human relationship with place, history, and culture. The existence of the “division” is a parody on our society’s need for offices, divisions, and departments to qualify something as legitimate. The naming of the unit, and for that matter, Worker, Inc., is vital part of the “work;” it sets the stage for the audience. In 2007, I co-founded the design co*op, a group of artists, designers and architects with the expressed mission that the built environment should improve the quality of life for all. Since its inception, the design co*op, has facilitated sessions with the public and school groups addressing issues of density, public space, and public art. Since 2009, I have been the Architect-in-Residence at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, Arizona. I was in charge of the adaptive re-use project transforming a fire station into a new home for the museum. Recently I led the charge in the creation of a 5,000 square foot outdoor plaza space for the museum. Progressively since 2007, I engage the public with my work, thoughts, and observations to the public. I am asked to make presentations at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Architects, the City of Tucson Planning Department, the City of Tucson Landscape Advisory Committee, the University of Arizona departments of Geography and Architecture and the Honors College, state historic preservation conferences, and a variety of smaller venues. As one audience member has stated, “The work is presented in a manner that the audience is neither subjected to extensive analysis nor pre-interpretation, allowing participants to engage in a discussion and become part of the discovery process.” A list of prizes, honors, and significant grants: 2010 Graham Foundation for the Advanced Studies in Arts 2010 Southern Arizona American Institute of Architects 2010 American Institute of Architects Western Home / Sunset Magazine Design Awards 2010 Custom Home Magazine 2009 Creative Capital Professional Development workshop 2009 Tucson Pima Arts Council 2009 Custom Home Magazine 2008 Arizona Chapter of American Concrete Institute 2007 Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 2002/4 Arizona State Parks 2001 State of Arizona
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worker, inc. bill mackey workerarchitect@yahoo.com 520.664.4847 825 north norton avenue tucson arizona 85719 |
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