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Founders Statement
My work and the work of GuildWorks spans the fields of architecture, engineering, design-science, geometry/
morphology, sculpture, craft, and performance.We utilize natures principles in design, these principles are the
way nature builds using tension-integral building blocks, to create fabric structures that respond to their environ-
ment, purpose/program, and create beauty and visual interest.
I founded the company GuildWorks as it is always my wish to work in a collaborative environment with others.
Very little is accomplished in this world by a single individual and the nourishment of life comes in the connec-
tion to others. So in fostering a “Guild” of individuals who come together each bringing our skills and talents to
the“Work”,what gets created can be that much more integral and developed than a single individual. In choosing
the word “Guild” it is holding the sense of craftsmanship and old world trade, but the “Work” we do is of a new
green world, full of possibilities, with efficient use of natural materials, which has direct ties to an older world
way dating back to the origins of architecture.“GuildWorks”.
“Architecture of the Air” as we call it are fabric structures held in space by the lightest materials and most
efficient way we can build;“tensegrity” tension-integrity. These structures interact with the air space they sur-
round and encompass, sometimes as fabric architecture, other times as sculpture.The work we do always has a
function of program to accomplish, it relates to a space and the needs of that space, or it might relate to the air
and how to move through the air. “Architecture of the Air” holds infinite possibilities for form and space, most
architecture only works within a narrow scope of form, one thing we wish to show clients is that there are vast
exciting possibilities out there for how things can be shaped and feel. My wish is that experiencing the work
we do brings about a sense of wholeness, of understanding the connectedness of life, of delight, and enjoyment
through use.
Mar C. Ricketts
Founder / architect of the Air
GuildWorks
We’ll be at BRAVO! LIVE
Booth #607
Bridgeport Village
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503.747.2991
Clackamas Town Center
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503.653.2000
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