François Roche

François Roche (born 1961 ) is a French architect. Roche is the co-founder and director of R&Sie(n) Architects from the research architectural firm, New Territories/M4 (mindmachinemakingmyths).

Early life and education

François Roche was born in 1961 in Paris, France.

Since the 1990s,

In 2004, R&Sie(n) created DustyRelief for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand. In May 2015, Roche, Lacadée, and Pierre Huyghe to create "What Could Happen," an "experimental euthanasia expedition" in the Swiss Alps. In October 2015, he lectured with Lacadée at the University of Michigan's Taubman College. That same month, Roche and Lacadée exhibited #mythomaniaS at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The exhibit included videos of "architectural scenarios" around the world. Since 2018 Roche is sharing multiple Works, Events, Films, Biennales (Sydney, Bangkok and Venice...) with Mika Tamori, Tokyo based Artist.

In 2016, Frac Centre-Val de Loire held a retrospective, titled S/he would rather do fiction maker of Roche's work with New Territories/M4. and other museums and galleries. the 2008 International Architecture Exposition in which R&Sie exhibited their "bio-bots"; the 2014 "Time Space Existence: Made in Europe" biennale; and 2018 at the Bembo Pavilion and the Lithuanian Pavilion. Roche has also participated as a panelist at the 2012 United States pavilion. His 2010 installation, Building Which Never Dies, was partially confiscated by Italian police for containing uranium. The incident caused an entire section of the Biennale to be closed for an entire day. The New York Times describes Roche's work as "not buildings exactly, but scientific experiments."

Monographs 2018 / #digitaldisobediences_s/he would rather do Fiction Maker (Frac-Centre) 2015 / mythomaniaS. 2014 / Heretical-Machinism. 2011 / Architecture des Humeurs. Catalogue on research-exhibition. PDF 2mo 2010 / New-Territories-R&Sie(n). 2010 / BioReboot. 2007 / Fiction Scripts. 2006 / Spoiled Climate. 2005 / I,ve heard About. 2004 / Corrupted Biotopes. 2003 / T(e)en Years After. 2000 / Mutation @morphes. 1994 / The Shadow of Chameleon. All monographies/ texts / article are public and free downloadable

Academia Roche and S/he were involved in Guest Professor position among other places and chronologically at Bartlett-UCL-London 2000, at UPenn-Philadelphia 2006 and 2015–016, at GSAPP-Columbia-NYC 2006–2017, at USC-Los Angeles 2009–11, at RMIT-Melbourne 2012–2017, and few years at IKA (2017) and Angewante-Vienna (2009), AFAA-Bratislava (2018). He taught 'processes' in 2023 at KHM-Koln but it seems in conflit with its AfD administration, and a permanent member of EGS _ Division of Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought since 2012

Notable exhibitions 1990: Venice Architecture Biennale, French Pavilion "40 architects less than 40 years old" 1993: Action, Solo exhibition Institut Francais d'Architecture 1999-2000: @namorphous changes, Columbia University (New York), UCLA (Los Angeles) 1996: le monolythe fracture, Venice Architecture Biennale, French Pavilion 2000: aqua alta 1.0/2.0, Venice Architecture Biennale, International and French Pavilions 2001: In any way, it's already happened, ICA, London 2002: Biennale Architecture French Pavilion, co-curating with Frac Orleans, position declined for self sabotage and political reason (public letter) 2003: Asphalt Spot, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata Prefecture, Japan 2004: metamorph, Venice Architecture Biennale, International Pavilion, Arsenale 2004: Frac Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 2004: L’exposition Architectures non standard, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France 2005: "I’ve heard about (Modèles de sécrétion)", as New Territories, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France 2006: Frac Centre-Val de Loire, Orléans, France 2006: terra incognita, Tate Modern, London, 2006, with Pierre Huyghe 2008: Venice Architecture Biennale, International Italian Pavilion, bio-bots installation 2009: radical nature, Barbican, London 2009: Lost in Paris, Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris, France 2009: green building, Louisiana (Denmark, 2009), 2010:Venice Architecture Biennale, International Pavilion (@isotropic uranium installation), Entire Arsenale closed for one day as paranoiac reaction, Uranium stone confiscated by police + Austrian Pavilion (teaching studios installation) 2010: L’architecture des humeurs, solo exhibition, Le Laboratoire, Paris, France 2012: Venice Biennal Architecture, US Pavilion (Critics' Roundtable) + Slovenia Maribor ephemeral pavillon + Co-curating a Dark Side night 2014: Venice Biennal Architecture, pavilion Bembo, Time Space Existence: presenting Timidity Symptom, a project related to the contemporary art museum in Bangkok + invitation to a Dark Side night. 2015: #mythomaniaS, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago, Illinois 2016: Are we human, Istanbul Biennale 2018: Venice Biennal Architecture, pavilion Bembo + pavillon Lithuanian + Co-curating a Dark Side night 2019: The Arts and the Future, An Architecture in Moods, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2020: Escape Routes, FortuneShel(tell)er, Biennale Bangkok, 2021: Ecologies and Politics of the Living, Vienna Biennale, Vienna, Austria 2022: Rivus, Biennale Sydney, 2023: SHIFTING_DRIFTING/mythomaniaS_S/he_New-Territories_2012-2022, lathouse, Zurich, Switzerland 2023: La Chambre des Mèmoires-à-Venir _S/he_New-Territories_fR, E.Coccia, M.Tamori, C.Delaporte 'les Mondes Nouveaux', Paris-La-Defense 2025: Npermanencies Tractatus, in Arsenale international selection with _S/he_New-Territories_fR, E.Coccia, M.Tamori, Damien Sorrentino and UTS Sydney, marking a notable return after the controversial 2010 uranium incident effectively led to a long absence or banishment from the central exhibition + invitation to a Dark Side night 1990‐2025: In total, New-Territories (R&Sie(n) / [eIf/bʌt/c] / M4) has been selected 15 times for participation in the Venice Biennale, in national and international pavilions

Notable collections 2002: Scrambled Flat 2.0, Waterflux, Evolène, Suisse, with R&Sie, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France 2003: "Mosquito Bottleneck Project, Trinidad", with R&Sie, SFMOMA, San Francisco, California 2003: "R&Sie(n), Water Flux (unbuilt) : Rendering of the structure", Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal 2007: "Heshotmedown, Demilitarized Zone, Korea", with R&Sie, SFMOMA, San Francisco, California