SUMMARY

The interview traces Michael Meredith’s middle-class suburban upbringing in upstate New York, with a Canadian teacher mother and engineer father who emphasized education and arts exposure through private lessons. It highlights his shy childhood communicating via drawings/cartoons, library-fueled interest in modern art (Picasso copies), high school trials in architecture/graphic design, and university path blending art and architecture. It emphasizes founding MOS Architects, parametric experiments (e.g., puppet theater), post-2008 critique of elite complexity and market crashes, influences like Rancière’s egalitarian aesthetics/politics, post-medium specificity, and persistent doubt in architectural norms, favoring accessible, questioning practices.