Lecturer
Paul Germaine McCoy is a Lecturer at the University of Texas School of Architecture and the founder of Studio Germaine. He holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design.
Paul's general area of research is understanding the architectural object as a relationship of parts and wholes, particularly the part as a matter of ornamentation. His work takes ornament past symbolic or aesthetic values and into a new functional role in design-construction. A core part of his teaching is leveraging traditional operations used to make representation as tools to make architecture.
Paul's drawings can be found in the 2022 ACADIA production design for the Weitzman Department of Architecture, an upcoming publication with Weiss/Manfredi, and his very own Lineweight Workshop. He has experience from numerous international practices including Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, Weiss/Manfredi, and Oyler Wu Collaborative. His collaborations have also resulted in exhibitions at the Pratt Institute, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the City X Virtual Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Paul has given lectures and workshops at UCLA, Kuwait University, UNL, and Texas A&M University. He has been a guest critic at the University of Texas, the University of Pennsylvania, Pratt Institute, the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Ball State University, Texas A&M University, and the Barcelona Architecture Center.
Paul is a recipient of the 2020 Kanter Tritsch Prize in Energy & Architectural Innovation in concert with the 2020 Kanter Tritsch Medalist, Peter Eisenman. Upon graduating from Penn, Paul received the Arthur Spayd Brook Memorial Prize: Gold Medal — former recipients Julian Abele, Louis I. Kahn, and Jenny Sabin. In 2020, Metropolis Magazine named Paul one of the Future 100 designers in the United States.
EDUCATION
- Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
- Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M University
