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Merica May is dedicated to her studio practice, research, teaching, and community. Building on her first career as a ballet dancer, she is interested in bodies, time, movement and the power of architecture as a social agent. As a twin, she cares deeply about our interconnectedness.

At Pratt she teaches intuitive structures (Techinics) and urban studies (Urban Genealogies) in the College of Architecture.

In 2022, she founded the studio . The interdisciplinary practice, located in the  in the East Village, spans the fields of multi-media, performance, installation art, architecture, and urbanism. The studio has completed site works for Georgia Institute of Technology ( – a social structure dedicated to women) and a temporary in front of the New York Stock Exchange. They are designing buildings for Minnesota Dance Theatre and the city of Thornton in Colorado’s Art Center. They won and have created dwellings in NYC, Connecticut, and Utah. Their ongoing research of the Lower East Side’s Cultural Ecology, with East Village Community Collation and Lower Eastside Preservation Initiative, explores the the interwoven forces contributing to the fabric of the neighborhood.

Merica May gained her architecture experience during a decade at the multi-disciplinary studio (DS+R). There she led and helped build a range of cultural and institutional projects, including the 250’ sculptural in Colorado Springs, the , the top-floor event space at in New York City, Microsoft’s Corporate Headquarters, and the winning competition entry for the in Australia.

She is committed to her community, serving on the boards of Community Garden, (a city-activist-art-space that was recently awarded the ArchLeague Prize), the , and Junior Boards of and She built a sandbox with Lotek in Community Gardens and is working on a foodbank and community center for e in Bed–Stuy. She is a licensed Architect in New York State.

M.Arch., Georgia Institute of Technology.