Mark Francis is an architectural designer and installation artist based in Toronto, Ontario.

Mark's creative practice is focused on informal, participatory architecture, and incremental urbanism, subverting colonial legacies and seeking to legitimize alternative modes of social structure through the built form. His architectural and artistic explorations have focused on the geometric design traditions and organic urban forms of vernacular architecture, investigating their potential relevance toward user-generated urban interventions and place-making in Canada. At its core, this perspective towards the built environment strives to create more spatial autonomy in the making of personal and public spaces.

In 2024 Mark completed a postgraduate degree 3D-Printing in Architecture (3DPA) program at IAAC, Barcelona. He also holds an M.Arch from the University of British Columbia, and a BFA in visual arts from York University.

Mark has previously been the Installation Director for Philip Beesley and the Living Architecture Systems Group, where he oversaw the design and construction of numerous projects in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Mark is currently working as an experimental architect, researcher, and educator in Toronto and Madrid.