We had a great conversation with Patrik Schumacher, the principal architect of Zaha Hadid Architects. At ZHA’s London Office, we discussed his approach to parametricism, parametric design, computational tools, artificial intelligence, education, and the future of architecture.Many of us hear his name with the “parametricism” term; initially, In 200…

In this episode, we had a great conversation with Jesper Wallgren. Jesper is the co-founder and the Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Finch 3D, which utilizes AI, graph technology, and advanced algorithms to optimize design processes. His short videos showcasing new ways to generate architecture have been seen by millions worldwide. Tap the link to si…

We had a great conversation with Ida Rasouli, an Iranian architect, multidisciplinary designer, and concept artist. She is the founder and creative director of Celeste Design Studio, which focuses on the concept development process in architecture, interiors, objects, and fashion. Over the past year, her fascination with AI generative tools has dri…

In this episode, we had a great conversation with Alper Derinbogaz, an innovative architect and academic. He is the founder of Salon Alper Derinbogaz and a visiting professor at the Pratt Institute in New York. His research has been featured in various biennales and museums, including the Koolhaas-curated Venice Architecture Biennale 2014. His late…

We had a great conversation with Marcelo Spina, an award-winning international architect and educator. He is the Principal of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S and part of the Design Studio at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). He is also the co-author of Embedded, Material Beyond Materials, and Mute Icons and co-curator of Matters of Sensation…

Join us in Episode 60 of PA Talks for an engaging conversation with Melike Altinisik, founder of Melike Altinisik Architects (MAA). Melike discusses her professional evolution, from her Journey at Zaha Hadid Architects to establishing her own firm, MAA. Throughout the episode, she shares the unique challenges and achievements she has encountered in…

Hassan, An architect with 15 years of experience and artist, founded HSNRGB Studio in 2023. His work, blending architecture, design, and art, transcends traditional boundaries, focusing on the fusion of technology, culture, and identity. His global projects reflect this innovative approach, emphasizing storytelling and cultural awareness. Check HSN…

Hüseyin Kilic, the founder of Interesting Engineering, is an entrepreneur with a deep passion for technology, engineering, and science. His vision for creating a platform that makes complex scientific and technological concepts accessible to a broader audience led to the establishment of Interesting Engineering. Hüseyin's background likely combines…

For PA TALKS #57, we had a great conversation with Tim Fu on AI, the future of architecture, his career, and more. Tim Fu is a professional in the field of architecture and design. He completed his master's degree at the Architectural Association and holds a bachelor's degree in Architecture from Ryerson University. Tim is the founder of Studio Tim…

Fabio Novembre is an Italian designer and founder of Novembre Studio. Fabio is known for his unique and innovative design styles and also for some of his amazing projects Like "Him & Her" Chairs, Motorsport Network Tower, “Who’s Who” Shop in Milan, The Lavazza Calendar, the Padel Pavilion, the Desert Rose and many more. Fabio Novembre's designs oft…

Arian Hakimi is an architect and the founder of Arian Hakimi Architects and a former Lead Designer at ZHA and also he is one of the talented instructors of PAACADEMY. Some of Arian's projects include KAFD Metro Station, Unicorn Island and many more. In this episode Arian discussed his journey of becoming an architect, his experience, recent project…

Winka Dubbeldam is an architect and the co-founder of Archi-Tectonics she is also a respected academic serving as the Chair of Weitzman Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Some of Winka's recent projects include Asian Games Hybrid Stadium / Concert Hall, Valley Village Shoppingand V33 Building Tribeca, and many more. In this episode Win…

Iman Ansari is an architect and the co-founder of An.onymous. Some of Iman's recent projects include Zero Gravity, Bean, Hyperloop Station and North Star Medical Campus, and many more. In this episode Iman discussed his journey of becoming an architect, his experience, recent projects, and his vision for AI in architecture. Check An.onymous website…

Join us as we dive into the captivating world of Julia Koerner, an Austrian designer who seamlessly blends the realms of architecture, product design, and fashion. Julia Koerner's journey spans continents, with her creative spirit traveling between Los Angeles, Salzburg, London, and New York. Julia is the mastermind behind JK Design GmbH, a powerho…

CHECK OUR LATEST PATalks EPISODE NOW. Episode 50 is now available. In this episode, we meet with Hamze Machmouchi, an architectural designer and researcher at Zaha Hadid Architects, and Andrew Friedenberg, architect and computational designer at Heatherwick Studio. Hamze is currently interested in transdisciplinary practice opportunities ranging fr…

Tune in to episode 49 of PATalks, where we spoke with the London-based architectural designer Mariana Cabugueira. Mariana Cabugueira is a Portuguese architect and urban designer working as a senior architectural designer at Zaha Hadid Architects. After graduating from the AA School in 2017, Mariana joined Zaha Hadid Architects. Since then, she has …

Tune in to episode 48 of PATalks, where we spoke with the Sydney-based architect Koichi Takada. Koichi belongs to a new generation of architects that strive to bring nature back into the urban environment, an approach he matured after living in cities: Tokyo, New York, and London. Koichi established his practice in 2008 and has brought a Japanese s…

Tune in to episode 47 of PATalks, where we spoke with Matthias Hossann, Peugeot’s design director. After graduating from the Strate design school, Matthias joined the PSA Group's style department in 2002. He has since held various positions and provided services internationally, including 5 years at the centre of Shanghai style. Since 2013, he has …

Tune in to episode 46 of PATalks, where we were delighted to speak with the Berlin-based architect, Sergei Tchoban in an insightful long-form interview. Sergei Tchoban is the founder of the SPEECH Architecture Office and Partner at Tchoban Voss Architects. The Russian-born architect, Sergei Tchoban spoke to Hamid Hassanzadeh, the founder and creati…

Watch the PATalks Episode 45, the first-ever interview with Robert McNeel, the founder, and CEO of Robert McNeel & Associates, the company behind Rhinoceros 3D, one of the most favorite software among designers. Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sIo0DnB9MDg This episode of PA Talks is sponsored by ShapeDiver: ShapeDiver is the leading…

Tune in to Episode 44 of the PA Talks series with Patrick Abbattista, founder and CEO of DesignWanted, one of the best digital magazines about art, architecture, and design. Patrick’s multi-faceted experience in digital marketing for creative businesses and vision for realizing designers’ creative and commercial potential led to the birth of Design…

Tune in to Episode 43 of the PA Talks series with Filippo Nassetti, an architect and computational designer focusing on research and innovation for the architecture and product design industries. After completing his Master’s Degree at the University of Bologna, he worked for Plasma Studio Architects in London along with SPAN in Vienna and conseque…

Tune in to Episode 42 of the PA Talks series with Nuru Karim, an Indian architect and the founder and principal of NUDES, an architecture studio that operates within the realm of cross-disciplinary cultures of art, architecture, and computational design. The practice’s design is powered by digital making tools that address extensive social, cultura…

Tune in to Episode 41 of the PA Talks series with Soomeen Hahm, a design researcher, educator, architectural designer, and the founder of SoomeenHahm Design Ltd. The practice is a London-based design studio that focuses on design research and practices that tackle the issues of computational paradigm in architecture across multiple scales and persp…

Tune in to Episode 40 of the PA Talks series with Mahdi Kamboozia, an awarded Iranian Architect and the founder of Tehran-based practice CAAT Studio. His practice studies future generations, their needs, relations, and potentials to come up with solutions in the design and construction context. Mahdi completed his Master’s degree in Architecture fr…

Tune in to Episode 39 of the PA Talks series with Alexander Josephson,a Toronto-based architect and the co-founder of PARTISANS. PARTISANS is an award-winning architecture studio that specializes in the integration of design & technology, invention & programming along with culture & creative services. Alex studied sculpture and architecture at the …

Tune in to Episode 38 of the PA Talks series with Erick Carcamo, an educator, designer, and principal/co-founder of Allblackform. Erick has been in pursuit of innovation and technology in the field of architectural thinking and teaching processes while teaching numerous design studios and visual study seminars at various universities, such as Yale …

Tune in to Episode 37 of the PA Talks series with Arthur Mamou-Mani, a French architect and the director of the award-winning architecture practice Mamou-Mani. Arthur’s practice specializes in a new kind of digitally designed and fabricated architecture. He studied at the ENSA Paris-La Villette and the Architectural Association School of Architectu…

Tune in to Episode 36 of the PA Talks series with the founders of DesignMorphine: Tsvetelina Georgieva, Pavlina Vardoulaki, and Michael Pryor. DesignMorphine is a global creative hub for design that focuses on workshops, lectures, projects, and explorations. The team consists of multidisciplinary designers that strive to combine learning and teachi…

Tune in to Episode 35 of the PA Talks series with Alper Derinbogaz, a Turkish architect and the founder of Salon Alper Derinbogaz, an architecture studio that is based in Istanbul. Alper investigates the possibilities of the physical environment through the potential relationships between space and time. His design varies in scale from museums to i…

Tune in to Episode 34 of the PA Talks series with Eduardo Roth Neira, a Mexican self-taught architect, the founder of AZULIK, President of Enchanting Transformation, and creative leader of Roth Architecture. Eduardo encourages the preservation of local culture, recovery of knowledge, and values from ancestral wisdom as they promote different forms …

Tune in to Episode 33 of the PA Talks series with Daniel Arsham, an American artist who combines art, architecture, and performance. Arsham was just 12 when Hurricane Andrew destroyed his home which continues to be a theme in his works. After graduating from The Cooper Union in New York City with full scholarship, Arsham started an exhibition calle…

Tune in to Episode 32 of the PA Talks series with the talented tutors of DesignMorphine: Chantal Matar, Radul Shishkov, Keyur Mistry & Mateusz Zwierzycki. DesignMorphine is a global creative hub for design that focuses on workshops, lectures, projects, and explorations. The team consists of multidisciplinary designers that strive to combine learnin…

Tune in to Episode 31 of the PA Talks series with Chad Oppenheim, a Miami-based architect and the founder of Oppenheim Architecture. Oppenheim’s works have been praised for their ability to transform the prosaic into the poetic, creating monumental yet silent architecture that unleashes the site’s inherent power. Since founding Oppenheim Architectu…

Tune in to Episode 30 of the PA Talks series with Ondřej Chybík, a Czechian architect and the co-founder of the studio Chybik+Kristoff. Chybik+Kristoff practice aims to bridge the gap between private and public space while transcending both generational and societal spheres. Chybik has studied Architecture at the Brno University of Technology and U…

Tune in to Episode 29 of the PA Talks series with Asif Khan, a British designer working in fields of architecture and industrial design. He founded Asif Khan in 2007, a research development-led architecture studio that focuses on buildings, landscapes, exhibitions, and installations. His practice explores how material and social innovations can fun…

Tune in to Episode 28 of the PA Talks series with the talented tutors of DesignMorphine: Alejandra Rojas, Alejandro Garcia Gadea, Madalin Gheorghe, and Aleksandar Bursac. DesignMorphine is a global creative hub for design that focuses on workshops, lectures, projects, and explorations. The team consists of multidisciplinary designers that strive to…

Tune in to Episode 27 of the PA Talks series with Shajay Bhooshan, a Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid Architects where he co-founded the Computation and Design research group (ZHCODE). He is an alumnus and a studio-master at the post-graduate course of Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association (AADRL). There he explores participator…

Tune in to Episode 26 of the PA Talks series with Emre Arolat, Turkish architect, founding Partner and Lead Designer of Emre Arolat Architecture. Emre Arolat was born in Ankara in 1963. He received his BArch degree in Architecture in 1986 and MArch degree in 1992 from Istanbul Mimar Sinan University. Having accumulated significant experience at Met…

Tune in to Episode 25 of the PA Talks series with Jan Knippers, super genius structural engineer, head of the Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart, and founder of Jan Knippers Ingenieure. Jan discussed about his career, his works, the importance of computational design in engineering, and his…

Tune in to Episode 24 of the PA Talks series with Moshe Safdie, an architect, urban planner, author, educator, and theorist. Over a celebrated 50-year career, Safdie has explored the essential principles of socially responsible design with a distinct visual language. Moshe Safdie graduated from McGill University and after apprenticing with Louis I.…

On this episode of PA Talks Podcast, Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder of ParametricArchitecture, hosted the Danish architect Kim Nielsen. Kim is Founder and Principal of 3XN and since the start of the company in 1986, Kim has been the creative driving force behind 3XN. He functions as the creative director and has overall responsibility for the architect…

Tune in to Episode 22 of the PA Talks series with Hernan Diaz Alonso and Erick Carcamo. Hernan Diaz Alonso is an Argentinian architect, the current director/ CEO of SCI-Arc, and the principal of Los-Angeles based architecture office HDA-X. He moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to pursue filmmaking, product & motion design and founded Xefirotarch in the s…

Tune in to Episode 21 of the PA Talks series with Kengo Kuma, a Japanese architect, founder of Kengo Kuma and Associates, and professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. After graduating in Architecture from the University of Tokyo in 1979, he worked for a time at Nihon Sekkei & Toda Corporation and then shifted to New Y…

On this episode, Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder of ParametricArchitecture, spoke to Melike Altinisik, an Istanbul based practicing architect and founder of Melike Altinisik Architects (MAA). Melike Altınışık is an award-winning architect, designer and educator, who is dedicated to develop an innovative approach towards architecture, urbanism and design…

Mario Carpo and Gilles Retsin discuss architecture and automation in the context of the covid-19 crisis and its aftermath. As global production chains have proven to lack resilience, local, digital manufacturing presents a compelling alternative. What does this mean for architecture? How do we as architects shape an agenda for increased automation …

Tune in to Episode 18 of the PA Talks series with Hanif Kara, a Professor practicing Structural Engineer and Professor in Practice of Architectural Technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He is recognized for linking design, research, education and practice. He co-tutored a Diploma Unit at the Architecture Association, London from 2000…

Tune in to Episode 17 of the PA Talks series with James von Klemperer, President and Design Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. As President of the firm, he is responsible for leading the staff of 750+ people in 10 offices around the world. His work ranges in scale from house to the city, and he contributes these efforts closely from concept…

Hamid Hassanzadeh in conversation with Bailey Shugart and Erick Carcamo. Workshop information: https://parametric-architecture.com/the-illusion-of-form-paacademy/ One week online workshop by PAACADEMY in collaboration with ALLBLACKFORM. The main aspiration of this workshop is to precisely develop a critical argument based on an individual research,…