PA Talks

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 projects, and his vision for computational and parame...

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 Shopping and V33 Building Tribeca, and many more. In this episode Winka discussed her journey of becoming an arch...

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: https://www.an-onymous.com Check out our wee...

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 powerhouse specializing in digital design for 3D pri...

In this episode, we invite Tore Banke, the director of sustainability and head of computational design at BIG. He joined BIG in 2014 as a Computational Design Specialist in building performance simulation. Tore’s vast experience in parametric software development allows him to customize digital toolsets and workflows in BIGs projects. Tore’s knowledge enables architects and designers to integrate...

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 from fabrication-aware design research to playful co...

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 been a member of the Competition Cluster, where sh...

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 sensibility to Australian Architecture, with...

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 been responsible for the prospective design of Peu...

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 creative director of ParametricArchitecture, about his...

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 platform for hosting and publishing Grasshopp...

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 DesignWanted in Milan, in 2015. Today, the platform reac...

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 consequently co-founded MHOX in 2012. MHOX is an EU-funded...

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, cultural, and environmental networks. Karim received his...

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 perspectives. Soomeen gained her Bachelor of Architectu...

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 from Shahid Beheshti University and his Bachelor’s f...

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 University of Waterloo School of Archi...

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 School of Architecture, SCI-Arc, and UPenn School....

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 Architecture in Londonand gained work experiences at Zaha Ha...

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 teaching elements of design across a unique variety of a...

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 installations, intending to uncover and question th...

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 of interaction with the protection of the na...

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 called ‘’The House’’ with his artist friends and later...

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 learning and teaching elements of design across a uni...

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 Architecture in 1999, the firm has garnered global recogniti...