PA Talks

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 Urban Design at ETH Zurich. During his early...

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 fundamentally alter the way people experience and sha...

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 combine learning and teaching elements of design...

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 participatory systems of development of the built environment...

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 Metcalf and Associates Architectural Office in Washin...

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 interest in innovative and resource-efficient str...

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. Kahn in Philadelphia, he returned to Montréal to...

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 architectural quality of 3XN’s work from the idea to the fi...

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 same year. Alonso often uses animation software...

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 York to enroll at Columbia University as a visi...

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. Her work aims to develop the relational thinki...

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 in such a way that it benefits all? This talk expl...

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 to 2004 and was a Visiting Professor of Architect...

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 conception to completion. He received his Bachelor of Art...

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, which will translate into pure geometrical-formal...

Tune in to Episode 16 of the PA Talks series with Michel Rojkind, the founding partner of Rojkind Arquitectos and Vice President of Ground up Architecture at WeWork. According to Forbes Life a representative of a Mexican generation of architects transforming the country. In 2002 he founded Rojkind Arquitectos. Since then, the firm has been on a strong path of innovation and exploration of architec...

Tune in to Episode 15 of the PA Talks series with Fernando Romero, a Mexican architect, urban designer, educator, and author. Romero joined the office of Rem Koolhaas after graduating from Universidad Iberoamericana in Architecture in 1995. In the wake of establishing FR-EE in 2000, the firm has realized and proposed projects in a variety of countries that encompass different programs and contexts...

Tune in to Episode 14 of the PA Talks series with Peter Eisenman, one of architecture’s foremost theorists of recent decades that also has an apathy for current trends that architects engage in. He is an internationally acknowledged architect and educator whose award-winning large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and series of inventive p...

Tune in to Episode 13 of the PA Talks series with Ma Yansong, the founder and principal of MAD Architects. Ma is the first Chinese architect to win an overseas landmark-building project. Ma holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Yale University. His interests lie in exploring contemporary architectural...

Tune in to Episode 12 of the PA Talks series with Richard Hassell, founding director of WOHA Architects. We discussed about Richard’s career, works, the importance of sustainability in architecture, WOHA’s vision for future and his advice for young professionals.  Richard Hassell was born in 1966 and graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1989. He was awarded a Master of Archit...

Tune in to Episode 11 of the PA Talks series with Stefan Antoni, an architect based in Cape Town, South Africa. He is the director of SAOTA Architects and is regarded as one of the numbered architects who have contributed to setting a new standard of design and professionalism in the top end of the domestic market in South Africa. He set up the practice in 1987 after completing his Bachelor of Arc...

Tune in to Episode 10 of the PA Talks series with Patrik Schumacher, an architect and architectural theorist based in London. He is the principal architect of Zaha Hadid Architects, widely known for working with Dame Zaha Hadid since joining Zaha Hadid Architects practice in 1988. He completed his architectural diploma and received his degree from Stuttgart University in 1990, andreceived his Ph....

Tune in to Episode 09 of the PA Talks series with Cyril Lancelin, a French architect and visual artist. He began his career working for architects as well as artists in Paris and Los Angeles by using 3D modeling techniques and virtual images developed in the 1990s. Cyril decided to start his own creative studio in 2016 and since then he has developed a hybrid work of sculptures, immersive installa...

Tune in to Episode 08 of the PA Talks series with Sanjay Puri, the Principal Architect of Sanjay Puri Architects and speaker at the Leading European Architects Forum and The World Architecture Festival. After graduating from the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai in 1988, he worked as an Associate with Architect Hafeez Contractor and later commenced Sanjay Puri Architects in 1992. Sanjay strongly bel...

Tune in to Episode 07 of the PA Talks series with Refik Anadol, a media artist, director, and pioneer in the aesthetics of machine intelligence. Refik creates parametric data sculptures through hypnotic audio and visual installation experiences. Embedding media design into architecture, he questions the possibility of a post-digital architectural future in which there are no more non-digital reali...