Browsing: PA Talks

Jan Knippers, a 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 was a part of the PA Talks series with Hamid Hassanzadeh, the Founder of PA. Jan discussed his career, his works, the importance of computational design in engineering, and his interest in innovative and resource-efficient structures created at the intersection of research and development and practice. 

Emre Arolat, a Turkish architect, founding Partner, and Lead Designer of Emre Arolat Architecture was a part of the PA Talks series with Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder of ParametricArchitecture. Arolat discussed his projects, inspirations as well as vision in a candid conversation with PA. 

Sci-Arc’s director and CEO, architect Hernan Diaz Alonso, discussed with Erick Carcamo of Allblackform on a live session for the PA Talks series with ParametricArchitecture. The discussion focused on Hernan’s trajectory in digital design, as well as his influence at SCI_Arc, as director/CEO. His teaching approach and philosophy towards architectural design and learning were also some of the highlights. 

Tune in to the PA Talks series with Kim Herforth Nielsen, Danish architect and co-founder of 3XN Architects with Hamid Hassanzadeh, the founder of PA discussing some noteworthy and mesmerizing works of Nielsen in Danish Architecture. Kim Herforth Nielsen graduated from the Aarhus School of Architecture in 1981 and was one of the three Nielsen founders in 1986.

Moshe Safdie, Founding Principal, and Lead Designer at Safdie Architects was part of the PA Talks series with Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder of PA in an insightful discussion on some of his award-winning and astounding works that have shaped the architecture for the future. 

The Mexican Architect, Michel Rojkind, discussed his journey, career, passion, hobbies, projects, and the impact of music on his architecture in the PA Talks series with Hamid Hassanzadeh, Founder of PA. Michel Rojkind is 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 this episode of the PA TAlks series, the future of architecture as a specialty and its practice was one of the main topics reflected on the screentime interview with James von Klemperer, President and Design Principal of Kohn Pedersen Fox, hosted by ParametricArchitecture’s managing editor Alexi Aslihan Arslan.

In this episode of the PA Talks interview series, Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder of ParametricArchitecture, discussed with professor Hanif Kara, a professor in practice at the Harvard GSD, and co-founder of AKT II. The discussion focused on Hanif’s career, his secrets of success, collaborations with the world’s top architectural studios, and his visions for the future.

In this episode of PA Talks, 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.

Tune in to the PA Talks interview series featuring Melike Altinisik, an Istanbul-based practicing architect and founder of Melike Altinisik Architects (MAA) with Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder of ParametricArchitecture. Melike Alt?n???k is an award-winning architect, designer, and educator, who is dedicated to developing an innovative approach towards architecture, urbanism, and design. Her work aims to develop the relational thinking capacities of architecture in relation to design technologies.