Elif Erdine is an architect, designer, and researcher. She is the Director at Emergent Technologies and Design Post-Graduate Programme (EmTech), at the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture. The research agenda of EmTech focuses on investigating new synergies of architecture and ecology through the critical intersection of computational design and fabrication. During 2010-2015, Elif Erdine conducted her PhD at the Architectural Association PhD in Design Programme, titled ‘Generative Processes in Tower Design: Algorithms for the Integration of Tower Subsystems’, under the advisory of Dr. George Jeronimidis, Dr. Michael Weinstock, and Patrik Schumacher. Since 2010 she has been directing and teaching in various AA Visiting School programmes (AA Istanbul VS, AA Summer DLAB), exploring generative design techniques, integration of algorithmic design methods with large-scale digital fabrication tools. She has worked for Zaha Hadid Architects during 2006 - 2010. She received her B.Arch. degree from Istanbul Technical University in 2003 (High Honors), and M.Arch. degree from the AA Design Research Lab (AA DRL) in 2006 (Project Distinction).She has published and presented her research in Design Studies, eCAADe, CAAD Futures, SimAUD, and ACADIA, among others. Website: https://emtech.aaschool.ac.uk/ https://summerdlab.aaschool.ac.uk/ https://istanbul.aaschool.ac.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elif-erdine-phd-1a565ab/ Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-YP3R-oAAAAJ&hl=en

Milad is the Studio Master of Emergent Technologies and Design Postgraduate Programme (EmTech) at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London, where he is a doctoral candidate under Dr Michael Weinstock’s directorship as well. He holds BSc. in Architectural Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University and M.Arch. from Pratt Institute, where he graduated with Sidney Katz award for design excellence in 2015. Milad has worked for several architecture and design firms in Asia, U.S.A and Europe as a design technology specialist, such as Contemporary Architecture Practice (CAP), Led by Ali Rahim and Hina Jamelle. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences such as the International Journal of Architectural Computing, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering and Computer-Aided Design and Applications journal. Milad is the co-director of the AA Istanbul visiting school with the research focus on the integration of algorithmic design methods with large-scale digital fabrication tools. He is the co-founder of ‘Wallacei’, an evolutionary and analytic engine with embedded machine learning algorithms that gives users full control over their evolutionary simulations in Grasshopper 3D. Milad’s research interest is the application of biological principles of intelligence in architecture and urban design through computational processes. -- https://emtech.aaschool.ac.uk/ -- https://istanbul.aaschool.ac.uk/ -- https://www.mi-sh.com/home -- https://www.wallacei.com/ -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miladshowkatbakhsh/ --

Abhinav Chaudhary is an architect and musician from New Delhi, India currently employed at PLP Architecture in London as a Computational Design specialist. His work focuses on developing AR/VR and geometry optimisation tools for use over various scales of building design and construction. He has previously worked at Orproject (Delhi, London, Beijing) on a number of award winning and published installations and pavilions. He received B. Arch from Sushant School of Art and Architecture in 2011 and M. Arch with distinction from AA Emergent Technologies and Design (EmTech) in 2019.