Patrik Schumacher

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The Fashion of Society, CAFA
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Architecture for the 21^st Century, Tirana
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Tectonism: Architecture for the 21st Century
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Teaching Tectonism to AI
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Beauty – the Indispensable Category Explained and Justified
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Sustainability as Opportunity for Tectonic Articulation
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Spatial Design for a New Digital Era
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Form & Function of Design: Is beauty a dangerous word?
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Conversation: Reinier de Graaf discusses his new book ‘architect, verb’ with Patrik Schumacher
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Design for the 21st Century: The Metaverse is Happening – Hangzhou
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AI will not replace architects – BlessedArch
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The Metaverse is Happening – Lecture for Ajman University
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Tongji lecture 1: A New Framework for Architecture, Digital Futures World
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Tongji lecture 2: Exclusive Competency and Universal Scope of Architecture
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Tongji lecture 3: Architectural Autopoiesis within Functionally Differentiated Society, Digital Futures World
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Tongji lecture 4: Architectural Style(s), Digital Futures World
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Tongji lecture 5: Rationality of Aesthetic Values, Digital Futures World
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Tongji lecture 6: The Societal Function of Architecture, Digital Futures World
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Zaha’s Incredible Moves – Zaha Hadid’s Expansion of Architecture’s Repertoire
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Metaverse Urbanism – for Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
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The Politically Smart City – for Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
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Niklas Luhmann as Philosopher – Architecture and Philosophy, Digital Futures
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Conversation with Architecture for the Soul
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Notes on Cyberspace, Qatar University
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2021 Design Drivers for the Metaverse – ArchAgenda Keynote
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The Designed Environment as Mind Expansion, Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA)
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Liberland Metaverse – CyberUrban Incubators in the Blockchain Metaverse
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Cyberspace & the Autopoieis of Architecture – University of Virginia
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Escape from the Malthusian Trap
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The Politically/Economically/Architecturally Smart City – Moscow Urban Forum 2021
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Architecture and Philosophy – Digital Futures Lecture
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The Failure of Urban Planning and the Future of Cities
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Formal Research and the Avant-garde, FAU lecture Series on The Role of Technology in Architecture, Miami
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Tectonism, 9th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design
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Cyberspace & Semiology, Madrid 2020
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The Fusion of Urban and Virtual Spaces: The Cyber-Urban Incubator, 2020
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Architecture for the New China, for DOMO, Brazil & Architecture Hunter, 2020
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Soho Leeza Tower In Depth – Weitzman School of Design, 2020
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Reimagining The Global City – The Post Crisis City, CTBUH Singapore, 2020
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ZHA in the Arab World, Archnode, 2020
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Relationship between Art and Architecture, Melbourne School of Design, 2020
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Conversation at Bezalel Academy on urban politics, 2020
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Expanding Architecture’s Core Competency, 2020
DC I/O Design Computation Conference
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Cyberspace and the Idea of Virtual Architecture, 2020
Keynote at the online conference: Connecting Life Spaces, hosted by The Times of India
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Free Private Cities Architecture Symposium, ArchAgenda for Liberland, 2020
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Spontaneous AI Environments, DigitalFUTURES: world talks, 2020
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Interaction with Patrik Schumacher, Sasi Creative School Of Architecture, India 2020
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Politics after the Libertarian Revolution, LibertyCon Madrid 2020
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Creative Environments, lecture and debate at ‘Forum Vertigo: Neurones, Les Intelligences Simulees’, Centre Pompidou, Paris, February 2020
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Keynote at FOAID Architecture Festival
Mumbai, 2019
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Debate on Architectural Education @ Dezeen Day 2019
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Visionary Claude Parent – Continuous Weave of Surfaces
MAXXI Museum of Art and Architecture for the 21st Century, Rome
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Architectural Communication as Human Universal, Patrik Schumacher, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 2019
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Architecture’s Contribution to the Progress of Freedom
Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Feb 2019
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Theses on Architectural Theory, Tongji University, Shanghai 2018
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The Crisis of Architectural Education, Rome, June 2019
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On the Goal and Rationality of Parametricism’s Hegemony – Mexico City, 20 Oct 2018
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Patrik Schumacher on ‘Tectonism’ and the work of ZHCODE – 10 Sept 2018
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CAA ANNUAL LECTURE 2018 – Design as Second Nature
Cyprus Architects Association, Nicosia 27 June 2018
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Architects, Not Architecture: Patrik Schumacher
Hamburg 2018
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Designing the Eloquent City
Tsinghua University, Beijing May 2018
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Designing The Eloquent City
Talk at SUPER CITY, Venice Biennale, May 2018
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Urban Co-living – UIA-HYP Cup 2018 Student Competition
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Capital Architecture – On Marx, Materialism, Capitalism, Urbanism
June 16, 2018
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Innovative Governance – Podcast
The sixth guest for the Innovative Governance Podcast is Patrik Schumacher. Patrik is the Principal at Zaha Hadid Architects. Originally a socialist, the financial crisis made him rethink his views, turning him into a libertarian. He has stirred up controversy in architectural circles for his pro-market views, and recently began advocating for free private cities.
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The Life of a Dissident Urbanist with Patrik Schumacher and Wendell Cox
by Aaron M. Renn on SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds
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Architecture’s Contribution to Societal Progress
National Arts Club, NYC, January 2018
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Architecture in the Age of Digital Production- Tectonism in the Context of Parametric Semiology, PART 1
Ecole nationale superieure d’architecture, Paris-Malaquais, Nov 2017
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Architecture in the Age of Digital Production- Tectonism in the Context of Parametric Semiology, PART 2
Ecole nationale superieure d’architecture, Paris-Malaquais, Nov 2017
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The City of Tomorrow
Guangzhou International Design Forum, Nov 2017
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Architecture in the Age of Digital Production
Lecture at Experimental Architecture Biennial 2017, Prague, 27 Oct 2017
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Tectonism
Jump the Gap Talk, Barcelona, 17 Oct 2017
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Walkable London
Future Cities Forum 6, “Healthy Cities”
The Crystal Building, London, 9 Oct 2017
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Façade Design as Communication – The Instrumentality of Appearances
Lecture at World of Facades Conference, London, 4 Oct 2017
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Patrik Schumacher probes Reinier de Graaf about his ‘Four Walls and a Roof’
The Building Centre, London, 29 Sept 2017
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Sessions On Territory—Urbanism Beyond Neoliberalism Power
A lecture series by Prof. M. Angélil and Prof. M. Topalović
Opening Event “The Property Drama” at ONA Focushalle, 25 Sept 2017, ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture
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The Property and Freedom Society, 12th Annual Conference
Karia Princess Hotel, Bodrum, 14-19 Sept 2017
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The Legacy of Zaha Hadid – Retrospective and Prospective
UIA 2017, Seoul World Architects Congress, 7 September 2017
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The Story of ZHA – Past, Present & Future
Taipei, 9 July 2017
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TECTONISM – Part1 lecture at Digital Future Conference, Shanghai, 2 July 2017
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TECTONISM – Part2 lecture at Digital Future Conference, Shanghai, 2 July 2017
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TECTONISM – Part3 lecture at Digital Future Conference, Shanghai, 2 July 2017
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TECTONISM – Part4 lecture at Digital Future Conference, 2 July 2017
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Can There Be A Market-based Urban Order?
Beijing Arts Centre, 20 June 2017
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Zaha Hadid’s “Pedagogy” – The “School” as Laboratory
Keynote lecture at the Symposium Zaha Hadid: Pedagogy as Practice, Princeton University, 31st March 2017
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High Intensity Urban Order
Future Cities Forum, London, 6 Mar 2017
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Parametricism 2.0 – From Technical to Social Functionality
Architect A.P. Kavinde Memorial Lecture, 25 Feb 2017
BNCA – Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture for Women, Pune
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“Zaha Hadid: her life and legacy” at Battle of Ideas, Barbican Centre, Feb 4 2017
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The Story of Zaha Hadid and Zaha Hadid Architects
Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava
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Housing Crisis, World Architecture Festival, Berlin Nov. 2016
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Composition and Tectonics as Communication: Making Engineering Logics Speak
Politecnico Milano, MI/ARCH 15 Oct 2016
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The Greg Lynn Show, episode 11: Patrik Schumacher – Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention
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Rethinking Architecture’s Agenda for the 21st Century – PART 1
Launch of AD Parametricism 2.0, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, 29 Apr 2016
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Rethinking Architecture’s Agenda for the 21st Century – PART 2
Launch of AD Parametricism 2.0, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, 29 Apr 2016
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Duel + Duet: Patrik Schumacher + Tom Wiscombe
SCI-Arch 13 Apr 2016
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An Afternoon with Patrik Schumacher
University of Texas at Austin – School of Architecture
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‘The Architect is Dead’
AAGORA conversation on the consequences of AI entering architecture, AA London, February 2016
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Spatial Communication – Architect’s Core Competency, Kent University, Nov 2015
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The Age of Mega Concentration and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban Order
Lecture (‘Cloud Talk’) at IIT, Illinois Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Chicago, October 2015
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Commenting on the 1st Chicago Architecture Biennale
Interview: Patrik Schumacher speaks to Daniela Ghertovici (ArchAgenda), occasion: Chicago ArchAgenda Debate
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Parametricism 2.0 – The Imperative of Convergence, contribution to ArchAgenda Debates: Setting the Agenda for 21st Century Architecture and Design, 1st Chicago Architecture Biennale, Chicago 2015
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Architecture, Freedom and Order (AUDIO ONLY)
lecture at the Royal Academy, London, as part of the Royal Academy’s Architecture and Freedom season, Sept 2015
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Spatial Communication
Lecture at UIC, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture, October 2015
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The Rationality of Parametricism
Lecture at UMSoA – University of Miami School of Architecture, Fall 2015
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Q&A The Rationality of Parametricism (with Rodolphe El-khoury)
at UMSoA – University of Miami School of Architecture, Fall 2015
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Free Market Urban Order – Smart Cities Conference – London Innovation Summit 2014
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The Instrumentality of Appearances, Bio-cities Lecture Series
UCL The Bartlett School of Architecture, Advanced Urban Design, London 2014
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In Defence of Capitalism
Lecture at the European Graduate School, Sas Fee, Switzerland, Summer 2014
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The Twilight of Parametricsim? – Parametricism in Crisis
Contribution to ‘Parametrics’, Computational Architecture Series, SOA Princeton University
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Discussion: Jeffrey Kipnis and Patrik Schumacher, Institute of Urban Design, Innsbruck University
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Free Market Urbanism – Urbanism Beyond Planning
Contribution to AA symposium Master-planning the Adaptive City, London 2013
Lecture and debate
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The Political Pertinence of Parametricism – Free Market Urban Order
Contribution to the symposium “The Politics of Parametricism – Digital Technology and the Future(s) of Sociality”
REDCAT – California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles, November 2013
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Parametricism: Epochal Style for the 21st Century
Lecture organized by Magic Made, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2013
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Communication – Architecture’s Core Competency, Staedelschule, Staatliche Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste, Frankfurt a.M., June 2013
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Parametric Semiology, Conferenze di architettura contemporanea, lecture at Politecnico di Milano, November 2012
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Parametric Order, School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, 2012
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SCI ARC, Parametric Semiology, Los Angeles – Oct 2012
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RCA, Royal College of Arts, London 2012 ‘Theory of Styles’
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RCA, Royal College of Arts, London 2012 ‘Debate on Style’
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GSDGSD, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 2012
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Discussion – Jeffrey Kipnis and Patrik Schumacher
Institute of Urban Design | Prof. Peter Trummer
University of Innsbruck, May 15 2012
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Parametric Semiology
STRELKA Architecture School, Moscow, July 2012
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Distance and Cities: where do we stand?
LSE, London School of Economics, London 2011
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The Societal Function of Architecture
Sliver Lecture Series, University of Applied Arts, Vienna 2011
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PROTO/E/CO/LOGICS, Rovinji 2011
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Belgrade Design Week 2011
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AA Symposium 2011
Debating Fundamentals: Probing the Autopoiesis of Architecture
10 sessions, Participants: Patrik Schumacher, Jeff Kipnis, Charles Jencks, Eric Owen Moss, Wolf D Prix, Alejandro Zaera Polo, Mark Cousins, Brett Steele, Zaha Hadid, Theo Spyropoulos, Thomas Vietzke

‘Parametricism and the Autopoiesis of Architecture’ at SCI-Arch, Part 1.
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‘Parametricism and the Autopoiesis of Architecture’ at SCI-Arch, Part 2.
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Debating Fundamentals with with Jeff Kipnis, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Theo Spyropoulos, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Thomas Vietzke, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Eric Owen Moss, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Wolf Prix, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Mark Cousins, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Alejandro Zaera Polo, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Charles Jencks, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Brett Steele, AA 2010
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Debating Fundamentals with with Zaha Hadid, AA 2010
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The Autopoiesis of Architecture, Architectural Association, London 2010, Part 1
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The Autopoiesis of Architecture, Architectural Association, London 2010, Part 2
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GSAPP, Columbia University, New York 2010
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The Sky-scraper revitalized: Differentiation, Interface, Navigation
Keynote Talk at Tall Buildings Conference, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 2006
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Mumbai 2005
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Morality and Materialism, AA 1997
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Lectures theorizing architecture

Patrik Schumacher, Smart Cities – The Architect’s Perspective
Lecture at the ‘Smart Cities – Smart Buildings’ conference organized by ZHA & ABB for the UK chapter of Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH), at RIBA, London

07 · 2018 Cyborg-Superman
Tongji University, Shanghai July 2018

02 · 2018 Agent-based Parametric Semiology
Taliesin West, Feb 2018

11 · 2017 Architecture in the Age of Digital Production- Tectonism in the Context of Parametric Semiology
Ecole nationale superieure d’architecture, Paris-Malaquais, Nov 2017

09 · 2017 The Legacy of Zaha Hadid – Retrospective and Prospective
UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects Congress, September 2017

07 · 2017 Tectonism – Tectonic Articulation in the Context of Architectural Semiology
Digital Future Forum, Tongji University, Shanghai

01 · 2017 Formalism and Formal Research
Edgar A. Tafel Lecture Series, Cornell University, 1st of February 2017

10 · 2014 Setting the Agenda for 21st Century Architecture and Design
Debate organised by ArchAgenda, Chicago Architecture Biennial Affiliate Program Partner, October 2015

06 · 2014 Parametric Order – 21st Century Architectural Order
School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY USA