Elif Erdine is an Architect and Director of the Emergent Technologies & Design Post-Graduate Programme at the Architectural Association. Elif will be presenting at the upcoming conference Computational Design: NEXT 10 conference. EmTech’s research program focuses on exploring new architectural and ecological synergies through the key convergence of computational design and fabrication. Elif Erdine’s Ph.D. thesis, ‘ Generative Processes in Tower Design: Algorithms for the Integration of Tower Subsystems,’ was completed at the Architectural Association Ph.D. in Design Programme. She has been directing AA Visiting School programs (AA Istanbul VS, AA Summer DLAB) since 2010, focusing on generative design and the integration of algorithmic design processes with large-scale digital manufacturing equipment. Between 2006 and 2010, she worked with Zaha Hadid Architects.