Ili Shchanikov Workshops

Ili Shchanikov, Computational designer, educator, and co-founder at Heracléum Sosnówskyi, will be delivering a 90-minute tutorial at the Computational Design: NEXT 11 conference. Ili studied architecture and holds two graduate M.Arch degrees from Russia in (2010 and 2015). He has been studying computational design since 2014, and his current field of interest is the study of the history and theory of computational architecture in conjunction with philosophy. Ili Shchanikov has been teaching computational design at Moscow Architectural Institute for three years as a lecturer. He co-founded Heracléum Sosnówskyi, an architectural bureau that not only does architecture but also education: they ran educational courses in parametric design and visualization for students, organized in such a way that some of the students could study for free. Ili was a member of the Simplex Noise team that consults, develops, and implements computational tools and technologies for design automation. He is also, the founder of Surface Calculated, an interior jewelry brand exploring digital form-finding techniques, including not only general issues of mass-customization products, but above all shaping techniques, including the study of patterns, folding, layering, and superposition, as well as the interrelationship of families of elements.