Patrik Schumacher (Zaha Hadid Architects)

Tune in to Episode 10 of the PA Talks series with Patrik Schumacher, an architect and architectural theorist based in London. He is the principal architect of Zaha Hadid Architects, widely known for working with Dame Zaha Hadid since joining Zaha Hadid Architects practice in 1988. He completed his architectural diploma and received his degree from Stuttgart University in 1990, andreceived his Ph.D. at the Institute for Cultural Sciences at the University of Klagenfurt in 1999. His completed projects include the MAXXI Center of Contemporary Art and Architecture, and one of the practice’s first completed constructions, the Vitra Fire Station. Schumacher uses the term ‘’parametricism’’ to denote the usage of advanced computational design techniques in architecture. He argues that the global convergence in recent avant-garde architecture justifies the enunciation of this novel style. Consequently, in 2008 he launched a manifesto for parametricism at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. I hope you enjoy the podcast.