Soomeen Hahm

Tune in to Episode 41 of the PA Talks series with Soomeen Hahm, a design researcher, educator, architectural designer, and the founder of SoomeenHahm Design Ltd. The practice is a London-based design studio that focuses on design research and practices that tackle the issues of computational paradigm in architecture across multiple scales and perspectives. Soomeen gained her Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Beijing Tsinghua University and her Master of Architecture degree at the Architectural Association where she studied in the Design Research Lab. She is specialized in coding, digital simulations, and 3d modeling in various software platforms. She has also taught and lectured at numerous institutions in the UK and internationally including teaching studios, workshops, and short courses focusing on computational design. Academically, she is currently design faculty and robotic researcher at SCI-Arc. In this episode, we talked about her take on digital production tools using augmented reality, academic experiences, her notable projects and our upcoming studio workshop at the PAACADEMY about Digital Ecology / Generative City.