Author: Sheida Shakeri

Sheida Shakeri is a Ph.D. candidate in the landscape architecture field at Istanbul Technical University. She has a background in interior design and architectural engineering from the University of Tabriz. Her interest in technology and computer-aided design led her to pursue her passion through different publications. Hence, she focused on the topics of data-driven design, robotic fabrication, metaverse, and recently bio-fabrication. Complementary to her academic studies, she has the pleasure of working for the Kozalak Yangin, an award-winning company for the early detection of wildfires. Additionally, she works as an architectural editor at Parametric Architecture, a renowned media company researching art, architecture, and design.

Bjarke Ingels, as a trendsetter in architecture, delivers vibrant playful settings as the essential but neglected part of the human experience in built environments. He believes in the idea of information-driven design as the driving force for his design process, based on careful analysis of numerous criteria such as local culture and climate, everchanging patterns of contemporary life, and the ebbs and flows of the global economy.

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Sergio Musmeci, the intellectual engineer, is a forerunner in the field of “form-finding.” Engineering, Aeronautics, music, and astronomy fed his curiosity and exceptional abilities to research scientific innovation. However, he addressed complicated problems through an empirical, almost artisanal method.

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