Browsing: Interviews

Our Interviews section opens a window into the minds of architects, designers, and thinkers shaping today’s built environment. Through in-depth conversations, leading voices share their design philosophies, creative processes, and the challenges behind their most significant works.

Each interview moves beyond biography, offering candid insights into how ideas become structures and how practice responds to material, technology, and context. From global icons to emerging talents, these dialogues capture the ambitions and questions driving contemporary architecture and design.

On this episode of PA Talks, we are joined by Soomeen Hahm, a design researcher, educator, architectural designer, and the founder of SoomeenHahm Design Ltd. Soomeen gained her Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Beijing Tsinghua University and her Master of Architecture degree at the Architectural Association. After her graduation, she delved into generative and algorithmic design using computer coding, interactive/responsive environments, and digital fabrication processes.

On this episode of PA Talks, we talked with Mahdi Kamboozia, awarded Iranian Architect and founder of the Tehran-based practice CAAT Studio. Hosted by Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder and creative director of PA, the conversation focused on Mahdi’s personal experiences, architecture career, Iranian Architecture, design challenges, Tehran as a Metropol city, and his visions for the future.

In this episode of PA Talks, we were delighted to invite Alexander Josephson, a Toronto-based architect and cofounder of PARTISANS. Hosted by PA’s founder, Hamid Hassanzadeh, the interview covered topics like Alexander’s architecture career, and Partisans’ recent projects including 55 Yonge and Orbit. Alex also shared some reflections on the future of architecture and architectural practice in a post-COVID world.

In this episode of PA Talks, Erick Carcamo of Allblackform joined us from Los Angeles, USA to discuss about his academic and practice life in architecture, the importance of using new digital tools in design, and the Architectural Follies workshop at the PAACADEMY.

Arthur Mamou-Mani, a world-renowned London-based architect was a part of an intriguing session in the PA Talks series with Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder of PA discussing his careers, inspirations, 3D Printing, Eco-Parametric Architecture, and his educational studio at the PAACADEMY.

In this episode of PA Talks, we invited the amazing founders of DesignMorphine, Tsvetelina Georgieva, Pavlina Vardoulaki, and Michael Pryor to join us for a discussion of their platform and their recent works. The interview was covered their computational design journeys, personal experiences, and the online Master’s Degree in Computational and Advanced Design organized by DesignMorphine.

Alper Derinbogaz is recognized as an ‘emerging and influential architect’ in Turkey and Europe. His work investigates the relationship between space and time. It researches the same through the possibilities of the physical environment. Therefore, His designs vary from large-scale cultural institutions to art installations. They are united by the desire to uncover the essential elements of site and concept.

The self-taught Mexican architect Eduardo Neira (Roth) was a part of the PA Talks series with Hamid Hassanzadeh, founder of PA. Eduardo Neira (Roth) is the CEO and Founder of AZULIK and the President of Enchanting Transformation.

In this episode of PA Talks, the American artist Daniel Arsham discussed his works in sculpture, architecture, drawing, and films. His multidisciplinary art combines art, architecture, and performance. Raised in Miami, Florida, Arsham was just 12 when Hurricane Andrew destroyed his home which continues to be a theme in his work. He attended the Design and Architecture High School and was awarded a full scholarship to The Cooper Union in New York City.  

In this episode of the PA Talks series, the prolific master tutors of the upcoming webinar by DesignMorphine – Chantal Matar, Radul Shishkov, Keyur Mistry & Mateusz Zwierzycki are in conversation with PA. They exclusively cover a wide range of topics – Bionic Articulations, Contorted Compositions, Kinetic Correlations & Scripted Synergies for the webinar.