Keynote Speakers
We are very pleased to introduce our keynote speakers for CAADRIA2025. The schedule and further details will be announced soon, so please stay tuned!
Kengo Kuma
Architect, Special/Honorary Professor,
Kengo Kuma & Associates, The University of Tokyo
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Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. He established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. He is currently a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo after teaching at Keio University and the University of Tokyo. KKAA projects are currently underway in more than 50 countries. Kengo Kuma proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and human beings. His major publications include Kengo Kuma Onomatopoeia Architecture Grounding (X-Knowledge), Nihon no Kenchiku (Architecture of Japan, Iwanami Shoten), Zen Shigoto (Kengo Kuma – the complete works, Daiwa Shobo), Ten Sen Men (Point Line Plane, Iwanami Shoten), Makeru Kenchiku (Architecture of Defeat, Iwanami Shoten), Shizen na Kenchiku (Natural Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho), Chii-sana Kenchiku (Small Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho) and many others.
Benjamin Dillenburger
Architect, Professor,
Digital Building Technologies, the Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich
Title: Design Across Scales - Additive Manufacturing in Construction
Benjamin Dillenburger is an architect who explores computational design methods and digital fabrication to broaden the design freedom for architecture and to develop performative building solutions. Relevant works include the development of the Tor Alva, a 3D printed tower in a Swiss Alpine Valley, and the design of two full-scale 3D printed rooms for the FRAC Centre, Orleans, and the permanent collection of Centre Pompidou, Paris. Professor Benjamin Dillenburger holds a PhD degree from ETH Zurich and is leading the research group Digital Building Technologies (DBT) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zurich after working as an Assistant Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto. He is a Principal Investigator of the Swiss National Competence Centre of Research in Digital Fabrication (NCCR DFAB).
Behnaz Farahi
Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Director Critical Matter Group MIT Media Lab
Title: Emotive Environments and Critical Matter
Behnaz Farahi is an award-winning designer and critical maker working at the intersection of fashion, architecture and interactive design. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the MIT Media Lab where she leads the Critical Matter research group. Trained as an architect, Farahi's work focuses on fostering empathetic relationships between the human body and its surrounding environment. For this she draws upon emerging technologies and morphological and behavioral principles inspired by natural systems. Her projects address critical issues such as feminism, emotion, bodily perception, and social interaction. She specializes in computational design, interactive technologies, additive manufacturing, and digital fabrication technologies.
Farahi is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Digital Design Award, Innovation by Design Fast Company Award, and the World Technology Award. She has co-edited 'Interactive Design: Towards a Responsive Environment' (Birkhäuser Verlag, 2023) and '3D Printed Body Architecture' (Wiley, 2017).
Her work has been included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. It has also been exhibited internationally at Ars Electronica, Linz and Context Art Miami, SIGGRAPH, La Piscine Museum in France and A+D Architecture and Design Museum in LA. It has also been featured in several magazines and online websites including WIRED, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, Frame Magazine, and many more.
Tomohiro Tachi
Professor,
Computational Origami Researcher, College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Tokyo
Title: Origami Bridging Art, Science, and Industry
Tomohiro Tachi is a Professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo. He studied architecture and received his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2010. He has been designing origami since 2002 and continues to explore three-dimensional and kinematic forms through computation. He has developed computational origami tools, including "Origamizer" and "Freeform Origami," which are available on his website. He explores form, function, and fabrication in nature and art. His research interests include origami engineering, structural morphology, and computational fabrication. He is engaged in STEAM education at the University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences.
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