Patrik Schumacher is principal of ZahaHadid Architects. He studied philosophy, mathematics and architecture in Bonn,Stuttgart and London and received his PhD at the Institute for Cultural Sciencein Klagenfurt. In 1996 he founded the Design Research Laboratory at the AA inLondon where he continues to teach. Since 2007 he is promoting Parametricism asepochal style for the 21st Century. In 2010/12 he published “The Autopoiesis ofArchitecture” in two Volumes and recently guest-edited AD - Parametricism 2.0,emphasizing the societal relevance of Parametricism. His latest book,‘Tectonism – Architecture for the 21st Century’, was released in 2023. Hiscurrent research and design interest is focused on the metaverse and theintegration of real and virtual communication spaces. Patrik promotes radicalfree-market urbanism, speaking at venues like the Mont Pelerin Society.Influenced by Hayek and Rothbard, he advocates deregulation, privatisation, andminimalist state intervention in architecture and city planning.

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