The short version

I started out in architecture, drawing buildings and learning about structures, as you would expect. However, I was increasingly drawn to the part where the computer does the designing. I taught myself to code and built parametric tools. Eventually, the software became more interesting to me than buildings and their aesthetics or surface-level makeup.

While working at 3XN in Copenhagen, I wrote scripts that automated repetitive design tasks. This was also my first step into machine learning and optimisation for the Sydney Fish Market roof, which is now complete. At BTU Cottbus, I contributed to the robotic fabrication laboratory, engineered custom tooling for a UR10 and worked on cyber-physical façade systems. At TU Berlin, I taught machine learning to architecture and urban design students, helping them to exhibit their work at the 2021 Venice Biennale.

I am now CTO of Pixolid in Berlin, where I am building software for the design and manufacturing industry — from 3D-printed shoes to orchestrating robots in manufacturing plants. In addition, I am working towards a PhD in AI for digital fabrication, although I care more about the practical application of the research than the title itself.

I have also run webinars on generative design and diffusion models for DesignMorphine (with over 200 attendees) and PAAcademy, won prizes at FabFest London and taught parametric furniture design in Skopje, even though most people there did not know what computational design was at the time.