PRS EU EVENT INAUGURAL ‘IN STUDIO: THE CRISIS OF EMERGENCE – REINVENTING ALGORITHMIC EXPERIMENTATION’
11/29/25
PRS EU Barcelona
RMIT Architecture staff joined External Reference at their Barcelona studio on the 29th November 2025 to discuss the future of generative design and robotics.
RMIT Architecture Alumni and Professor Roland Snooks convened the critical discussion and debate for the inaugural RMIT PRS In-Studio event. Panel members exchanged their reflections and anticipations upon the shifting nature of generative design, algorithmic exploration and the relationship between academia and practice. while exploring shifts between academia and practice.
Panel:
Prof. Roland Snooks, School of Architecture & Urban Design RMIT University
Barry Wark, Stuart Weitzman School of Design & PhD Candidate, School of Architecture & Urban Design, RMIT University
Prof. Alisa Andrasek, School of Architecture & Urban Design, RMIT University
A/Prof, Rob Stuart-Smith, Stuart Weitzman School of Design & PhD Candidate, School of Architecture & Urban Design, RMIT University
Dr. Carmelo Zappulla, Founder & CEO, External Reference
Dr. Mathilde Marengo, Head of Studio Operations, External Reference
Dr. Sille Pihlak, Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Estonian Academy of Arts Marziah Zad, Co-Founder and Director, ASHRAFI & ZAD DESIGN
Aldo Sollazzo, CEO, Noumena | LaMaquina | PureTech
Image Credit: Courtesy of External Reference and Mathilde Marengo.