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Nicolas Turchi
Location
Unit 104, Beverly Residence, Street 2, JVC, Dubai, UAE
Email
[email protected]
Phone
+971526406793
https://www.nt-ar.com
Education
2018Cambridge, United States

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Master in Architecture II

M Arch II Program Representative // Member of ‘Code without frontiers’ // Digital Media Workshops Instructor // ‘Learning Environments for Tomorrow’ Design Facilitator // Italian GSD Group President // Greg Lynn Teaching Assistant // Patrik Schumacher Teaching Assistant

2016Cesena, Italy

University of Bologna

Bachelor of Architecture + M Arch I

5 years Architecture Program // Merit Scholarship winner for 5 years // 2012 Erasmus Scholarship Winner // 2015 Thesis Abroad Fellowship winner // 2017 Best Thesis Prize Winner

2013Bristol, United Kingdom

University of West of England

Erasmus Exchange Program

Design Studio publication & honour

Professional Experience
2024 – presentDubai, UAE

American University in Dubai

Assistant Professor of Architecture

Courses Taught:

Architectural Design Studio I

Architectural Design Studio IV

Digital Design and Fabrication I

Parametric Design I

2022 – 2024Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester School of Architecture, University of Manchester / MMU

Assistant Professor

Grade 8

2022 – presentManchester, United Kingdom

Manchester School of Architecture, University of Manchester / MMU

Atelier Lecturer

CPU Atelier Design Lecturer

2022 – presentLondon, United Kingdom

nt-ar

Founder

Design and Architecture Practice

RIBA Chartered / ARB Registererd / VAT Registered

2019 – presentCesena, Italy

University of Bologna, School of Architecture

Adjunct Professor

Computational Design Studio Course

2018 – 2022London, United Kingdom

Zaha Hadid Architects

Senior Designer

Mercury House Tower, Malta, Under Construction.

Alijada Central Hub Masterplan, Sharjah, Competition Winner.

Chengdu Football Centre, Competition.

CECEP Headquarters, Shanghai, Under Construction.

2021 – presentSofia, Bulgary

University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia

Visiting Professor

Master of Science in Computational and Advanced Design - MSc CAD. Studio Leader

2020 – 2022Milan, Italy

Polytechnic of Milan

Visiting Professor

- DigiSkills Course Professor, Milan

- DigiSkills Course Professor, Piacenza

2022 – 2023Birmingham, United Kingdom

University of Birmingham

Visiting Professor

Computational Design Course

2016 – presentWorldwide

Design Morphine

Associate

International Workshops taught:

- Time Machine V 1.0 Workshop Bologna

- Design Morphine Webinar Series 2019 -2

- Super Species V.1 Instructor New York

2021 – 2022Cambridge, United States

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Course Instructor

- J Term Course Instructor ‘Dynamic Mutations GSD 5.0’

- J Term Course Instructor ‘Dynamic Mutations GSD 6.0’

2021 – 2023Dubai, UAE

Gritnova Group

Invited Studio Leader

Online International Program ‘Architecting the Future’ Cohort I / II

2021Remote

ACADIA 2021

Workshop Lecturer

International Workshop Program, Workshop: ‘Physics: towards critical assemblies’, with Daniela Atencio.

2020Remote

Middle East Architecture Lab Live Academy

Invited Workshop Lecturer

Online International Program, Maya Workshop

2020Remote

Performance Network

Digital Instructor

Advanced Maya Training for Architects and Corporations

2017 – 2018Cambridge, United States

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Teaching Assistant

- Patrik Schumacher Option Studio Teaching Assistant

- Greg Lynn Option Studio Teaching Assistant

- Digital Media Workshops Instructor

- ‘Learning Environments for Tomorrow’ Design Facilitator

2017Los Angeles, United States

Hernan Diaz Alonso Architects

Designer

International Writing Museum, Songdo, Competition.

2015 – 2016Bologna, Italy

MCA, Mario Cucinella Architects

Junior Architect

Tobacco Factory Renovation, Bari, Competition.

Unipol Tower, Milan, under construction.

Opificio Golinelli, Bologna, completed.

2015New York, United States

Peter Eisenman Architects

Architecture Intern

Progetto Flaminio, Rome, Competition.

Yenikapi Project, Istanbul, under construction.

2013 – 2014Milan, Italy

5+1AA Architects

Junior Architect

BNL Headquarters, Rome, Completed.

Publications, Exhibitions, Awards
2024

Secret Room: Designing Worlds

TODA, Theater of Digital Art, Dubai

Exhibition

2024

Miland Design Week

Mimesis - Hoperaperta

Exhibition

2024

Minesis Martina Franca

Mimesis - Hoperaperta

Exhibition

2023

Mobile Detroit 2050

College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University

Exhibition

2023

Sustainability Award - CPU (Complexity, Planning and Urbanism LAB)

Manchester Metropolitan University

Award

2023

Architecture Venice Biennale 2023

Egyptian Pavilion: NiLab - The Nile as Laboratory

Exhibition

2022

Digi Skills Bsc - Revising Graphic Literacy in Bsc Architectural Design Education through a Software-Based Pedagogic Approach. A Shared Pilot Experience at the Politecnico di Milano

Franco Angeli

in: DIALOGHI visioni e visualità / DIALOGUES visions and visuality, Milano, Franco Angeli Open Access, 2022, pp. 2221 - 2229 (atti di: 43° CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE DEI DOCENTI DELLE DISCIPLINE DELLA RAPPRESENTAZIONE CONGRESSO DELLA UNIONE ITALIANA PER IL DISEGNO, Genova, 15-16-17 settembre 2022)

Contribution to conference proceedings

2021

Architettura dello spazio/tempo: Memoria è Progetto

DISE’GNO

ISSN 2533-2899

Publication

2021

Architecture Venice Biennale 2021 “How will we live together’. Italian Virtual Pavilion. CITYX VENICE.

Exhibition

2021

Scalable Tectonics: Speculative Futures: Stories from the Future

SBN-13 : 979-8512752333. ASIN: B096TL87MC

2020

Visual Communication for Architects and Designers. Constructing the Persuasive Presentation’, By Margaret Fletcher

Routledge

SBN 9780367134631

Selected work publication

2020

Retention and Protention Methodology: Edmund Husserl’s Phenomenology as a Multidimensional Design Approach

DISE’GNO

0.3280/oa-548.79

Publication

2019

New Italian Blood Research Prize

NIB

Award

2018

Harvard GSD ‘Platform 11: Setting the Table, Volume 11

Actar D

Selected work publication

2018

Archdaily Best 9 Students Projects in 2018

Archdaily

Award

2018

‘Futurism 2.0'

Harvard GSD Online Magazine

Selected works online publication

2017

Giacomo Venturi Prize’ Best Architecture Thesis 2016-17.

Prize and Publication

2017

Merit Scholarship

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Award

2016

Merit Scholarship

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Award

2016

'Figure Urbane. Progetti per l’ex caserma Sani a Bologna’ , curated by Francesco Gulinello.

Urban Center, Bologna

Exhibition

2015

Figure urbane. Progetti per l’ex caserma Sani a Bologna

Quodlibet

2ISBN 9788874627127 2015, pp. 154

Selected works publication

2014

Thesis Abroad Research Prize.

University of Bologna, Italy

Award

2013

Erasmus Program

University of West of England, Bristol, UK

Scholarship

2010

Merit Scholarship

University of Bologna, Italy

2010-2015 Scholarhsip

Selected Lectures, Conferences and Interviews
2024Dubai, UAE

CDC - ME at Cosentino CIty, nt-ar: Multidisciplinary Design Research

Lecture
2024Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Metropolitan University: AI Day Lecture and Panel

Lecture + Workshop
2024Zurich, Switzerland

Swiss Institute for Disruptive Innovation, Injecting Time in Architecture

Interview, Publication
2024Abu Dhabi, UAE

Zayed University: Nicolas Turchi: Mulidisciplinary Design

Lecture
2024Puebla, Mexico

Ibero Puebla, Universidad Iberoamericana: Nicolas Turchi: Ongoing Reserach

Lecture
2024Milan, Italy

Milan Design Week: House of BMW - Automotive Design

Interview
2023Cesenatico, Italy

Rotary Club Cervia/Cesenatico - Architettura Multidimensionale e Metaverso

Lecture
2023Forli, Italy

ITIS - L'architettura del Metaverso

Lecture
2023Online

Digital Futures: The In-Between Time based practices in Design

Lecture
2023Online

In Arch Toscana: User-Enhanced Design, a multidisciplinary approach.

Lecture
2022New York, United States

CCNY, City College of New York

'High Rise. Projects, Buildings, Discussions', Lecture
2022London, United Kingdom

Architectural Association, NFT THE IN-BETWEEN Digital Modelling and Image Making

Invited Workshop Tutor
2021London, United kingdom

Architectural Association

Media Studies invited course instructor
2021Online

ACADIA Conference ‘Realignments'

Conference Speaker
2021College Station, United States

Texas A&M College of Architecture

Midterm Studio Jury Panel
2021College Station, United States

Texas A&M College of Architecture

'It's just a trick' Lecture
2021Dubai, UAE

Gritnova Campus, Architecting the Future Program

Thinking Creatively in Architecture’ Lecture
2021Online

Inspireli Awards

Invited Jury
2020Bogota, Colombia

Universidad de los Andes

Symposium and Lecture
2020New York, United States

New York Institute of Technology

Final Jury Panel
2020Online

Inspireli Awards

Invited Jury
2020Dubai, UAE

Meal Academy Competition

Invited Jury
2019College Station, United States

Texas A&M College of Architecture

Final Jury Panel
2019Online

Inspireli Awards

Invited Jury
2018Bologna, Italy

University of Bologna, School of Architecture

'Tempo, Spazio e Architettura’ Lecture
2018Online

The Archiologist

Online Lecture
2018Online

Arch-Reporter Digital Magazine

Online Interview
2018Online

Anonymous Atelier, Digital Magazine

Online Interview
2018Online

Rethinking The Future, Digital Magazine

Online Feature
2018Cambridge, United States

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Digital Media Workshops Series

Modeling and Virtual Rapresentation. Workshop
2018Athen, Greece

Athen FabLab, Visual Machine’ Rendering MasterClass

Workshop
2017Bologna, Italy

Comune di Bologna, Italy

Giacomo Venturi Prize Public Lecture
Certificates and Qualifications
PGCE HE

With Merit

RIBA Chartered Architect
McNeel, Rhinoceros Certificate

Lv.I

Cinema 4D/ VRay Certification
TOEFL Certificate - C2 Level
FHEA
Zaha Hadid Architects, Autodesk Maya Advanced Level Certificate
European Informatic passport ECDL
Polytechnic of Milan, Low Risk Practice Training Certificate
ARB Registered Architect
McNeel, Rhinoceros Certificate

Lv. II

Grasshopper Training Certificate

Lv. II

Polytechnic of Milan, Safety Training Certificate
Software Taught

McNeel Rhinoceros / Keyshot / Adobe InDesign / Vray / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator / Grasshopper / Autodesk Maya / Arnold Render / Mash / Autodesk Revit / Revit Insight / Autodesk Forma / Cura 3D / Cinema 4D / Adobe After Effects / TSplines / Autodesk Autocad / Lumion / Enscape / Twinmotion / Unreal Engine / Mandelbulb / Autodesk Forma / Twinmotion