Anton Savov
“During my six-month residency at the MAK Center, I was able to formulate a clear research agenda that became the foundation for my PhD. Twelve years later, this focus continues to shape my work—exploring architecture through participation and the computational augmentation of human creativity.”
Anton Savov is an architect and postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich. His work focuses on developing architectural machine intelligence to enhance our creative capacities for designing and constructing the built environment. He works with Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger at the Chair of Digital Building Technologies and serves as deputy executive director of the Center for Augmented Computational Design (Design++), fostering transdisciplinary approaches across architecture, engineering, and computer science. Previously, Anton worked with Prof. Daniel Hall, developing fabrication-aware generative design for residential buildings using product platforms. He earned his Ph.D. at TU Darmstadt’s Digital Design Unit, investigating how technology can amplify architectural co-creation at the intersection of Participatory Design, Generative Design, Game Design, and Crowd Wisdom. As part of his doctoral research, he developed “20.000 BLOCKS,” a Minecraft-based platform for collaborative generative design. Anton’s architectural perspective is enriched by experiences at Bollinger+Grohmann Engineers, teaching at the Städelschule Architecture Class, and exhibiting work at the Venice Art Biennale, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, and NODE Frankfurt.
EDUCATION
2021, PhD
Technical University Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
2008, MArch
Städelschule
Frankfurt, Germany
2005, MArch
University of Architecture Civil Engineering and Geodesy
Sofia, Bulgaria
JURY
Jennifer Allen
Markus Miessen
Joanna Mytkowska
Heimo Zobernig
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
FINAL PROJECT
