094 - Shajay Bhooshan: Parametric Design, Digital Cities & The Future of Architecture

Zaha Hadid, Architecture, Próspera, Liberland, Metaverse, Parametricism, Digital Cities, Free City Design, Modular Buildings, Free Market. Timothy Allen talks with Shajay Bhooshan Shajay runs the computation and design group at Zaha Hadid Architects and he worked on the designs for some well known Free City projects including Próspera, Praxis and Liberland's metaverse project. Zaha Hadid definitely work at the sharp end of the wedge as far as using innovative technologies goes and speaking to Shajay gave me a peek into the future of architectural design and city planning along with digital fabrication of virtual places. Spoiler alert: Shajay predicts that one day Zaha Hadid will generate more revenue from the digital realm than from the physical. I would never have predicted that. Enjoy the conversation. Free Cities Podcast on Fountain: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fountain.fm/show/xudG4tsYH5TimGLfAmqn⁠⁠⁠ Contact the podcast: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Free Cities Telegram Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.me/+im6c6r4jQkUzMjU0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertyinourlifetime.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Make a small weekly donation to support the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/FreeCitiesPodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TIMESTAMPS (0:30) Introduction (3:54) Career and connection to Free Cities (10:18) Parametric design represents a new architectural period (18:18) How do we know these buildings will be good to live in? (22:05) Modern building techniques and self sovereign empowerment (27:27) How were you involved with Próspera? (37:31) Modernist buildings don't age very well (42:28) Tokyo's 30 year cycle of timber buildings (51:52) Building configurators & modular buildings (56:06) Three dimensional air rights and the free market (1:03:47) Rejection of beauty vs our innate senses (1:12:23) Do the majority of people prefer the same kind of buildings visually? (1:15:40) Liberland's metaverse project (1:21:45) Starting a new city with residential is not common (1:28:43) Remote work and modern cities (1:32:05) Fractional ownership of property & city competitiveness (1:36:12) In the future, how much time will we spend in the metaverse? (1:42:59) Digital residential real estate (1:46:50) Are real life interactions more important than virtual ones? (1:51:13) The new customer base in the metaverse (1:55:49) Zaha Hadid's business model in the metaverse TWITTER: Shajay Bhooshan: ⁠https://x.com/wework4her Timothy Allen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ OTHER LINKS: Zaha Hadid Architects: ⁠https://www.zaha-hadid.com/⁠ Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://free-cities.org/⁠

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