Theorist
Patrik Schumacher
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Details
- Nationality
- German
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Digital model
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Notes
Joined Zaha Hadid Architects in 1988; formal ZHA partner since 2003; sole principal since 2016; co-founder of the AA Design Research Laboratory (1996, with Brett Steele); his anarcho-capitalist political pronouncements have been controversial.
Connections
- authored Parametricism — A New Global Style for Architecture and Urban Design
- associated with Parametricism
- proposed Parametricism
- proposed Autopoiesis of architecture
- authored Parametricism as Style — Parametricist Manifesto
- authored The Autopoiesis of Architecture
- founded Parametricism
- opposes Gaston Bachelard
Referenced by
- Greg Lynn influenced
- Mark Burry influenced
Sources
- Schumacher, Patrik. Parametricism: A New Global Style for Architecture and Urban Design. 2009.
- Schumacher, Patrik. The Autopoiesis of Architecture, Vol. 1. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Patrik Schumacher." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/patrik-schumacher/. Accessed July 17, 2026.