--- img: "/imgs/Community/News/s1seminar/Banner.jpg" topic: "VAMX Seminar Series: MR in Architecture" title: "Kick-off for the Academic Community" description: "VAMX Master" author: "VAMX Community Team" resume: "TOPVERSE Beijing Headquater" publish: "25/07/2023" ---


Igor Pantic is an architect specializing in digital design, based in London, where he leads his design and research practice. In his work, Igor explores how technology affects the way the environment is designed, manufactured and perceived. His current interests focus on the application of mixed reality technology in architectural design and fabrication, operating between low-cost AR-assisted manufacturing and automation. Igor is currently a Lecturer in RC9 for the Architectural Design program at the UCL Bartlett B-pro program in London. He has lectured and taught computational design workshops and seminars internationally and has co-directed AA visiting schools in places such as Vienna. His previous work experience includes seven years with Zaha Hadid Architects, where he worked on a number of high profile projects. Igor holds a master's degree from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (AADRL) in London and the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia. This time, he brought a keynote speech entitled "Architecture in Augmented Age".

Greyson, Bachelor of Architecture from China University of Mining and Technology, Master of Architecture with Distinction from University College London (UCL), co-founder of VAMX Digital Research Group, registered member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), founder and CEO of TOPVERSE®, registered member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA), member of the Metaverse and Immersive Technology Committee of the IEEE Standard Association, and participated in the 2019-2020 UCL Bartlett RC9 MetaFold project.
Luo Jiaxiang, a student at ETH Architecture and Digital Manufacturing at ETH Zurich, a master's degree in Architecture at University College London (UCL), founder of VAMX research group, co-founder of TOPVERSE®, member of the Metaverse and Immersive Technology Committee of IEEE Standardization Committee, has worked for Fab-Union for a long time as a Senior R & D Engineer, responsible for the entire process of all-material technology projects: project leader for concrete 3D printing, clay/soil The person in charge of 3D printing research, 3D printing design projects of various plastic materials, robot parametric masonry brick walls, and the whole process research and development of large hardware products and equipment, etc. Participate in the 2019-2020 UCL Bartlett RC9 CeARmics project.
Song Ziqi, a bachelor of architecture from Harbin Institute of Technology, a special degree of master of architecture from University College London (UCL), is currently working in the National Housing Engineering Center of China Architecture Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. Participate in the 2019-2020 UCL Bartlett RC9 program, and cooperate with Xi HE and Pablo Isaac Jaramillo Pazmino to complete the reBENT project. Current work and research directions: community housing, village and town construction, building disaster prevention, design optimization, etc.
Ding Yaxin, graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in architecture from University College London (UCL), and is currently working in the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University. Participate in the 2019-2020 UCL Bartlett RC9 program, and cooperate with Zixuan Fan, Honghao Zhang, and Chengfan Cai to complete the SteamMeUp project. Current work research practice projects: school design, theme park planning and design, park planning, BIM technology application.
Yoki, founder of Levitation Technology, game architect, VR art creator, metaverse designer. Graduated from UCL Bartlett RC4 in the United Kingdom with a master's degree in architecture. His works have participated in exhibitions including the London Design Biennale, Beijing International Design Week, and Shanghai International Design Week. Research areas include intelligent buildings, algorithmic buildings, interactive installations, and VR/AR.
TOPVERSE® is driven by technology and supported by artificial intelligence, and is committed to the development of metaverse and interactive art creation with application development. The team members are from top universities in the world including UCL, MIT, Harvard, Tsinghua University, Tongji University, etc. They have more than seven years of experience in technology development, parameterization, and interactive design. They integrate new media art content creation, metaverse architecture, industrial-grade digital twin development, and AR/VR/MR/XR digital cultural creative content creation. **Business Cooperation:** business@topverse.world **Public Relations:** pr@topverse.world
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