Designers Corner [Ep. 5] – Arthur Mamou-Mani

Meet Arthur Mamou-Mani (Founder & Director at Mamou-Mani Architects)

For this episode we went to London  and sat down with  Arthur Mamou-Mani,  french architect in charge of this year’s  Main Temple  (Galaxia) at the  Burning Man Festival  in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA.

Arthur is director of the  award-winning  practice  Mamou-Mani Architects , specialized in a new kind of digitally design and fabricated architecture.

He is a lecturer at the  University of Westminster  in London and owns a digital fabrication laboratory called  FabPub , which allows people to experiment with large  3D printers and laser cutters . Since 2016 he is a fellow of  The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce .

Arthur gave numerous talks including the  TedX Conference  in the USA and has been featured in  The New York Times  and  Forbes . His clients include  ARUP,   Buro Happold Engineering ,  The Burning Man Festival , and  Food Ink,  among others.

In our first ever video interview we touched different topics ranging from his  early beginnings  as a designer,  how we got into The Burning Man Festival , the  future of design  and much more. Hope you enjoy it!

Interview with Arthur Mamou-Mani

Short on time? No worries! Here's the list of questions we asked and at what point of the interview you can find them:

1. (00:20) What's your background?

2. (01:21) What's your first memory regarding Parametric Design?

3. (02:20) What type of work do you create at your studio?

4. (03:03) What does The Burning Man Festival represent to you?

5. (04:15) What does this year's selection as lead designer mean to you?

6. (05:30) Why should people contribute and donate this year?

7. (06:53) How big is the temple?

8. (07:14) Is Burning Man a place for architectural experiments?

9. (08:03) Was there a spiritual influence when you designed the temple?

10. (09:06) What does your design workflow look like?

11. (10:09) Which software do you use the most?

12. (11:13) Where do you see Parametric Design in the future?

13. (13:27) Final thoughts, important links.

IMPORTANT: Don't forget to  donate in order to make this amazing Galaxia  project happen!

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That's it for this fifth episode of  Designers Corner!  You can contact or check out Arthur's work directly at his  Instagram  account and  website . 

Would you like to be featured in this space? Make sure to contact us! Just send an email to contact@shapediver.com and tell us about your work!