I am an Assistant Professor at McGill University, where I where I teach about climate change and the built environment. My research traces the conjoined histories of architectural computing, environmental design, and professional practice in the late 20th century, adopting critical approaches to architecture’s technical substrates—the algorithms, softwares, and user protocols of computation.
Modeling the Line: Bresenham’s Algorithm, 1962–87, Architectural Theory Review
Solomon Butcher's Architectural Image, Avery Review
Out of Frame — Marcel Breuer's Atlanta Central Library, Architect's Newspaper
A Land Ethic for Architects, Pidgin Magazine
shota.vashakmadze [at] mcgill [dot] ca