For alvin huang, aia, the founder of Synthesis Design + Architecture (SDA), his firm's name aptly defines his approach to practice. An assistant professor at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture, Huang finds a significant overlap between his teaching and research at the school and the various explorations undertaken in his firm's Los Angeles office. In his studios, Huang pushes students to research the ways in which technology informs the architectural process. At SDA, similar investigations are constrained by budgets and the limitations of materials. By repeatedly collapsing the boundary between applied research and exploratory practice, Huang has developed a symbiotic feedback loop between the two.
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