Masoud Akbarzadeh

Prof. Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh is a designer with expertise in architectural design, computation, and structural engineering. He is a tenured Associate Professor of Architecture at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory (PSL) and founded Massive Form. He holds a D. Sc. from ETH Zurich, an M.S. in Architecture Studies (Computation) and an M.Arch from MIT, along with a degree in Earthquake Engineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology. Recipient of the 2012 SOM Award, his research focuses on Polyhedral Graphical Statics, a novel geometric method for 3D structural design. In 2020, he received the NSF CAREER Award for advancing 3D/Polyhedral Graphic Statics for education, design, and high-performance structures.