IMAN ANSARI

Iman Ansari, Ph.D., Assoc. AIA, is a founding principal of AN.ONYMOUS. He is an architectural historian, designer and educator, currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Knowlton School at the Ohio State University. He has previously taught numerous academic institutions in the United States, including USC School of Architecture, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, UNLV School of Architecture, and the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York. Ansari’s work focuses on experimental approaches towards architecture and urbanism, particularly architecture's interactions with science, technology and medicine. He has contributed to multiple books and edited volumes on architectural history and theory, landscape architecture and urbanism. His writings have appeared in Architectural Review, Architectural Theory Review, Architect’s Newspaper, Cabinet, Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians, Log, Metropolis, Places Journal, Room One Thousand and Thresholds among others. His work has also been featured in international venues including MoMA PS1 in New York, A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles, and Venice Architectural Biennale, as well as in various exhibitions worldwide. Ansari holds a professional degree in architecture from the City College of the City University of New York, a post-professional degree in architecture and urban design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and a Ph.D. in architecture from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

 


MARTA NOWAK

Marta Nowak, AIA is a founding principal of AN.ONYMOUS. She is a licensed architect and is currently the Senior Innovation Manager at Google R+D, and the Christos Yessios Digital Fabrication Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University. Prior to establishing AN.ONYMOUS, Marta worked for multiple architecture offices including Safdie Architects in Cambridge, Toshiko Mori Architects in New York, and Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM) in New York, and was an editorial assistant at Harvard Design Magazine. Marta's art and architectural work has been widely exhibited in galleries across the United States, such as MoMA PS1 in New York, A+D Museum in Los Angeles, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery in St. Paul Minnesota and at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts. She has been recipient of numerous scholarships and grants including Harvard University International Community Service Fellowship to work at the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) in Nairobi, Kenya. She has presented her work at numerous international conferences including World Economic Forum and Automobilia. She has taught in various universities, including the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), ArtCenter College of Design, and Northeastern University. Marta holds degrees in Studio Arts from St. Catherine University in Minnesota, and in architecture from Harvard University.