Ian Christopher Thomas Email & Phone Number

Ian is a senior designer with HDR’s global consulting practice, where his focus on computational design provides a unique approach to collaborating with teams, all while providing distinctive design sensibilities using awareness towards critical practice in each project. Ian has a unique ability to approach projects from a holistic perspective while developing a deep understanding for the macro and micro drivers of each project. He believes that design is applicable at all scales and in a wide array of typologies to utilize workflows that stem from computation, generative design, advanced geometry, and computational optimization. All of these methodologies are instrumental in creating an experience that is focused on communication of the design for the end user, all while being cognizant on how the project relates into a critical discourse of historical precedents. His passion for design, computation and education has provided opportunities to teach at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Kansas and at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He received his Masters of Architecture from the department of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA). While at UCLA he was selected by 3M to study abroad in Munich, Germany at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Fine Arts) and conduct computational research with 3M and their FUTURE LAB on the future of workplace. Ian earned a Bachelors of Science in Design from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

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  Senior Designer

  Hdr Architecture, Inc.