Dave Pigram invents new design and material systems to produce memorable experiences and climate-positive outcomes. He is co-director of the international award-winning architecture and innovation practice supermanoeuvre.
A pioneer in algorithmic architecture, robotic fabrication and design for decarbonisation, Dave is a co-inventor on two sustainable innovation patents and one patent pending. His work has been widely exhibited internationally including at multiple Venice and Beijing Architecture Biennales, the Centre Pompidou, New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture, the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum and the National Museum of Australia. He has lectured at the Architectural Association, Bartlett; Columbia and Princeton Universities, the Alaska Design Forum and Architekturforum Zürich.
Dave was Director of the Masters of Advanced Architecture at the University of Technology, Sydney; the first Researcher in Residence of the NCCR for Digital Fabrication at ETH Zürich; Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of Michigan; and a Research Affiliate at MIT Media Lab. He was a project leader at Studio Daniel Libeskind, NY.
supermanoeuvre has won the ‘Smarter Hobart Challenge’ international design competition; YAF Atlanta Design Build Competition; a Red Dot Design Award; three Good Design Awards (one Gold); Architizer A+ Juried and Popular Choice Awards; an Australian National Urban Design Award and was recently named ‘Best International Architecture Practice: Design for Decarbonisation’ (2024 BUILD UK). Their design work and process artefacts are in the permanent collections of the FRAC Orléans and the Powerhouse Museum Sydney.
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