Maya Przybylski
Maya Przybylski is a Toronto based designer and educator. She is
Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture at the University of
Waterloo. Maya is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape
and Design at the University of Toronto (M.Arch. 2007) where she was
awarded the Royal Architectural Institute Medal for her thesis work on
post-oil opportunities for the Caspian Sea. Maya previously earned a
degree with a specialization in Software Engineering at the Department
of Computer Science at the University of Toronto (B.Sc.Hon. 2003). Through her teaching, research and design work Maya is exploring the complex intersection of architectural design, data and computation. She is developing methods for achieving a more complete engagement, including sociocultural agency as well as technical capacity, with the computational components embedded within data-driven design work.
Maya is the director of the DATALab research group at the School of Architecture and has collaborated with a range of design practices including: RVTR, Lateral Office, WilliamsonWilliamson, and Bruce Mau Design. She is co-editor of Bracket [On Farming] (Actar, 2010) and Bracket [At Extremes] (Actar 2016) and co-author of Pamphlet Architecture 30: Coupling — Strategies for Infrastructural Opportunism (Princeton Architectural Press 2009).
Maya is the director of the DATALab research group at the School of Architecture and has collaborated with a range of design practices including: RVTR, Lateral Office, WilliamsonWilliamson, and Bruce Mau Design. She is co-editor of Bracket [On Farming] (Actar, 2010) and Bracket [At Extremes] (Actar 2016) and co-author of Pamphlet Architecture 30: Coupling — Strategies for Infrastructural Opportunism (Princeton Architectural Press 2009).
