Andrew Saunders is an associate professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design where he serves as the associate chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Master of Architecture Professional Degree Program, as well as teaching studios in the Master of Science in Design: Robotics and Autonomous Systems (MSD-RAS) program. He is founding principal of Andrew Saunders Architecture + Design, an internationally published, award winning architecture, design and research practice committed to the tailoring of innovative digital methodologies to provoke novel exchange and reassessment of the broader cultural context. The practice innovates at several scales ranging from product design, exhibition design, and residential and large- scale civic and cultural institutional design. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Arkansas and a masters in Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His current practice and research interests lie in computational geometry as it relates to aesthetics, emerging technology, fabrication, and performance. Due to the multiplicity of overlapping research interests, he has published significantly in an array of fields. Recent work includes groundbreaking LiDAR survey analysis in his book, Baroque Topologies published by Palombi Editori and unprecedented integration of robotic fabrication with AI design methodologies in the permanent installation, Deep Relief. He has significant professional experience as project designer for Eisenman Architects, Leeser Architecture, and Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. He has taught and guest lectured at a variety of institutions, including Cooper Union and the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and was an assistant professor of Architecture and head of graduate studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.