Andrea Tassera, Computation Lead at Woods Bagot, leads the development, implementation and adoption of new workflows and technological strategies for the firm at a global level. The aim is to promote consistency to seventeen Studios all over the world and support the teams in minimizing repetitive tasks and maximize the focus on what really matters during the design process.

His academic and professional formation is highly diverse and multicultural. While studying, Andrea started working as an Architect in a highly innovative and forward-thinking practice firm in Italy. There, he was researching and pushing the boundaries of smart urban planning, abandoned building innovative re-use, institutional buildings evolution and future public spaces. After a highly experimental Graduation Thesis populated by smart and robotic architectural elements, he worked in Lithuania as an Architect and then moved to London to automate natural lighting analysis workflows.

In 2016 he moved to Sydney, first joining the team at AR-MA, working on the complex New Perth Stadium project, and then Willow (former Ridley), introducing automation, computational design and software development to the company.

Andrea was also in the committee of the Dynamo User Group Sydney and a former Lecturer at the University of NSW.

Andrea is passionate about challenges and the opportunity to apply his excitement for complexity and problem-solving both to his personal projects and to articulated and iconic projects in his work life