Anton Savov

Anton Savov is an architect and postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich. His work focuses on developing architectural machine intelligence to enhance our creative capacities for designing and constructing the built environment. He works with Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger at the Chair of Digital Building Technologies and serves as deputy executive director of the Center for Augmented Computational Design (Design++), fostering transdisciplinary approaches across architecture, engineering, and computer science. Previously, Anton worked with Prof. Daniel Hall, developing fabrication-aware generative design for residential buildings using product platforms. He earned his Ph.D. at TU Darmstadt’s Digital Design Unit, investigating how technology can amplify architectural co-creation at the intersection of Participatory Design, Generative Design, Game Design, and Crowd Wisdom. As part of his doctoral research, he developed “20.000 BLOCKS,” a Minecraft-based platform for collaborative generative design. Anton’s architectural perspective is enriched by experiences at Bollinger+Grohmann Engineers, teaching at the Städelschule Architecture Class, and exhibiting work at the Venice Art Biennale, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, and NODE Frankfurt.

Anton’s research areas of interest include:
  • Generative AI and computational design
  • Human-machine Interactions
  • Game design
  • Extended Reality
  • Participatory design
  • Digital fabrication and industrialized construction