Andrei Martin is a designer, researcher and academic with an interest in digital architecture, computation and fabrication. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor degree from University of Kansas. While at Harvard, Andrei was a research collaborator in Rem Koolhaas’ History of Communism Project, focusing on cybernetics, feedback systems and emergence in post-war Soviet urbanism and planning. Following this he was awarded the Frederick Sheldon Fellowship to continue his research.

Since then Andrei has lived in London and has been a design critic at Architectural Association, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, Bartlett, KTH, London Metropolitan University and University of Greenwich. He has lectured, published and exhibited internationally, including the Metamorph Venice Biennale and the Architectural Biennial Beijing.

He currently collaborates with other UFO members on several ongoing research projects and publications and is a Senior Associate Partner at PLP Architecture.