Tutors

Head of School / Studio
Architect
Ordre des Architectes (FR)
RIBA Chartered Member
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Martin studied at Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris and SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. In 2010 he was awarded the 1st prize for the best ESA diploma.

After international collaborations as assistant during his studies in France, United Kingdom, United States and Japan, he settled in Paris where he worked for Didier Faustino and Dominique Perrault, before cofounding collective practice (Architecturesays 2012-2015, Bunker Palace 2015-2023), working for cultural institutions and events, as well as private sector activities.

He recently created tg•a aiming to enrich his practise through research and integrating non architectural fields of expertise to his practise, aiming to question the definition of reuse and reinvention in existing architecture, with an special interest in patrimonial environment.

Research Supervisor
Architect
Ordre des Architectes (FR)
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Bérénice Gaussuin is an architect, and associate professor at École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais in Paris. She studied architecture at ESA and art history at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She also studied at École de Chaillot, specialising in restoration of historical monuments. She is researcher at LIAT (Laboratoire Infrastructure Architecture et Territoire) and completed her PhD thesis under the supervision of Professor Dominique Rouillard at Université Paris-Est on the dichotomy between the notions of restoration and creation in the 19th Century.

As a practitioner, she mainly works on historical monuments and heritage matters.

Head of Digital Tools
Architect
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Luc is a graduate of ESA in Paris, specialising in complex geometries, parametricism and representation. He has brought his knowledge to more than fifteen offices across Europe & the Middle East.

While teaching software interoperability and scripting approaches at ESA and ENSAPM, he has strived to extend the theoretical field at the crossroad of philosophy and architecture through a few articles already published and a post-master's degree (La Villette – research in architecture).

Since 2010 his work on topological exploration alongside David Tajchman has been published worldwide and awarded multiple times.

Head of Professional Practice
Architect
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Matthew Won Piker is the founder of bien cordialement, a Paris-based curator of architectural projects.

Hailing from South Korea and the United States, he holds degrees in architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor) and the University of Cincinnati (Master). Matthew has contributed as development lead on numerous architectural works, such as the Pont de Bondy metro station and the United States Consulate in Casablanca.

In 2024, Matthew was curator of the inaugural Échelle Un architecture festival, held at the contemporary arts hub POUSH, in Aubervilliers.

Head of Critical Inquiry
Researcher
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John Bingham-Hallis an independent researcher engaging performance, infrastructure and ecology to understand how bioclimatic urbanism is transforming the public cultures of cities.

He is Co-Director of the research platform Theatrum Mundi, leading European projects as part of the LINA European Architecture Network.

He is Associate Lecturer in Cities at Central Saint Martin’s (London), Workshop Lead on the Master ArTeC (Université Paris 8), and a research fellow with the SONCITIES project at University of Oxford.

Studio Tutor
Architect
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Yasemin Sahiner is a graduate of Yeditepe University in Turkey and The University of Tokyo. Her research work has been exhibited in Shinjuku Ozone Gallery in 2013. She has worked at Kengo Kengo Kuma & Associates for over 11 years and is currently a Head Project Manager at their Paris office. Her experience covers project management for international project teams and project architect for competition and projects of various scale and complexity in wide range of countries from Sweden, Australia, Canada to Switzerland, Turkey, and Italy.

Studio Tutor
Architect
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Ariel André is an architect with more than a decade-long tenure at renowned studios, spanning from Paris to Tokyo, Los Angeles to Amsterdam, and governmental projects in Haiti. In 2022 he founded GOLEM, an architecture, design and research office based in Paris. André’s practice of architecture focuses on fostering social interactions through the integration of popular cultures in design, thereby creating spaces where everyone feels represented and welcomed.

AI Masterclass Tutor
Architect
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Nathalie is a graduate of the AA, where she also spent 12 years teaching an architectural studio. She was co- founder of RARE architecture and is currently the director of NAME architecture, based in London and Paris and working across cultural, residential, retail and hospitality sectors, NAME creates highly contextual projects which maximise the design potential of both buildings and interiors. She is one of the hosts of the podcast "Designing Futures - Exploring AI, Data, Architecture and Beyond."

Academic Coordinator / Communication Tutor
Designer
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Eyub Emin Acikgoz is a graduate of Northeastern University where he was awarded the design excellence award and completed his studies at PSA in 2023 with a research mention with distinction. He's worked as a garden designer, architect, graphic designer, co-founded the design practice BrineSpace Studio, and currently works as a freelance designer.

Masterclass Tutor
Designer
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Delaney Inamineis a graduate of the University of California Berkeley and completed her studies at PSA in 2022.

In between Marseille and Paris, Delaney works as a designer on a variety of projects ranging from art direction, visual communication and architecture with her creative studio, Corner Lab. She works as a project manager and on project development for the Tuba Group in Marseille. Her book, Fish, with her partner, Sylvain Roucayrol, will be published in December 2024, by Les Éditions du Chêne (Hachette Group).

Communication Tutor
Designer
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Samuel Spindler graduated from PSA
in 2024 with distinction. He received education in Fine Arts, Constructional Engineering and Architecture from different institutions in Salzburg and Vienna, whilst gaining professional experience in those fields. Samuel is currently working in various fields between Austria and France.

Student Liaison
Designer
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Vanessa Bauer graduated from PSA in 2024. She moved to Paris after completing her Bachelor‘s Degree close to her hometown, in Stuttgart, Germany, while gaining valuable international experience in Spain and Austria. She will start her first jobs in both Paris and Stuttgart, continuing to grow professionally across both countries.

French Tutor
Foreign Language Teacher
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Charline is a dedicated and passionate French as a Foreign Language teacher with a Master’s degree in Language Didactics, specializing in FLE (Français Langue Étrangère), from the prestigious Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), graduated in 2025.

Over the past five years, Charline has honed her expertise by teaching FLE in diverse settings, including online platforms, French and international universities, corporate environments, and private and public language schools.

She emphasizes communicative and cultural competence, designing dynamic and engaging lessons that inspire confidence and fluency. Her experience across various educational contexts has equipped her with a versatile skill set, enabling her to connect with learners from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.