Shift Process Practice

[Shift] Process Practice is a research-driven design and construction studio founded by Rambod Eilkhani and Nashid Nabian. The practice covers all scales pertaining to built environment ranging from infrastructures to urban settings, architectures, and even artifacts. The practice is committed to contributing to a paradigmatic shift to the design process. At an infrastructural scale, the practice is committed to the production of urban morphologies from an architectural genome that produces formative typologies. The practice defines this mode of problem solving as a gene-driven approach. At an urban scale, the practice prioritizes small and smart interventions to surgical solutions. The practice believes in transformative role that the residual spaces between the buildings can play in redefining public realms within the urban phenomena. At an architectural scale, the practice is committed to production of inhabitable spaces that question the well-established paradigms of everyday ...