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/////// Catch me if you can! /////// Synopsis: Nacym Baghli (1972, Algiers) is an Architect + [x]Entrepreneur, starting now [PARAD.xyz] in San Francisco + Algiers, an ad/fin-tech company advocating circular economy and greentech /// He launched at the same time in 2017, with his wife Sihem (also an architect), the project/vision "Djisr El Djazair", an ambitious and innovative urban matrix for the Bay of Algiers /// He describes himself as Eclectic, "Agitateur" of ideas, Researcher, Curator, [Post]Critic & (Free?)Radical /// He believes more in urban/social s(T)imulation by algorithms for the emergence of Smart Cities rather than in conventional urban planning tools /// He aspires to reinvent some out-of-dated disciplines including e-commerce /// He co-founded [arfen | baghli architects] in 1995, an ACU (Architectural Crisis Unit) rather than a common architectural practice /// According to Nacym, architecture should be innate, impulsive and radical and claims, when/if necessary, the right 'to abstinence' /// Thus, his website (unlike his blog) highlights the absence of any architectural activity /// He studies the Carcass™ (unidentified building type) /// For him, it represents 'la Quintessence de l'Architecture' and it is his primary concern as both its sources and its ramifications remain unexpected (unpredictable) /// He noticed that the WiiCulture™ (Wireless Culture) is being the contemporary way (by far) for the dissemination and propagation of all forms of knowledge /// Nacym received his Baccalauréat at 15 and then graduated from EPAU Algiers in 1994 at 21 with honors /// He has also worked as postgraduate fellow in the field of Preservation /// He, moreover, teaches at EPAU and co-founded the [fenCLUB], a discussion group that confronts Architecture with other/different disciplines. It aims to become a 'Criticism Generator' /// He believes in the improbable synergy generated by the Algiers/NY/SF equation /// He is projecting the ElDjazaïr20xx vision through

Nacym Baghli

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