Senior Computational Designer, Benjamin Howes is responsible for building custom design tools and developing computational solutions for CORE studio. Benjamin is our go-to person for creative problem solving, such as the technique for façade penalization on the Edmonton Arena. He leads the efforts on developing TTX, together with Kenny, Elcin, and Jonatan. He received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Pratt and a master’s degree in product architecture and engineering from Stevens Institute. Currently, he is teaching a course called “Parametrics” at the Pratt Institute that introduces graduate students to parametric and computational design. His previous work experience includes architectural design and founding a sustainable design company.