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Overview

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  • Fluent in Russian; learning English, German
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Parametric architecture and design, urban data analysis
  • Architect
  • From Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
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About Me

Actually, I've never wrote about myself in that key. So to start with, the most precisly thing that describe me is the interest to other side of all, the interest to how everything works. I like to seek and research. I enjoy to collect facts about wide range of things - cities, architecture and design, movies, hi-tech and IT. My environment is built of these little details.

Also I like to cycling. At summer bike is become the main form of transport in the city for me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I'VE STARTED TO TRAVEL
When I studied architecture, the idea to go somewhere and built something there was in the air. So once I've decided to go to the architecture festival with frields, and after that no one could stop me. Since that time I participated in workshops, festivals, competitions, and lectured in many russian cities. Travel helps me to make my interests wider and of course to find friends.

IDEA OF A TRAVEL FOR ME
I'm agree with the idea that to meet with locals is the most remarkable and suprising, the funniest and very efficient way to dive into new city and foreign culture.

I haven't enough experience as host but I'll glad to meet with couchsurfers in Ufa and show my favourite places - you'll never find it in guildebooks.

Interests

I studied architecture but when I was graduated something went wrong - I've became programmer, data scientist, parametric designer and (at the last place) an architect. Strange mixture.

  • culture
  • architecture
  • design
  • festivals
  • environment
  • technology
  • movies
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • science
  • software

Music, Movies, and Books

In music I haven't clear preferences - I'm just enjoy to hear all kinds of new sounds. But of course there are some musicians who will always be in my ears: Tom Waits, Thom Yorke, Pink Floyd, Gogol Bordello, a bit of Daft Punk, and a little bit of russian rock.

I am percept movies as the work of directors, firstly. So the names are
Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan.

Talking about books, I don't sure that I'll read a fiction soon - to much of professional readings are waiting. But when I'll find a time maybe I'll read a new book of Hauruki Murakami

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met with my girlfriend - Masha.
All amazing things have started from this point. She is an urbanist and It's incredible experience to research new cities with her, by thinking on trip plan.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd like to share my experience in parametric architecture, programming, urban data analysis.
I'd like to learn everything about photograpy, design and traveling.

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