Cypriot architect Christos Hadjichristos received a B.Sc. in Architectural Engineering and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. Hadjichristos completed his Ph.D. at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London. He begins the lecture with a video describing the notion of layering, a concept that drives his research and goes on to describe the potential that exists in layering as opposed to the restrictions presented by collaging. Hadjichristos explores the concept of layering utilizing scale models, photographs, sketches and software interface.