POLYTECHNICA is a technology company that builds computational tools for the AEC (architecture engineering construction) industry. POLYTECHNICA’s flagship product is UrbanForm, an online platform that uses AI, GIS, and BIM technology to provide instant access to zoning and other building information. POLYTECHNICA is led by Quang Truong and Anna Shakotko and is based in Portland, Oregon. POLYTECHNICA is an Oregon certified MBE/ESB.
Quang Truong, AIA spent over a decade in professional architectural practice in world-renowned offices before co-founding POLYTECHNICA. Quang is the author of a book about advanced materials and technology titled Composite Architecture (Basel: Birkhäuser, 2020) and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Portland State University. Quang studied Studio Art and Engineering at Dartmouth College, received an M.Arch from Yale University, and is a registered architect in the states of New York and Oregon. He was born in a refugee camp on an island somewhere in Indonesia.
Anna Shakotko is an economist with over a decade of professional experience providing economic analysis in issues involving intellectual property, branding, product liability, technology markets, and agricultural products such as timber. She grew up in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Nairobi, Kenya, and the Bronx. She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and received an MBA from INSEAD in Paris, France.
Say hello at:
quang@polytechnica.design