Farzad Akhavan was born in 1980, and holds a master's degree in Architecture (MA) and a post-graduate Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD). He also worked as an architect for HMGB Architects. As a stage designer, Farzad worked at the Maxim Gorki Theatre on the Nouruz project in 2015 and 2016 and at the Ballhaus Naunystrasse on the XX- RIOTS project in 2015, as well as on the bodytext and in_visible projects in 2016.