Samir Bhowmik is a practicing Architect based in Helsinki and a Researcher at the Media Lab (Systems of Representation) of the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. A Finnish Citizen, he was born in India, has lived and worked in Washington DC and New York after receiving his M. Arch at the University of Maryland in 2003. His architecture and design research is focused on contemporary museums, installations and their future evolution in a post-oil world through community participation and the application of emerging digital technologies. Samir is interested in art, sculpture and interactive installations related to inter-cultural conflict, intangible cultural heritage, and a world without political boundaries. Samir works with Museums, User Communities and emerging Technology dealing with sustainable museum design, exhibitions and installation design, MIM (Museum Information Modeling), spatial programming, digital collections archiving, social media strategies and community participatory methods.