"The new space is speed-space; it is no longer a time-space...what we are manipulating is no longer man's time, but machine's time," wrote Paul Virilio. 1e-43 exists in this interval, constructing dimensional films—architecture that senses, remembers, transforms. Between human perception and machine intelligence, space becomes cinema.

Lei (Ray) Zhang is an architectural designer and critical technologist whose practice interrogates the friction between high-fidelity computation and material reality. He currently serves as the Co-Founder and Head of R&D at Wedge and the Founder of Studio 1e-43. With a foundation in architecture from the Architectural Association , Zhang explores the intersection of spatial intelligence and advanced manufacturing, aiming to establish frameworks for human-machine co-authorship that challenge traditional modes of production. His research synthesizes robotic fabrication, generative AI, and forensic reconstruction to address themes of material agency, temporal instability, and the politics of machine perception.