I graduated from Constantine 3 University in 2016 with a Master's in Architecture. During my final year, facing a large urban design project with no budget for visualization, I taught myself 3ds Max and V-Ray out of necessity. What started as a workaround became the skill that defined everything after.
My first paid client came within a year of graduating — a local firm in Algeria. A small project, a small fee, but enough to confirm the skill had market value. I went fully freelance, built ZKArchitects, and started reaching clients I had no reason to expect: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Canada, Pakistan.
I traveled to Malaysia, Bali, and Qatar — funded entirely through freelance income. One morning in Kuala Lumpur I woke up and saw the towers I used to scroll past on Instagram. I was standing beneath them. That moment is what ZKAcademy exists to help others reach.
