The second year of the MAA is centred around the development of an Individual Thesis Project, which will be supervised by a Thesis Advisor. In order to support the thesis project development and strengthen the professional and academic profile, students have the opportunity to follow several seminars and workshops. These courses will explore new topics or will broaden student’s knowledge in the fields of Theory and Methods, Advanced Computational and Fabrication tools, Interaction and Prototyping.
SCIENTIFIC INTEREST To utilise lesser valued wooden industry by products or wood waste in structural systems for an architectural intervention and to have a holistic approach to form a workflow that can be extrapolated to larger scales in construction. EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED NEXT STEPS
The aim of this project is to create a workflow which would help in in the preliminary analysis of physical and materialistic damage using computer vision to enhance sight and successfully pinpoint the defects that can be seen by the camera. The Construction industry follows a very linear approach in terms of usage of materials … Read more
Posidonia Oceanica In the Mediterranean, most plant debris is made up of the species Posidonia Oceanica (L.) Delile, asuperior plant that is endemic to this sea. It forms extensive meadows from the shallowest areas of the coast to variable depths, depending on how deep light can penetrate the water to enable photosynthesis to take place. … Read more
Algorithmic Design II – Term 1 Standardizing a kit of parts within a local neighborhood has potential to encourage a circular system of material exchange and allow for deconstruction of buildings rather than demolition. This research aims to design a discrete modelling framework focused on generating spaces that can be assembled and disassembled into various … Read more
Framework Properties of Concrete There needs to be a reduction in the amount of cement usage. But in order to make it sustainable there needs to be a change in the processes currently used, aiming the reduction of the CO2 emissions produced by the industry. With 3D printing and the help of computational tools, highly … Read more
AIR COMFORT The air comfort depends on the gases and particulate matters in the air. The gases consist of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and ozone. As well as the gases there are particulate matters in air which are categorised depending on their diameter. The main categories are the PM2.5 and PM10. In 2021 WHO … Read more
STATEMENT imMONUMENT is a horizontal landscape monument for Catalan traditional dance La Sardana. It’s a temp of methodology application base on J. J. Gibsons affordance theory. It challenges architecture as an object set out boundaries to detach itself to the environment.It also challenges monuments as a embodied symbol fail to celebrate insignificant human moments.Mainly through … Read more
Framework The CoP-CITIES is put forward to foster the engagement of a wide range of stakeholders, from ‘traditional’ ones to urban communities. In combination with top-down approach to urban policy, co-creation gives citizens, local officials, researchers and the private sector an equal say in the decision-making process. Fundamentally, the CoP-CITIES aims to be instrumental for … Read more
THESIS ABSTRACT The critical global issue of sustainability and circular economies is a core issue that demands attention in the construction industry. A specific environmental concern in this regard is the production and utilisation of cement. This process is one that has significantly detrimental effects on the environment due to the large volumes of carbon … Read more
