The MAA is a visionary master program with an innovative and open structure, mixing diverse disciplines, shaping professionals capable of producing theoretical & practical solutions towards responsive cities, architecture & technology.
A Digital Fabrication Pipeline for Upcycling Reclaimed Timber into Low Rise Vernacular housing The construction industry remains locked in a linear model of consumption that relies on virgin materials, often ignoring the structural potential of irregular reclaimed timber. “Non-standard circularity” challenges this rigidity by proposing a computational workflow that embraces material heterogeneity as a design … Read more
Dynamic Casting of Functionally-Graded Geopolymers Using Urban Excavation Waste Thesis Abstract It is estimated that in the next 15 years, the world will generate over 3 billion tonnes of waste; in the European Union alone, 35% originates from the construction sector due to demolition, excavation, and dredging (“28 Incredible Statistics About Waste Generation,” 2021). These … Read more
Have you ever wondered what exactly makes up the digital spaces we interact with every day? Based on a recent presentation exploring Yuk Hui’s work, “On the Existence of Digital Objects,” we are diving deep into the philosophical and technical origins of our modern digital world. This fascinating overview bridges computational structures (often called ontologies … Read more
Urban Dustprints investigates how spontaneous vegetation reveals hidden ecological conditions within urban voids. Through field observation in La Verneda i La Pau (Barcelona), the research identifies recurring relationships between plant communities, moisture, shade, disturbance, and substrate conditions. These observations are translated into environmental filters, species profiles, and patch-based spatial rules. A computational workflow is developed … Read more
Ecological Renewal of Ghats Website Link: https://aria-final.vercel.app/ Statement “While industrial and sewage pollution receive significant attention in river conservation efforts. Ritual pollution stemming from religious and cultural practices remains largely unaddressed due to its sensitive nature. But it contributes substantially to river degradation and requires culturally respectful solutions.” Sacred Sites Across every continent and culture, rivers … Read more
This thesis explores how biosignals can transform artificial light into an adaptive architectural interface. While light strongly affects human emotions, cognition, and well-being, most lighting systems still rely on manual control and cannot respond to users in real time. The research investigates how EEG, ECG, and GSR data can be used to create dynamic lighting … Read more
From Fragmented Systems to Cybernetic Ecologies Interactive Presentation Link : 260619_T3_Thesis Final CE 260619_T3_Thesis Final CE
atlas of vacant spaces Urban vacant land in dense, post-industrial cities remains spatially invisible: absent from open datasets despite its potential to address chronic green space deficits. This thesis “vo:id” is a pipeline detecting, classifying, and prioritizing urban voids using only globally covered open data. Combining OSM-based negative masking, vision-language model classification, and human-in-the-loop validation, … Read more
The objective of this project was to compare the effectiveness of different machine learning strategies applied into the exploration of a recursive model using the exercise worked on in the assembled architecture course as a proof of concept. .Recursive Processes in Architecture But this approach has left us with a question: is it possible to … Read more
