Thermo-Char
“Carbon-breathing panels: a regenerative material system for climate-adaptive architecture.”
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.
Re-Cast
How can Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) be transformed into a structurallylegible composite system with tunable compressive and tensile performance? Abstract In the Anthropocene, the construction industry generates vast quantities of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW), positioning cities as latent material reservoirs rather than endpoints of consumption. This research investigates CDW not as waste, but … Read more
Between Ritual and River
Ecological Renewal of Ghats 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 have never … Read more
Trumbull Park Homes – Chicago
By Team – 41 Commons C40 Competition Brief “The City of Chicago and Chicago Housing Authority area seeking innovative design ideas that will help envision solutions for environmental concerns and prioritise a sustainable, inclusive urban living environment” “The key climate and environmental justice concerns at this site are: Air Quality Flooding Cohesive Community Green Spaces Heat … Read more
B. The Waves
B. The Waves explores robotic additive manufacturing using ceramic clay to create a ripple-driven parametric facade. Developed in the IAAC Master in Advanced Architecture, the project utilizes an ABB IRB 6700 robot and WASP extruder to 3D print wall cladding tiles. The computational logic employs Grasshopper and attractor points to simulate water droplets, generating continuous … Read more
GEOMETRÍA DE ONDULACIÓN
ESTADO DEL ARTE Inspired by the movement of water and the ripples created by raindrops, our design replicates these natural patterns in its structure. The goal was to create a smooth, continuous surface where elements flow into each other without visible connections, reflecting the fluidity and harmony found in nature. DESIGN EXPLANATION FABRICATION METHODOLOGY ASSEMBLY … Read more
FLOW FORM
CONCEPT Double-Skin Façade STRATEGY TO CURVE CURVE ITERATIONS FINAL DESIGN THERMAL SIMULATIONS LOAD APPLICATIONS ROBOTIC FABRICATION Layer Height – 2.0 Clay thickness – 10mm Pressure – 3.95 Nozzle Diameter – 6mm FINAL BLOCK FABRICATION FRAME ASSEMBLY Final Assembly
Woven Tiles
This workshop explored robotic trencadís through a pick and place system. Broken tiles were scanned and organized using a Grasshopper ruleset inspired by traditional weaving logics. Squares with 90 degree corners, straight edges, and alternating colors structured the design. A looping algorithm selected tiles from the dataset and placed them without repetition, allowing the robot … Read more
From One Model to One Million Homes: Automating Social Housing with BIM
Rule-Based BIM Systems for Multi-Storey Residential Blocks in Vietnam Using rule-based BIM master models to automate repetitive social housing design in Vietnam, while addressing real-world challenges of coordination, adoption, and collaboration across large-scale public projects. //CONTEXT Vietnam currently has an ambitious national target to build one million social housing units by 2030. However, progress … Read more
Community Connections
Trinitat Nova and Trinitat Vella Scavenger Hunt Moving between the neighborhoods of Trinitat Nova and Trinitat Vella in Barcelona, and reaching natural landscapes nearby, like the Collserola hillside or the Besòs River, can already feel a bit like a scavenger hunt. Large highway infrastructures carve through the area, creating barriers that make simple trips … Read more
Scribbly Situation
A fast, dynamic, playful and chatty game AIM: To create a fun, engaging, and creative game to reveal and capture how tweens use and imagine spaces (in Trumbull Hall Park or other Chicago Housing Project). what is scribbly situation? Scribble a situation in 60 seconds, then find what’s similar and what’s unique in everyone’s drawings. … Read more
Brick Flow
Robotic Disassembly & Reassembly with Spatial AI Abstract The project explores a circular construction workflow that integrates robotic systems with Spatial AI to automate the disassembly and reassembly of brick structures. Utilizing a Gemini Vision-Language Model (VLM) pipeline, the system performs autonomous material evaluation, identifying surface damages such as chipping, spalling, and staining, as well … Read more
Fa(ça)de
Fa(ça)de explores robotic clay fabrication as a method for producing expressive, materially efficient façade modules. Starting from a 2D patterned surface, the project develops a parametric workflow that transforms mesh-based geometries into 3D printed clay elements with controlled relief, wave amplitude, and module rotation. Through iterative prototyping, the design responds to fabrication limits such as … Read more
