During the second year of the Master in Advanced Architecture + Thesis Project (MAA02), students have the unique opportunity to work for a period of 1 year on an Individual Thesis Project, focused on the development of a research or pilot project based on the student’s interest, and the learnings of the first year. IAAC supports the student in selecting their Thesis Project topic in order to better orient them according to their future career interests and opportunities. Each student, according to their specific topic, is assigned one or more Thesis Advisors that follow the development of the work throughout the year.
In parallel to the development of the Individual Thesis Project, the second year of the MAA02 offers a series of seminars enhancing the theoretical, practical and computational skills of the students.
The excessive waste produced in countries worldwide is a grave and unignorable concern. Urbanization contributes to enhanced municipal solid waste generation, harming health and the environment. Landfills, globally emit thousands of tons of methane gas into the air, 30 times more harmful than CO2. Waste is not waste but a resource if managed judiciously. The … Read more
Abstract: Architectural space has been non responsive to the dynamic and changing nature of social interaction. Building on the history of responsive architecture, interactive design principles and technological developments in sensing, processing and actuation, the project proposes a new model that merges kinetic architecture and cybernetics. Creating adaptive configurations through automated kinetic architectural skeletons, employing … Read more
URBICIDAL ANTHROPOCENE: a concept within contemporary urban theory that criticizes the notion of resilience and advocates radical urban transformation in dual forms. The first form is the dismantling of environmentally endangered cities, and the second is the isolation from existing infrastructural networks. It promotes the pre-emptive destruction of already doomed unjust resilient cities and transforms … Read more
Building the Anatomy of The Dataset Choosing an ML Model, Tuning & Evaluating Developing the Plugin & Presenting Results Future Goals
Research Hypothesis This study explores the viability of using commercially cultivated Bamboo species in Europe as a construction material, alongside Concrete, Cross-laminated Timber, and Clay, tailored to various structural typologies across different European regions. It investigates the advantages of diverse bamboo species, with their unique morphological and mechanical characteristics, in creating hybrid material combinations that … Read more
Urbanizing degrowth: Five steps towards a Radical Spatial Degrowth Agenda for planning in the face of climate emergency
Amphibious retrofit systems for existing stilt houses to counteract floods along the Brahmaputra river plains in Assam, India Abstract Imagine a situation in life, where you were periodically afraid of your house getting washed away by intense floods, and always had to be alert and prepared! The fear of losing everything you have. Not a … Read more
