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.


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InFormed.

Manual floorplan generation for high-rise residential buildings is labor-intensive and often overlooks key environmental parameters, limiting the ability to quickly assess performance-based design alternatives.

EcoNodes

Introduction Urban areas are increasingly becoming impermeable, exacerbating environmental challenges such as elevated temperatures, flooding, and pollution. EcoNodes is designed to empower policymakers with a sophisticated tool for dynamically assessing and adapting urban environments towards increased sustainability by pinpointing and prioritizing areas for green interventions. Impervious Surfaces and Urban Heat Islands Cities today face the … Read more

IN PURSUIT OF IDENTITY

Looking at these before-after photos the first word that comes to mind is fragility: the fragility of its former identity, the frugality of a particular type of life, the fragility of the built environment. Through demolishing and constructing new buildings we are endowing the place with new meanings and new ways of relating to the … Read more

Customizing Comfort

Harnessing parametric design for personalized living spaces In contemporary furniture markets, there is a growing demand for customized solutions that cater to individual preferences, including personalized dimensions, materials, and other specifications. Have you ever been in a situation where you went furniture shopping and you see the bookshelf of your dreams, but sadly 125cm in … Read more

BUILDCODE # 2D PHASE

My name is Aleksandra, and I hate working with documents. I hate it so much that I dedicated my thesis to this, specifically to building codes in the European Union. Dear colleagues, I think you can relate to this. Do you remember yourself working with building codes? Nightmare, right? Nightmare that makes us slow. Dealing … Read more